New Rider from Texas

[kakunaratata]

Name: Tommy, kakunaratata
Location: Dallas, Texas
Bike(s) (if any): 2005 Monster 620ie
How long you've been riding: couple years on and off on my friend's 250's and Shadows
Anything else you'd like to share:
I'm a student at UT Dallas, finishing up my B.S. in Computer Science and working on my M.S. in Systems Engineering.

Had her almost a month before my friend laid her down going 45 to avoid hitting a lady who took a last second left turn onto his road. Currently working on installing Renthal Clipons, new left hand foot peg, and just finished the tail chop this morning. 80 dollars for a bracket... oh man.

Now on to the good part, photos:

When I first laid eyes on her.


Theft protection while I get insurance all sorted out.


Hiding from the hail.


And photos of the damage.








The front wheel:


Aaaand progress. After the tail chop this morning.


Working on the clip ons now... Got the old (bent) bar off, but now the triple tree is being a huge stubborn PITA. So any tips and tricks for that would be greatly appreciated. The left peg frame thing is on backorder at Ducati Omaha =[

[Ducatamount]

Welcome to DMF.
You should take your mechanical questions over to Tech, but you know that.