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Yeah, the swing arm from a 2002 Multistrada 620 bolts right in and clears the 1100 exhaust and mostly works with the Hypermotard suspension. Who would have thought? I guess the Ducati engineers are not big fans of reinventing the wheel every couple years. There is a fairly high level of...

The suspension rocker on the Hyper has slightly different geometry than the Monster. I had my MockShox set up for 330mm length/81mm travel for the Monster. I used the rod ends to reduce the length to 325mm, but this was still too much for the Hyper link and it was crashing. It was also giving me...

There she is, with suspension at full droop in a poser shot with the MX seat. After spending several evenings in the garage messing with different swingarms, links and frames, I determined the Hypermotard frame was much better suited for my purposes. This kind of makes me sad because now the...

I highly recommend it. It made things so much easier. I tapped the post that interfaces with the floor jack so I can thread a bolt with a big washer in from the underside so there is no way the platform can separate from the jack. It probably doesn’t need it, but it’s nice to know I can REALLY...

And just like that, a 2011 1100 Evo jammed into a 2002 Monster 620 frame.

Ducati motors are very rolly poly. I know, because I had one roll away once and break stuff. In order to not damage my precious 1100, I fabbed up a jack adapter. It made pulling the motor a very easy one man job. Combined with the old hanging the bike from a ladder trick, it was a cake walk.

This was my truck bed in November 2023 And this my truck bed in November 2024. I got a fever. And the only prescription is more… wrecked Ducatis? Low mileage 2011 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Evo. Looped out of a wheelie. Wife says I paid too much. She’s probably right. However, it solves...

Bought this stuff at the Ford dealer today. Cost me almost $100 for three quarts. Was is worth it? I’ve only driven the car ten miles, but it transitioned the tranny back to sweet, smooth shifts. Can I say that? It’s so good. It has sigma rizz. Definitely not from Ohio. No cap. If Jesus...

Just finished up this 24” wheeler for my ten year old. The whole thing is straight gauge aircraft 4130. Even without any butted tubes the frame was 3.4 lbs. She was going to get a 1x9 drivetrain, but I discovered the used derailleur I set aside for the build was missing the B tension screw...

Because I’ve been using this as a commuter and it’s not uncommon for me to spend 2.5 hours a day in it, I did some stereo upgrades. A cheap Amazon Bluetooth 240 watt amplifier and not so cheap 3rd Millennium sneakers. Made an aluminum plate to plug the hole where the stereo used to live. Amp...

Since the stock trans and rear end can only handle about 250 WHP and I’m not ready to do those swaps yet— I would like to hit about 230 WHP. That requires about 10 pounds of boost. Still going back and forth between a turbo and a Rotrex supercharger. I honestly don’t think the chassis is...

The crowd I run with has a 2JZ Ultima RS kit car that weighs the same as the Miata but puts down 10x the HP and a ZR1 Vette that has a better power to weight ratio than my fast Ducati and runs low 9s in the quarter. Don’t think it hasn’t crossed my mind….

Started with some fun stuff easy stuff because I like to make things. Yeah, I could buy all this stuff, but l love to build it myself. Here’s a shift knob made from Delrin scraps from work. And some door pulls I stitched up from a weight lifting belt I got at DI with custom aluminum washers...

The 1994 is arguably the best year of the Miata. They are the lightest/simplest cars that had the bigger 1.8L and the bigger rear end. The earlier 1.6 diffs were made of glass… It is a five speed manual. I haven’t figured out what I’m doing with it yet. At least not all the way. It will not be...

When it first showed up, I had three different Ducati projects going on and I was overdue for building my growing daughter a new pedal bike— I scratch build custom bicycle frames so this wasn’t a matter of just bolting parts together. I didn’t have room in my life for a Miata. That’s why it sat...

My dad gave me his Miata. He has a long history of giving me cars. He doesn’t like selling them. I think it’s because there’s always little things wrong with them and he feels guilty about selling something that isn’t perfect and he knows I can fix them, so he just gives them to me. There was a...

I ended up selling the 797. Made a little money on it. Some guy bought it for his son as a graduation present. I think I got a pocket knife at graduation. It was a Spyderco at least. That’s kinda like the Ducati of knives? When I bought the 797 it was pouring rain. Cold November Rain. It was...

I have about a hundred miles on the Monster 797 now. At first, it was a lot of miles around the neighborhood to make sure nothing was going to fall off. Did a longer ride today. Some freeway, highway, residential and some twisties. The more I ride this bike the less I want to sell it. It’s...

Fastway finally got stock again. The Husaberg got new shields to replace the damaged ones. The Monster Moto got handguards and shields. Used a V3 kit from Fastway along with KTM 125 lower bar clamps that happened to work well with the Hypermotard upper triples. And a poser shot with the new...

Rode my 2017 Monster 797 for the first time tonight. Still needs a headlight and a few other odds and ends, but it runs. I only took it around the block a couple times and never got past second gear, but I really liked it. It was very comfortable and easy to ride. I guess I hadn’t realized just...