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This Month's Featured Bike: Dean James Naguib's 1993 M900

I took delivery of a 1993 M900 in April last year with the intention to create a unique bike that is a reflection of my personality. It took the next 8 months of reading every single motorcycle magazine, researching web sites and criticizing every picture of a Monster I could get my hands on, 'till I was ready to start modifying.
Essentially I am a minimalist and started by removing anything that was not necessary for the bike to operate and remain road legal. One of the most controversial points about the bike is the use of chrome. Believe it or not, but I am not a huge fan of chrome. Purely for the reason that it seems that a lot people, particularly in the cruiser world's imagination is limited to chroming almost every single part of their motorcycle in order to make their bike 'unique'. However, the reason I chose to use it was that it has a very tough finish that requires very little maintenance (compared to polishing) and from an aesthetic point of view seems to reflect the colours of its surroundings allowing it to blend in with wherever it is or whatever it is surrounded by.

	The engine was cleaned and masked before using several cans of H-D's Wrinkle Finish Blank paint. It was very easy to apply and seems to have held up against the elements over the last six months. I also decided to remove the belt covers and as of yet have not experienced any adverse effects from doing so. Exhausts were modified using Strati's design (ducatipipemod.com) and then polished. They have a wonderful sound that is loud but not too offensive. I am also running Unipod air filters, and although jets have not been modified, I have not experienced any problems associated with lean running conditions.

The front end has been extensively worked on by having the calipers chromed and disk centers, wheel rims and forks polished. Norm Brown (motomaxy.com) provided a beautify set of custom triple clamps that are designed to complement the steel trellis frame and that 'chunky meat head' look that I was going for. Illumination is taken care of by two 35W driving lights bolted to the side of the frame on custom brackets. They offer excellent night time visibility (although it has no high beam) and really makes the bike look huge when coming towards you.
	I have also ditched the UGLY stock gauge cluster for an aftermarket one made by Moto Detail (the same company that manufactures the oil temp gauge offered by DML).

The rear end was cleaned up by chopping the frame and using two aluminum brackets to attach the number plate. Ken (from kenscustomlights.com) made the LED brake light with integrated turn signals


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This Month's Featured Bike: Dean James Naguib's 1993 M900

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