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Many of you will remember Walker Evans’ IFS/IRS Rock Spider S10 buggy. It was built around 2003. It was short lived— I don’t know if he even drove it the whole season before going back to solid axles. Turning radius wasn’t great, among other undisclosed issues. It had a very unique...

Through some clever plumbing and machining a special nipple I was able to get the fuel tank and pump from my 2002 Monster to work with the returnless fuel system on the 2017. Surprisingly, they had the same electrical connector. Also stole the battery from the 02. The 797 is now a runner! She...

The plot continues to thicken…. I scored an amazing deal on a wrecked Monster 797. Not a bike I ever aspired to own, but it was so cheap I would have been an idiot to pass it up. Now I have three engine options for this build: 1. 620- lowest HP and torque and a five speed, but I do have a...

Well, lots has happened since my last post. Just not so much with the bike. I quit my cushy, secure government job of nearly sixteen years, but the new job has a full machine shop, welding shop and plastic fab shop. Almost makes up for the fact I could have retired in 14 years if I’d have stayed...

Still need to do some mods to the swingarm to be fully operational, but I turned an adjustable pushrod on the lathe to match the custom shock. Currently getting 205 mm of travel out of the rear end of the Monster. Which matches the 200 mm fork nicely.

Progress has slowed on this project, but it’s still moving forward. Had to take a little beak to build a couple custom bicycle frames. Some of my kids were feeling left out because they didn’t have a full custom frame that dad built in the garage. Got a 48t rear sprocket (gold to match the...

Currently, I have an air cooled 620 cc with a five speed transmission for this bike. It makes 63 HP. That does not sound like fun. My other Ducati makes twice the horsepower. I have a six speed gear stack that I *think* will fit in the case, but I won’t know until try. And since I’ll have to...

Got some fancy gold Brembo calipers shipped in from Italy. Turned some spacers on the lathe to get them pinching the rotor in the right spot. Have no idea what bike they came from. I only knew the 100mm bolt spacing and 30mm offset were what I needed. Hopefully, there’s not a ton of Brembo front...

No, it’s more of a hooligan commuter bike. I work at the mouth of Provo canyon and live near the mouth of AF canyon, so Alpine loop and Cascade Springs are often parts of the ride home. I just want something with a more upright riding position than my S4Rs, but still sporty and with enough...

Just waiting on some gold Brembo calipers to arrive from Italy and the front end is pretty much finished. Then on to the rear end…

Headstock extension is all done. Got my dual rotors installed and checked all my caliper measurements. Had to make a custom axle spacer to center the wheel. 90% sure the calipers will bolt right up, but it’s a $250 gamble on a pair of used Brembos. But I already have a pile of “no longer useful”...

Got a 30mm hub bearing spacer made. Stock Ducati on the right, new one on the left. Now my Ducati wheel goes in the KTM fork. Also have the beginnings of my headstock extension. It took a $95 piece of 4140 steel to make that. Crazy thing was, they wanted $107 for plain carbon steel in the same...

Been doing too much with my Ducati’s lately, but just so you know I haven’t forgotten my roots here is my latest project: 1990 Redline Forty-Four with the elevated chainstays. This one got disc tabs, all new cable routing, an internal dropper that drops via the left brifter, a new headtube to...

Thank you, but I’m pretty committed to my 17s at this point.

Got the triples bored out. Then discovered the clamping areas on the forks are too far apart to work with the shorter Monster steering stem, so the Hypermotard stem went back in. Now, I’m going to machine a headstock extension piece that presses into the existing headstock and moves the upper...

I picked up a Hypermotard lower triple on eBay. The steering stem is about 60mm longer than the Monster’s, however, other than length, they are identical. And no match for the 50 ton press. After I bore the fork clamp holes, I’ll press the Monster steering stem into the Hyper triple and all...

Couple updates: got exhaust head pipes from a Multistrada 620. The horizontal cylinder head pipe routes along the right side of the motor instead of underneath. This will net many more inches of ground clearance. Haven’t seen many Monster head pipes that aren’t scratched or smashed under...

I don’t know if any cares, but this is the calculation for mechanical trail: (sin HA x R - total offset)/cos HA HA is head angle R is radius of front wheel Total offset includes triples and fork lugs My head angle will be 25* Radius of a sport bike front wheel is 300mm I’ll be using 30mm of...

I changed my mind again and now I’m going with KTM 950 SM forks. I got fork tubes, axle and brake lines on eBay today. Still need to track down some triple clamps. The downside of this is the SM fork only has 200mm travel. Feels kind of watered down from my original hope for 250mm of travel...

I have the Monster almost fully assembled now. Still missing a few odds and ends. Which was the primary reason I’m assembling it— to see what’s missing. After another month of riding my S4Rs and my Husaberg, and hanging around UMC for a track day, I think I’ve decided I want a super moto. But...