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Ben's 900 Monster build

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Here's the start of my 900 build sat on the bench having just come back from a mates to have the seat lock holder welded back on. I'm in the process of sanding out all the rust marks on the frame so that its ready for powder coating. This is going to be a slow build over the winter primarily due to funds...

 
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Good start ! Nice neat man cave too btw ,looking forward to a good build thread:thumbsup: glad to see you have “ lubricant” to hand too :mand::booze:
 
Moco1961 said:
Good start ! Nice neat man cave too btw ,looking forward to a good build thread:thumbsup: glad to see you have “ lubricant” to hand too :mand::booze:
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This is the workshop end, the Jeep and all the bike parts occupy the rest of the space ;)
 
Mark64 said:
It's about time Ben! Good luck with it all though, and enjoy it, got to love a good build thread ;-)
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Yes Mark - life and all its challenges have kind of got in the way over the last few years so its got to be done this winter. I've still got those parts from you so they will be used in this build :)
 
900Rebuilder said:
Yes Mark - life and all its challenges have kind of got in the way over the last few years so its got to be done this winter. I've still got those parts from you so they will be used in this build :)
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Nice one pal, what do they say 'life happens when you're making other plans' ain't that the truth!
And good choice with the beer, although Leffe is my favourite Belgian brew
 
Frame sanding to remove grinder damage (was me being over-zealous);



Frame rust that I'm removing before coating;



Swingarm that needs attention;



Collection of bits that will need painting to match;



45mm headers from Silmotor;



Seat been recovered;



900ie lump;



Maxton bits;



The old girl from '42;

 
Jam911 said:
Lots to do...good luck
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Yes its just past the start phase of dismantling n cleaning etc (that was years back), followed by lots of ebay trawling for parts over some of the middle years...

Now its getting the frame coated and onto the engine - trouble is I removed the air filter pod brackets with a grinder (badly) and also the seat lock bracket when I was going to do a tail chop plus the frame is moderately rusty under the paint meaning it needs fettling to be smooth before its done.
 
Looks very tidy! What wheels are you running as I fancied the 5-spoke later type in mine but have the 3-spoke Cagiva ones for now?
 
Not much progress on the bike whilst I'm waiting on a friend of a friend to set up a new powder coating business in Derby. Managed to chop the very top off my finger cutting up some emery cloth with a Stanley knife which sort of slowed things down a tad. My oil cooler guard has arrived from this very forum and certainly looks the part and has been added to my bits boxes for the build

 
The RoadRacing number plate holder arrived safe n sound from Nasher. RoadRacing appear to get some criticism for average build quality but I've got to say this seems very well made and definitely worth the money!



 
Well done so far and echoing what others have alteady said 'about time' but then it really is all about time isnt it? If you need any bits let me know on here or mobile. You never know as a lot of S4 and S4R bits will fit the M900
 
Darren69 said:
Well done so far and echoing what others have alteady said 'about time' but then it really is all about time isnt it? If you need any bits let me know on here or mobile. You never know as a lot of S4 and S4R bits will fit the M900
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Cheers :) probably will need some bits but I'm at that think I've got it all phase but deep down really know there's some odd stuff still to find.

Things that I can easily address but not visually is the fatbars into the stock clamps, the 900ie motor into the 900 carb frame, the 900m speedo with 916 spindle for the forks and finally the Brembo radial master cylinders onto original braided lines...
 
Had to resort to buying a set of tired indicators on ebay just to find the mount brackets. Even these are missing the locating lugs on them but can probably be rescued somehow.



 
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