...sorry but this post deserves it's own thread.
Finished the bike today and put 30 miles on it. I am so happy with the way it turned out. It drives like a dream.
Thank you DMF for all your support and patience with me. I joined the forum 6 months ago with a TON of questions. You helped me take a $500 totaled bike and turn it into this:
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_8199_zps9ba6ac18.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_8203_zpsd0c8ec23.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_8206_zps06467019.jpg)
Joshua
Done....
ahahaha hahah haha
Tell me another one ;D
Slide Panda,
he means done with the first set of modifications so that the bike is able to be riden . . .
More mods to come, we all know that . . .
Congrats man. Happy to see the bike has come together. All that money saving you did on the front-end only means you'll be modding this thing out soon enough.
WOW! [thumbsup]
I'm thoroughly impressed, that bike came out amazing!
Great work Joshua, now get out and ride the snot out of that thing [evil]
Good work. [clap]
Enjoy.
Congrats
Looks awesome! I love the headlight. Where did you get it? Do you have any straight on pics of it? And will it fit a 2013 Monster 1100Evo? Ok, I'm done. ;D
Awesome.
Looks great.. The headlight is awesome!
great lookin ride my man. good work [thumbsup]
now go beat the snot out of it [Dolph]
Quote from: MonstaS2R on May 07, 2013, 01:30:07 PM
Congrats man. Happy to see the bike has come together. All that money saving you did on the front-end only means you'll be modding this thing out soon enough.
Thanks man. Yeah I will call this phase 1. Once I get some more discretionary income I already have ideas for phase 2 :)
Quote from: DexterMorgan on May 07, 2013, 03:39:06 PM
Looks awesome! I love the headlight. Where did you get it? Do you have any straight on pics of it? And will it fit a 2013 Monster 1100Evo? Ok, I'm done. ;D
The headlight is from a KTM Superduke. I have an older pix from straight on here:
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_7814_zps0c87a979.jpg)
I should get some updated pictures from the front though because so far that is my favorite view of this bike. Yeah I am sure you can get the headlight to fit your bike but it will take some fab work to make a mount for it.
Quote from: Spy+ on May 07, 2013, 05:23:15 PM
Looks great.. The headlight is awesome!
Thanks for the compliment!
Quote from: shift1100 on May 07, 2013, 06:04:35 PM
great lookin ride my man. good work [thumbsup]
now go beat the snot out of it [Dolph]
Good call. Gotta get rid of some chicken strips :)
should post up a before pic for comparison :)
man, i need to mount my clock below
Very nicely done [clap]
Quote from: DucDucGoos on May 08, 2013, 12:49:28 AM
should post up a before pic for comparison :)
+1
Done...I think he meant with the 30 mile ride. [clap]
that's what she said
Quote from: nizfiz on May 08, 2013, 08:04:26 PM
that's what she said
He said 30 minutes, not 3..................... [evil]
Quote from: memper on May 08, 2013, 08:03:30 PM
Done...I think he meant with the 30 mile ride. [clap]
Ha, I just meant done modding. I have been working on the bike for 6 months just to get it street worthy. This bike was a mess when I got it.
Good idea on the before/after pix. Maybe I will work on that this weekend.
Very nice, really like the simple clean looks that never look old (what is it, 20 years since the Monster was introduced?) [thumbsup]
And some better pictures as promised. Thinking about submitting my bike for BoMB.
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02664-Edit-2_zps4f2f8727.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02629-Edit-2_zps9278d53b.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02638-Edit-2_zpsd1fbef6c.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02653-2_zps901d59d6.jpg)
And some before pictures per your request:
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_7413_zps84f474ae.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_7409.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/100_7405.jpg)
Boy howdy, that's just slicker'n slug snot!
Quote from: SpikeC on May 11, 2013, 03:00:58 PM
Boy howdy, that's just slicker'n slug snot!
Yeeeee haaaaaw!
Quote from: joshuajcrouch on May 11, 2013, 01:38:09 PM
And some better pictures as promised. Thinking about submitting my bike for BoMB.
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02664-Edit-2_zps4f2f8727.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02629-Edit-2_zps9278d53b.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02638-Edit-2_zpsd1fbef6c.jpg)
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/joshuajcrouch/DSC02653-2_zps901d59d6.jpg)
DO IT !!!
Looks great but I'd never, ever, say it's done. You'll scratch that itch again shortly. ;D