It's winter here in the Netherlands so it's mod-time.
I'm busy building a 696 headlight on to my '93 M900.
I know, not everybody likes the 696 headlight and it's mostly done the other way around.
There are quite a few 696 and up Monsters with an old, round headlight.
I'm probably not the first who does this but actually i've never seen pictures of an early Monster with a modern headlight.
Imho the new headlight looks great but i don't like the way it's mounted on the 696.
It's too close to the frontfork legs.
So first i 've machined a few aluminium holders which provide some extra room between the fork legs and the headlight.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto1k0-8FNAO4GF.jpg)
to be continued..
Blasphemy :D
Nice job on the mounts.
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 24, 2015, 07:15:04 AM
Blasphemy :D
Don't judge it untill you see it when it's finished. ;)
A small Koso tachometer comes on top of the headlight together with a homemade carbon flyscreen.
This is how it was:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-W7WTZABA.jpg)
The new set up will be in the same style but it will have a lower profile.
Quote from: gajus on January 24, 2015, 08:09:56 AM
Don't judge it untill you see it when it's finished. ;)
Not judging at all. It is a correct Monster after all. ;)
That's a nice lookin' classic right there!
Quote from: ducpainter on January 24, 2015, 07:21:36 AM
Nice job on the mounts.
+1 [thumbsup]
Looking forward to seeing the finished result......
You can swap headlights with Ung. ;D
Quote from: ducpainter on January 24, 2015, 07:21:36 AM
Nice job on the mounts.
yep...
I've actually thought about doing this myselff...
Quote from: koko64 on January 24, 2015, 10:25:20 PM
You can swap headlights with Ung. ;D
Nope. I like my headlight.
Got me own headlight from a crashed 696!
The brackets that hold the standard tachometer are gone, instead of these there's a machined bracket which support the much smaller Koso tacho:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto1k0-VTD6HBIL.jpg)
Now i 'm busy sorting out the wiring, anybody did this before...?
I'm not at all a fan of the later headlight, but I think your custom brackets are AWESOME!
Quote from: Tim on January 26, 2015, 03:21:57 PM
I'm not at all a fan of the later headlight, but I think your custom brackets are AWESOME!
This - those brackets are really trick
Quote from: Wzed on January 26, 2015, 03:50:04 PM
This - those brackets are really trick
Thnx for the nice compliments, too bad you won't see the brackets with the headlight and flyscreen in place.... ;D
I've pretty much sorted out the wiring except for the low fuel light. Best solution is probably a seperate fuel light.
@ Tim: i really like your SS-project! Very inspiring project. I'm planning a similar project.
Quote from: gajus on January 24, 2015, 08:09:56 AM
Don't judge it untill you see it when it's finished. ;)
A small Koso tachometer comes on top of the headlight together with a homemade carbon flyscreen.
This is how it was:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-W7WTZABA.jpg)
The new set up will be in the same style but it will have a lower profile.
More pics of this tail section plz
Quote from: Rudemouthsky on January 29, 2015, 05:19:55 AM
More pics of this tail section plz
Here you go:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-HWLH8IJW.jpg)
It is a DP carbon mono seat.
now, that is a worthy tail chop just for those lights . . .
Rear light is from a 999.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto1k0-U8MOA86X.jpg)
You don't see them that much, these seats are pretty expensive.
Quote from: gajus on January 29, 2015, 09:34:09 AM
Rear light is from a 999.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto1k0-U8MOA86X.jpg)
You don't see them that much, these seats are pretty expensive.
yes they are . . . yes they are and very comfortable too
Quote from: gajus on January 26, 2015, 11:13:57 AM
Now i 'm busy sorting out the wiring, anybody did this before...?
Ive been doing the wiring for my V65TT guzzi to put in a trail tech. Its pretty straight forward honestly. Also ive been working on putting the 796 headlight in it as well....been on the back burner for a while though.
Finally it's finished:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto720-GOBLGZPP.jpg%5Bimg%5D)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto720-GZMR4QCM.jpg)
This was the first time I popped into this thread.
While I'm a big fan of the classic headlight, I have to say the 696 headlight looks great on your bike and looks good with the blacked out forks.
The bike overall looks fantastic. Nice job!