Monster 1200R & Moto Rapido

[chris yeatman]

lovely bikes, one day I will have one, but for now the s4r rebuild continues.

[SteveG]

Originally Posted by chris yeatman

lovely bikes, one day I will have one, but for now the s4r rebuild continues.

Chris...
Rebuild Pictures ???....

Ps, did I spot you at a Gig in Bournemouth a couple of weeks back?? If not you have a doppelgänger..../ stunt-double

Originally Posted by SteveG

Thanks for the tip Pedro..agree about the reflectors.... have you done yours or did MR do it for you?

Mark... Running in... plan is to have it done sometime around New Year. Just need a couple of days off work.. oh, and dry roads as I'm not a fan of wet & cold at same time.

I used fishing line on mine and WD40 to get the residue off, took 5 mins tops and looks so much better.

Don't mind the wet and cold its salted roads I refused to ride on, ruined too many bikes in the past when I didn't have a choice, but then again with a choice I will stick to dry and warm too I have about 400 miles to the 1500 mile mark, that can wait now.

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by SteveG

Thanks for the tip Pedro..agree about the reflectors.... have you done yours or did MR do it for you?

Mark... Running in... plan is to have it done sometime around New Year. Just need a couple of days off work.. oh, and dry roads as I'm not a fan of wet & cold at same time.

I took the reflectors off about a week ago.

As for running in, I've got about 800 miles on mine and I'm using up to about 8.5k revs in short bursts but only after it's properly warmed up for 20-30 minutes. The "orange line" on the rev counter starts at 7k but once up to 50degrees it moves to 9.5k.

One thing worth keeping an eye on - I fitted an Evotech oil cooler guard and even with 600 miles on before I fitted it, the oil cooler was full of road crud. I know MotoNik has also had the same issue. Worth cleaning it out regularly I think.

Better pic of mine

[SteveG]

Thanks Mark. Mine's two days off work I reckon to get to the first service at 620ish miles... hadn't thought about the second rev limit step at 1500 miles tbh..

Pedro- that's pre tail tidy and reflectormod ... Meet for coffee in Marlborough again sometime pre-Xmas???

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by SteveG

Thanks Mark. Mine's two days off work I reckon to get to the first service at 620ish miles... hadn't thought about the second rev limit step at 1500 miles tbh..

Pedro- that's pre tail tidy and reflectormod ... Meet for coffee in Marlborough again sometime pre-Xmas???

Sounds like a plan Steve, as long as the salt gets washed off the roads.

Tail tidy piccy....



Sorry about posting pics in your thread Pedro...

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by MarkF

Tail tidy piccy....



Sorry about posting pics in your thread Pedro...

Don't be, let's get more 1200 pics! The more the merrier!

I do like that exhaust....

oooh....pictures - ok then....

OOh what mirrors and what bolts to replace the mirror bolts?

The mirrors are from Strada 7 Racing. To hold the brake/clutch reservoirs in place I used 7xM8 washers stacked on top of each other and dropped the OEM bolt through them.

I liked the fact that you can see every thing behind me, but it didn't take long until I got pi$$ed off because I couldn't filter as quickly as I liked due to the proximity of those pesky car wing mirrors - so I put the OEM ones back on, for now.

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I was looking at a spacer solution too, the left bolt will be no problem to replace but the right is an opposite thread, i have a set of Oberon mirrors that I may put on to see how it looks, but they are a pain to adjust and a slight knock sets them out again. As my Garage is the only access to the rear garden the NS gets knocked a bit. Also was wondering about the affect of removing the OEM bar ends.

[Saint aka ML]

The more I look the more I want a 1200R in black..... With CRT double pipe....

[Saint aka ML]

Down in choices from 3 to 2 Pedro thx for this happy thread.

So now 1200R or XDiavel s....