Monster 1100 Evo Café Racer

Luddite · 04-01-2021, 02:09 PM

Quite a transformation!

From this...

To this...

I like the tubular subframe. Same ropey old standard suspension though

(...and even some wheely-bins thrown in for good measure!).

https://rocket-garage.blogspot.com/2...osity.html?m=1

Doggy · 04-01-2021, 04:45 PM

I love looking at all these fancy Cafe racer type bikes and think they look brilliant, but I'm not sure I could ride one very far. But I guess that's half the point, I doubt many get ridden at all!!

crust · 04-01-2021, 05:23 PM

I like that a lot, a proper set of mandlebars and it would be sorted.

350TSS · 04-01-2021, 07:33 PM

I think if he fitted a number plate it would foul the rear tyre, but a good job considering the starting point

Davy · 04-01-2021, 07:42 PM

I think it hit every branch of the ugly tree on the way down.

slob · 04-01-2021, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doggy

... I doubt many get ridden at all!!

at least this one is sitting on fried tyres in a race paddock

pooh · 04-01-2021, 09:13 PM

Nice job

Pooh

utopia · 04-01-2021, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slob

at least this one is sitting on fried tyres in a race paddock

Would that racetrack be Misano ?
I'm wondering if I might recognise the blurred stairway in the medium background.

I like the general lines.
I also like the paint which rings two iconic Ducati bells (red with white frame) but still manages to be different.
And what's not to like about an aircooled, 2-valve custom ?

Sadly (and ok, perhaps boringly), I can't forgive it for the lack of belt covers, particularly when combined with no front mudguard.
And I don't see the point of exhaust wrap.

Overall though, I like it quite a lot.

slob · 04-01-2021, 10:49 PM

not Misano, I don’t recognise the block paving

Luddite · 04-01-2021, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 350TSS

I think if he fitted a number plate it would foul the rear tyre, but a good job considering the starting point

I believe the UAE plates are the wide but short type, which would probably be ok. Incidentally, the Dubai plates carry a bike logo, which is quite neat!

Quote:

Originally Posted by slob

not Misano, I don’t recognise the block paving

Apparently he lives in the UAE so it may be Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi, which was mentioned in another write up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doggy

...I doubt many get ridden at all!!

It's definitely been ridden...

No doubt the reason for those fried tyres, Rob!

slob · 05-01-2021, 07:00 AM

Yas Marina makes sense. It’s a ‘car circuit’, look at the runoff before the concrete fence on the outside of that bend!! I know someone who’s raced there and says it’s a scary place on a bike.
There’s an autodrome at Dubai too.
He might want to rethink the exhaust routing :-D

Ron1000 · 05-01-2021, 08:46 AM

That’s what happened to mine that time at knockhill, standard exhaust routing does cause issues on track.

I shall now be happy for the rest of the day thinking (wrongly) I look that good on a bike.

Kato · 05-01-2021, 08:54 AM

Not Marina .... It is Dubai Autodrome 100% certain

Christy · 05-01-2021, 09:38 AM

Nice bike. Good to see it getting used well

Luddite · 05-01-2021, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kato

Not Marina .... It is Dubai Autodrome 100% certain

Good spot, Kato! Here's a photo from the Autodrome's own website - complete with wheely-bins!

04-01-2021, 02:09 PM	#1
Luddite Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southampton Bike: M1100evo Posts: 2,465	Monster 1100 Evo Café Racer Quite a transformation! From this... To this... I like the tubular subframe. Same ropey old standard suspension though (...and even some wheely-bins thrown in for good measure!). https://rocket-garage.blogspot.com/2...osity.html?m=1

04-01-2021, 07:42 PM	#5
Davy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Derry Bike: M900 Posts: 358	I think it hit every branch of the ugly tree on the way down. __________________ 1994 M900 Black

04-01-2021, 09:13 PM	#7
pooh Lincolnshire Area Rep Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grimsby Bike: M900ie Posts: 469	Nice job Pooh __________________ Slighty less brain cells than I was born with

05-01-2021, 07:00 AM	#11
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,714	Yas Marina makes sense. It’s a ‘car circuit’, look at the runoff before the concrete fence on the outside of that bend!! I know someone who’s raced there and says it’s a scary place on a bike. There’s an autodrome at Dubai too. He might want to rethink the exhaust routing :-D Last edited by slob; 05-01-2021 at 07:05 AM..

05-01-2021, 08:54 AM	#13
Kato Dismantled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Molesey Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,231	Not Marina .... It is Dubai Autodrome 100% certain __________________ "Political correctness is just intellectual colonialism and psychological fascism for the creation of thought crime" Last edited by Kato; 05-01-2021 at 08:56 AM..

04-01-2021, 04:45 PM	#2
Doggy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Kent Bike: M796 Posts: 510	I love looking at all these fancy Cafe racer type bikes and think they look brilliant, but I'm not sure I could ride one very far. But I guess that's half the point, I doubt many get ridden at all!!

04-01-2021, 05:23 PM	#3
crust rattles when he walks Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: in the comfy chair,moved furniture around Bike: M900 Posts: 1,065	I like that a lot, a proper set of mandlebars and it would be sorted.

04-01-2021, 07:33 PM	#4
350TSS Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Shipbourne Bike: M900 Posts: 1,421	I think if he fitted a number plate it would foul the rear tyre, but a good job considering the starting point

04-01-2021, 10:49 PM	#9
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,714	not Misano, I don’t recognise the block paving

05-01-2021, 08:46 AM	#12
Ron1000 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Livingston Bike: M1100evo Posts: 863	That’s what happened to mine that time at knockhill, standard exhaust routing does cause issues on track. I shall now be happy for the rest of the day thinking (wrongly) I look that good on a bike.

05-01-2021, 09:38 AM	#14
Christy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hull Bike: M900 Posts: 75	Nice bike. Good to see it getting used well __________________ Keeping it real M900 (93), Multistrada 950, 900SS Project, Guzzi Breva 1100