always wanted a Monster, never quite got one, but...

[utopia]

That 500cc Suzuki has got me twitching.
I'm not the sort of person who wants lots of bikes in the garage but something just like that has been on my wishlist as a third bike alongside my monster and my thumper for years.
I grew up on 2 strokes.
Is that the std frame with a bracing piece at the top/rear of the loop ?

As for the orange, its a colour that seems to have come my way over the years ...
I had a Laverda SFC many years ago. They were all orange I believe.
My monster was originally that colour too, as it had a paintjob in tribute to Troy Bayliss' 1999 BSB winning bike. In the end that annoyed me though, cos it said INS on the tank instead of Ducati. Eventually I dinged the tank in a sidestand-related incident and took the opportunity to change to the current blue.

[buzzer]

Originally Posted by FrankenDesmo

Is that a GT500? Very nice!

yes its a GT500

Originally Posted by utopia

That 500cc Suzuki has got me twitching.
I'm not the sort of person who wants lots of bikes in the garage but something just like that has been on my wishlist as a third bike alongside my monster and my thumper for years.
I grew up on 2 strokes.
Is that the std frame with a bracing piece at the top/rear of the loop ?

As for the orange, its a colour that seems to have come my way over the years ...
I had a Laverda SFC many years ago. They were all orange I believe.
My monster was originally that colour too, as it had a paintjob in tribute to Troy Bayliss' 1999 BSB winning bike. In the end that annoyed me though, cos it said INS on the tank instead of Ducati. Eventually I dinged the tank in a sidestand-related incident and took the opportunity to change to the current blue.

I added the frame bracing as it didn't look right as an open frame... As an aside, I have known the bike for MANY years... back in the 70's I went with my mate when he bought it... he rode it for around 5 years and then took it apart to paint the frame... and there it stayed in pieces until I bought it in 2017! It was in terrible condition, and just not economically wort restoring, hence the cafe racer. Mechanically it was pretty good though and had done less than 5000 mile! here is the story of its build...

https://jtccc.wordpress.com/our-moto...00-cafe-racer/