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month's featured bike - Sean's Monster! |
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[Editor's note: I saw this bike
at the San Mateo motorcycle show and knew I had to have it
as a featured bike. Now some people might cry 'foul' because
Sean has an unfair advantage working at MotoWheels, but I
think it is still an awesome bike.]
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bike started out as 1999 Monster Chromo; I had a bit
of an accident in early May.
I hit a huge pot hole at night doing about 65mph and the
bike pitched me off and then went sliding down the road
for about 300 or more feet. Miraculously I survived sliding
150 or more feet with just a few minor scratches. I
learned the importance of safety equipment, and for that
matter, quality safety equipment.
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After seeing Martin’s (owner
of Motowheels) Monster, I pretty much followed suit as
far as modifications goes. His monster pretty much has
everything you can do to it. I know, not very original,
however Martin is very well likely the best source of Ducati
information on a wide scale, from OEM parts and especially
performance parts, in the country. He has done the research,
talked to everybody you possibly can, and experienced things
first hand by trial and error. He knows what works the
best, what is essential and what is the best bang for the
buck. Since working here for over a year now, I have adopted
the same philosophy of knowing the bikes and the parts
we sell, what it takes to install them and their respective
qualities and benefits
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I
have talked at length with some of the greatest builders
of engines and tuners in the country before I underwent
reconstruction. The information that I acquired has subsequently
led to the parts that we now stock and are proud to sell.
One of our greatest assets besides importing unique performance
parts, is stocking them, so that they are available to
ship right away, or having great prices and excellent
customer
service, is the knowledge in knowing how the parts function,
their idiosyncrasies and how they work together.
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List of Mods:
- CF Fuel Tank
- CF Headlight Bucket
- CF Headlight Supports
- CF Seat Cowling
- CF Handlebars
- CF Front and Rear Fenders
- CF Race Belly Pan
- CF Side Air Vents
- CF Ignition Cover
- CF Timing belt Cover
- CF Swingarm adjuster covers
- CF Tach and speedo cluster
- CF BST wheels
- SBK 998 forks hard anodized black
- Ohlins Rear shock
- Arrow Steering Damper
- Cycle Cat Triple Clamp
- Custom Made Lower Clamp By Alex Ortner
- GP Radial Brake Master Cylinder
- GP Clutch Radial Master Cylinder
- Brembo Corse Full Floating Rotors
- Brembo 2pc Billet Calipers
- Fren Tubo Kevlar Brake and Clutch Lines
- STM Slave Cylinder
- STM 48T Evoluzione Lightweight Clutch assembly
- Lightened Front and Rear sprocket
- DID 520 ERV2 chain
- Billet Mono rear sets
- Bilet Clip ons
- K & N
Filter
- Billet air filter frame
- NGK plug wires
- Dyna High Fire Coils
- Kehins Flat side Carbs
- SIL
Motor High Mount Full system
- LED Tail lights in the Frame after tail chop
- All bolts changed either to aluminum or titanium
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mantra here at Motowheels is, “ It’s easier to make a bike
lighter, than it is to make it faster.” This bike is a
testament to that.
It has shed about 60 pounds during the
whole process, and the weight to be close to 330 pounds. Losing the weight has made the bike a completely
different bike from stock in every form and fashion. Because
a lot of the weight lost was “ unsprung weight” , the
bike’s performance has gained ten fold. Accelerates harder,
brakes in a shorter distance ( great
late braking ) Overall handling feels like riding a bicycle!
For a bike that started with only 74hp,
with the only engine modification being Flat side carbs,
it will easily
keep up with a 996 and then some. I am planning to build the engine next, however the bike
is now quite a handful, and does take a bit of work keeping
the front end down in the first 4 gears.
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| All
the parts can be found at Motowheels,
any of us here can answer any questions regarding the monster
or the parts. Please feel free to
email us. sean@motowheels.com or sales@motowheels.com |
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