yet another frankenmonster

[koko64]

Looks solid. Steel or alloy?

[Pinion]

its tube steel, very solid, and you can do the ole spin the bike around on it

[koko64]

Just watch out for the cases and bolt threads. Being light bikes I just grab the passenger rail and drag its arse around.
The early oem were alloy. Nice touch by the factory.

[Pinion]

as you can see, i have shaved the passenge rails off the frame, not an issue anymore, lol

[koko64]

Trimmed. Funny, Im hoing back to more of a stock look as it's a Jan '94 model.

[ducpainter]

Just watch out for the cases and bolt threads. Being light bikes I just grab the passenger rail and drag its arse around.
The early oem were alloy. Nice touch by the factory.

No issue spinning a 900 on it's stand, if the bolts are tight. If the bolts are loose, of course the threads will get fuxored. The real problems started in later vintage bikes, with the thinner cases, like the 848/1098. You could break that section right off, never mind damaging threads. It might have started with the Testastretta.

[koko64]

The "vacurial" cases are thinner ay? I'd still be careful, but that's me.

[Pinion]

the motor is and 01 from an ss, not sure when the"thinning " occured

[Duck-Stew]

848 and 1100evo was the beginning of the lightened cases.

[koko64]

I have seen issues with both pre Evo 1100 Multistrada DS motors that I work on
(so a 100% sample of two ).

[Pinion]

kewl beans, 

[Pinion]

Got sick of waiting for GPR to came through. The last exhaust was all cadiwaumpus, sent back a month ago and no returned one
So pulled one out from the basement and repurposed it. Now i'm just waiting on a clamp 
no tig

IMG_2962 by D charles, on Flickr

[koko64]

That looks clean.

[Pinion]

not what i wanted, but it will do for now

[koko64]

Suits the colour of the tank from the pic.