hello all!



We are joining the board to offer help, and to ultimately sponsor the board (as a minor sponsor) when able to afford this.
Name: Frequently posting here will be Jason, Josh, Milli, Patrick or Pierre - that's like 3.75 people (i better not say which ones aren't full people yet or get in trouble)!
Location: We are spread across the ocean - from Nashville, Franklin, and Columbia TN, in USA and Volpiano (Torino), Italy.
Bike(s): We have several Ducati, Honda Hornet, and Yamaha R1.   We would like to obtain Ducati 1199 Panigale in short time!
How long you've been riding:  This is difficult to describe because Milli is very new at riding, Pierre has a scooter (we tease), but the rest of us begin riding at early years.
Anything else you'd like to share:  New Monster Owners and Old Monster Owners must hold hands and sing together! They should be proud to have something worth disagreeing about!    Also, for new years in Italy, we wear red underwear for good luck, while Jason and Joshua ate bad peas, ha ha

Ima special too!

welcome

what do you have?

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Welcome guys 

I already have the Model 4 - modified to go on my Monster soon.

I'm thinking that more than one of you must be 3/4 people or else you wouldn't spend your whole week creating beauitiful products like this...

I remember stopintime's triples!  Hot stuff for sure.  


They've got riders in different continents with their parts (and abooot time too).  (I think scooter riders are all, at best, 2/3 peoples).

Yes, there is much more to put on the site, but for now we are revising design slightly, and would like to begin board sponsorship of this web forum.   

at long last my demands are satisfied!   (i'm bringing over the senna movie this weekend perhaps)


i still gotta buy some gauges for my hybrid top triple set up.

Please post pictures when you are done - are you still using the small steel bending brackets to mount the dials?  I think you should simply send us measurements and we will produce a bracket machined from aluminum and anodized to match, so you won't have to use the steel pieces!  You call them ladybug or something, but that did not turn up any items on Google...

i have the mod 4 hybrid triple set up too, like  j v. and i would love some brackets for the guages!! im still running my bent steel tangs that i did for the test fit when i brought the triples. only thing is what angle would you run the guages at? id need them quite flat for my setup.

your website has improved since i last looked.. are they handlebar riser mounts on the mod 5?

You can do something like this to keep the gauges.
NOT as deep as this though - machine shop cut half of the material in a critical place. They paid the cost of another triple on which they only made the holes level, to accommodate the U-bracket.




Steering lock piece added...

Thank you for compliments on improvements to the website!


I am calling the version of MOD4 upper triple clamp which has central post bar riser mounts "MOD5", as we are referring to all triple clamps as "Models" with numbers to differentiate. 

For examples:

JV has MOD1H4 - it is MOD1 based, with MOD4-hybrid top plate.
stopintime has MOD2H4 - it is MOD2 based, with MOD4-hybrid top plate.

MOD4 top plate does not feature any riser mount holes.  MOD5 top plate does feature Hypermotard type bar riser mounts (we are working on attractive and affordable riser design to compliment this top plate and future top plates for monsters).  Here is the MOD5 type upper triple, essentially the MOD4 upper triple variation for conventional handlebars:



On non-hybrid versions of the top plates (MOD4 or MOD5), there will be a machined area at base of triple for damper bracket - like on Ducati and Honda SBK fitment.  All MOD4 and MOD5 have tapped holes to mount reservoirs or custom-gauges, or even ignition key pawls on some japanese motorcycles.  We can make those special brackets by request.

below is a picture of the tapped holes on the bottom side of a MOD4 (not hybrid) top plate:



Also, we are currently in machining of Monster-specific upper triple versions, similar to MOD4 and MOD5, with accommodations for Monster 2002+ gauges and ignition lock, and Monster 696/796/1100 gauges and ignition lock (both clipons-only version, like MOD4 and handlebar-riser possibility similar to MOD5). The current MOD2 for Monsters and ST will be retired when stock is depleted.  All new parts will be 7075 ERGAL now - like our MOD4/MOD5 line (in the past we have used 6082 ANTICORODAL, which is superior to 6061, but not as robust as 7075 ERGAL... buying in enormous quantities at the factory for automobile parts and motorcycle parts made this possible, cost-wise)

For MOD4, we receive some customization requests - for example, need for clipons for track or show (with clean appearance), but also perhaps riser configuration for comfort or different look.  We have produced captured plugs to fit from underside of the longitudinal grooves in the MOD4 upper triple, allowing conventional handlebar risers (our "S" spacing - 38mm for either 22mm handlebar OR 29mm conical/variable-section bar).  Here is the alternative bar riser possibility I am trying to describe:

Quote from: Roaduser on January 15, 2012, 10:21:53 PM
i have the mod 4 hybrid triple set up too, like  j v. and i would love some brackets for the guages!! im still running my bent steel tangs that i did for the test fit when i brought the triples. only thing is what angle would you run the guages at? id need them quite flat for my setup.

your website has improved since i last looked.. are they handlebar riser mounts on the mod 5?

Please send me pictures of your setup!  We would love to see it and with your permission, add it to our gallery page (which is next to be refined on the website, for now it is very rudimentary)

stopintime,

this is a very attractive bracket you have for the steering lock.  We wanted to make something like this for the MOD4, but as it is designed for track and race primarily, we will have trouble with correct location when offset is adjusted over the 6mm range.    For this reason, we have decided to develop the MOD2evo design, which will have the steering key-pawl lock, and gauge mounts, but will not be adjustable offset.

It is unusual for many street-riders to desire the adjustable offset, or the requirements for custom gauges or headlight brackets (fitting a complete MOD4 upper and lower to a Monster using a special steering stem, and removal of steering stops that protrude beneath frame neck - similarly required for economy framed Ducati Superbikes {748E, 749D, 848})   Monster owners are the unusual and most special in the view of IMA Special Parts! we very much like the ducati monster owners clubs because they frequently do make such modifications to their bike - and this is done worldwide!  Not only in Europe, or Japan, or USA or Australia!   For this reason, we do not make only template-based, catalog items - each owner is unique - each owner has personal aesthetic and abilities.


I think, after much consideration and suggestions from our North American offices, we have convinced Patrick and Marcello to release limited 'special colors' for customers.  In the past we have done Black, Clear and Gold anodizing, but since then Gold has become less popular and requests for the "Titanium-Gray" color have become very common.   We may produce small quantity releases of items in other colors, like green or red, for items like the hexagonal top nut on MOD4 and MOD5 top triple set ups.  This allows a touch of personality.  Also, with future productions, we may leave some common parts unanodized for custom-color fulfillment by customer's request (for blue, gold, red, or green triple clamp kits). 

"JV" has requested the damper clamps be available in black also, since he fitted 53mm superbike diameter forks to the Monster and needed to replace the 54mm Ohlins clamp from the SD-154 kit.  We think this may be a common request, since Ohlins does not produce their item in black at all, and the dealer cost for their plain clear anodized bracket is more than double the retail price of our clear bracket!

If you have any suggestions, please email us!  (for website use, or for useful parts, we want to serve everyone very well)
Soon to come to website will be related-items functionality, but more important still: content!  We have compiled track drawings of major north american trackday circuits, rules for many racing series, and how-to explanations for adapting various front end components to other bikes.   A popular request is to have the MOD4 top triple with fork spacing at 215mm, rather than 205mm.  This is the "wide track" spacing, such as on Ducati Corse and Yamaha superbikes.  It is coupled with spacers behind rotors on wheel to spread them from center slightly, and this provides better cooling and easier front wheel installation with the brake calipers.

My Model 4 challenges were the top triple height (U-bracket mounting - I still need to cut the U-bracket top and shave off some of the wind screen mounting 'ears') and the missing steering lock.

My specific requirements make the Model 4 unsuitable, but it's possible to modify, so why not...

The steering lock bracket has to be secured with some serious locktite or maybe even welded on. I'd hate for the bolts to unscrew while riding.

The way I modified the triple isn't very good as an example to follow. It's making the triple slightly weaker and it takes work on the U-bracket too.

I hope there will be plug & play options for Model 4 Monster applications, but I understand that it will be difficult. My reasons for buying it was my need to lower the fork a little (compared to my SpeedyMoto triple) and of course the bling factor.

Quote from: stopintime on January 16, 2012, 02:04:35 PM
My Model 4 challenges were the top triple height (U-bracket mounting - I still need to cut the U-bracket top and shave off some of the wind screen mounting 'ears') and the missing steering lock.

My specific requirements make the Model 4 unsuitable, but it's possible to modify, so why not...

The steering lock bracket has to be secured with some serious locktite or maybe even welded on. I'd hate for the bolts to unscrew while riding.

The way I modified the triple isn't very good as an example to follow. It's making the triple slightly weaker and it takes work on the U-bracket too.

I hope there will be plug & play options for Model 4 Monster applications, but I understand that it will be difficult. My reasons for buying it was my need to lower the fork a little (compared to my SpeedyMoto triple) and of course the bling factor.

Yes, the MOD2evo is more like you might look for - it is to be released very soon. It features a very attractive look, while retaining gauge mounting, u-bracket, and steering lock.  It will even have the clean top profile of the MOD4 in many ways, it will only not feature adjustable offset (but we have ways of making MOD4 work for people who must have such a feature!)

My Model 4 has a non-adjustable round hole for the steering stem - isn't that a regular Model 4 version?

Model 2evo sounds perfect, but if it doesn't require modification...... where's the fun?