Look what I found in the workshop!

[Pedro]

Evening all

Finally, after various DIY projects and one vw campervan build I got to tidy my workshop up properly and have finally got room to sort my 900 out. I'm rather ashamed to say it's been laid up since late 2007, the 1000DS came and went (no emotional attachment to that one), but every time I look at it, I grin like an idiot. I've had it nearly 11 years now (first bike sale at a newly established Moto Rapido) and wouldn't sell it for the world. I've been toying with a full resto but decided original used condition is best, battle scars and everything. Some of the bling that's on it will be going, with original parts going back on (anyone want Cycle Cat rear sets, let me know). First up though is a good clean and service and get it running.

So, for all those who've forgotten where this Monster thing started, here you go, one August 1993 registered M900!

[Albie]

Originally Posted by Pedro

Evening all

Finally, after various DIY projects and one vw campervan build I got to tidy my workshop up properly and have finally got room to sort my 900 out. I'm rather ashamed to say it's been laid up since late 2007, the 1000DS came and went (no emotional attachment to that one), but every time I look at it, I grin like an idiot. I've had it nearly 11 years now (first bike sale at a newly established Moto Rapido) and wouldn't sell it for the world. I've been toying with a full resto but decided original used condition is best, battle scars and everything. Some of the bling that's on it will be going, with original parts going back on (anyone want Cycle Cat rear sets, let me know). First up though is a good clean and service and get it running.

So, for all those who've forgotten where this Monster thing started, here you go, one August 1993 registered M900!

Jealous of bike and the space around it. Always loved your M900. Gorgeous..

[Goofle]

It looks well!
May I ask what the clutch / clutch cover is please? That's third on my list of mods I want to do!

[Pedro]

Thanks Albie, with a bit of spare time she'll be running soon!

Goofle - no idea what the clutch cover is tbh, been on there nearly ten years!

[Mr Gazza]

You lucky chap...Not too many "battle scars" from where I'm looking..!

You're doing exactly the right thing with her. She's just going to get better and better as more original bits go back on.

Nice Yellow hoop too...

I really don't understand this yellow hoop thing
- owner of never to be standard again first registered August 1993 M900
(although I do have many shelves full of all the parts taken off!)

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by DrD

I really don't understand this yellow hoop thing
- owner of never to be standard again first registered August 1993 M900
(although I do have many shelves full of all the parts taken off!)

The yellow hoop comes from the 851/888 parts bin, as does the swing arm and a fair chunk of the basic frame.

Originally Posted by Pedro

The yellow hoop comes from the 851/888 parts bin, as does the swing arm and a fair chunk of the basic frame.

Oh that I know but I don't know why it has to be yellow other than to match a pucky Ohlins colour scheme which was not standard fitment on the first monster, the M900.
- Beyond that its the growing trend for "a yellow hoop is good thing" I don't get.
Face it the original Il Mostro (which mine was) was a bin parts special - and there are all sorts of things you can do to improve it (including Kato's 851/888 forks which I am trying to forget about)

Looks like it just rolled off the modified production line, lovely bike

[bigredduke]

Originally Posted by Albie

Jealous of bike and the space around it. Always loved your M900. Gorgeous..

And you can enjoy a sauna whilst working on the bike.

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by DrD

Face it the original Il Mostro (which mine was) was a bin parts special - and there are all sorts of things you can do to improve it (including Kato's 851/888 forks which I am trying to forget about)

You're not wrong, I've compared mine to Crusts and SpaceMonkey's 93 bikes and there's a good few differences. Weirdly, Crusts is about 5 months newer than mine by reg date but the chassis number is much lower - reckon stock control in 93 was a bit iffy!

[Mr Gazza]

Originally Posted by DrD

Oh that I know but I don't know why it has to be yellow other than to match a pucky Ohlins colour scheme which was not standard fitment on the first monster, the M900.
- Beyond that its the growing trend for "a yellow hoop is good thing" I don't get.
Face it the original Il Mostro (which mine was) was a bin parts special - and there are all sorts of things you can do to improve it (including Kato's 851/888 forks which I am trying to forget about)

The Yellow hoop thing is not a big deal (for me anyway). It always gives me a little glint in my eye when I see one though. It's a little bit of history and a very quirky Monster thing.

If I had a '93, I would most definatly keep the Yellow hoop, or make it Yellow if it was not already. It is of course entirely up to each owner what they do with thiers, but it still makes me smile if it has been kept Yellow...A bit in the same way as when I notice the marks on the kitchen wall, where we measured our childrens hieghts as they grew up.

I'm not against changing bikes about a bit, and I've done my fair share of that over the years (still doing it.!). There are certain cases however where a nice old model with an honest patina of continual care and use, still carrying it's original parts and colours, has a special value.
I got so much pleasure out of my very original 1975 Moto Morini 31/2 Sport (even if the side panels were not a matching pair..), and also my 1965 AJS 250 lightwieght. Both of those I looked after with respect to thier originality, while other bikes got the total rebuild treatment or some major cosmetic and mechanical make overs.

A Yellow hoop is like a little signal that draws me in to see if I can spot any more original features, and maybe discover another well loved old bike that has survived through continual use and care.

So you see it's just a little personal pleasure to do with my affection for Monsters, and it's rather warming to know that a few others feel something simillar....But heaven forbid it become compulsory....

GASA, I know what you mean. Guy at work arrived the other day on his 1934 Norton - even has got the original (and now rusty) bolts on. Patina does not even cover that one!

[Mr Gazza]

WOW...!! That's Eighty years old...

...Can you imagine someone rolling up on a Monster in 60 years time..(wonder what colour the hoop would go by then..?)

[Dirty]

Gaza that post almost brought a tear to my eye, it seems I have a heart after all