Monster M900 1999 - UKMOC Gen 2

25-12-2017, 05:23 PM

Well, it is Christmas Day, the house has been invaded so no better time for a presentation on the forum!
In fact the bike is not a new one, it use to belong to PedroII from this very house!
This is how I got the bike a few years ago:
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=51563

With 9700 miles on the clock, it had many of the good bits I was after: clip-ons, looked after ... and Black! It was the perfect start for a project
,obviously, a never ending one! And here it is once it got home:

The bit to work on, apart for a good service and belt change were the engine paint that although not bad, needed a refresh.
As I used the bike on my daily commute, all the big jobs were done in winter:
Year 1: engine refresh, lightened fly wheel, carb stripped, U/S cleaning and overhauled, exhaust cleaned, new silencers, new KN filter...

By the start of spring 2016 the Monster looked like this:

25-12-2017, 05:23 PM	#1
Froggy46 Guest Posts: n/a	Monster M900 1999 - UKMOC Gen 2 Well, it is Christmas Day, the house has been invaded so no better time for a presentation on the forum! In fact the bike is not a new one, it use to belong to PedroII from this very house! This is how I got the bike a few years ago: http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=51563 With 9700 miles on the clock, it had many of the good bits I was after: clip-ons, looked after ... and Black! It was the perfect start for a project ,obviously, a never ending one! And here it is once it got home: The bit to work on, apart for a good service and belt change were the engine paint that although not bad, needed a refresh. As I used the bike on my daily commute, all the big jobs were done in winter: Year 1: engine refresh, lightened fly wheel, carb stripped, U/S cleaning and overhauled, exhaust cleaned, new silencers, new KN filter... By the start of spring 2016 the Monster looked like this: