Ben's 900 Monster build

[adie851]

Looking good..are you doing the frame the original gold colour....seen the blue tank...is that gonna go on the bike...? Are you going 5-spoke marchesini's..wheels...I've done two M900 rebuilds in the past...one yellow custom and one red standard spec...enjoy the rebuild....good to see the progress...

cheers, adie851

[900Rebuilder]

Originally Posted by adie851

Looking good..are you doing the frame the original gold colour....seen the blue tank...is that gonna go on the bike...? Are you going 5-spoke marchesini's..wheels...I've done two M900 rebuilds in the past...one yellow custom and one red standard spec...enjoy the rebuild....good to see the progress...

cheers, adie851

This is a resto-mod not a restoration because the bike came to me as an odd collection of parts and I prefer to make changes to make it how I would like it

Currently looking at black frame with satin black components (probably cerakote) and black bodywork with some candy red dropped into the paint. I will most likely have dark candy / cherry red wheels as well.

I would like the 5 spoke wheels but its easy in a project to constantly buy new, more trick parts and never actually get enough money together to complete the thing. This Monster has been in my garage for 10 years now!

Currently I'm going with the following spec from front to back;

916 forks re-valved by Maxton
Remote reservoir rear shock from Maxton
Sport classic front mudguard
Headlight lowered 25mm, no chrome and carbon back
Braided hoses
Brembo radial MC's with smoked pots
Fatbars
Mikuni TDMR 40mm faltslide carbs
Ignitec ignition for 900ie engine in carbed bike
MWR airbox lid air filter
CCW coil upgrade
Exact Fit starter cables
Alcantara seat
LED tail light
Original style smoked indicators
RoadRacing tail tidy (uncut)
Renthall sprockets
Oil cooler cover in SS
Hypermotard oil lines (both up one side)
Swingarm / spindles caps in grey alloy (German from memory)
Silmotor 45mm headers and 2/3 length oval carbon cans (SP Engineering)
Hoop extenders
Centre stand
Givi rack kit (not to be kept on bike) and tank bag

Things I'm looking for;

888 hugger
Floating rear brake
RoadRacing front brake scoops

Stuff to spend more cash on;

Paint
Powder coat
Cerakote
Plating
Fiddly parts

Something I'm considering;

Taking front discs apart and coating carriers and then rebuilding with new bobbins

[900Rebuilder]

The RoadRacing number plate holder arrived safe n sound from Nasher. RoadRacing appear to get some criticism for average build quality but I've got to say this seems very well made and definitely worth the money!

[Jam911]

Looks Great

[Darren69]

Well done so far and echoing what others have alteady said 'about time' but then it really is all about time isnt it? If you need any bits let me know on here or mobile. You never know as a lot of S4 and S4R bits will fit the M900

[900Rebuilder]

Originally Posted by Darren69

Well done so far and echoing what others have alteady said 'about time' but then it really is all about time isnt it? If you need any bits let me know on here or mobile. You never know as a lot of S4 and S4R bits will fit the M900

Cheers probably will need some bits but I'm at that think I've got it all phase but deep down really know there's some odd stuff still to find.

Things that I can easily address but not visually is the fatbars into the stock clamps, the 900ie motor into the 900 carb frame, the 900m speedo with 916 spindle for the forks and finally the Brembo radial master cylinders onto original braided lines...

[900Rebuilder]

Had to resort to buying a set of tired indicators on ebay just to find the mount brackets. Even these are missing the locating lugs on them but can probably be rescued somehow.

[Dukedesmo]

Not sure what the lugs were like or fi glue would be good enough, my vote goes to plastic welding.

All you need is a soldering iron and some cable ties.

[900Rebuilder]

Originally Posted by Dukedesmo

Not sure what the lugs were like or fi glue would be good enough, my vote goes to plastic welding.

All you need is a soldering iron and some cable ties.

Thinking of using small allen bolts screwed n glued in place

[Mr Gazza]

I think Albie did this with some plastic number plate bolts somehow.

[900Rebuilder]

Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

I think Albie did this with some plastic number plate bolts somehow.

Probably similar to what I was thinking but could be an ideal solution as I'd imagine the plastic screw being strong enough for the job but sacrificial when required

[Albie]

Drill and tap holes m6 in the same place. Take 2 black number plate screws the ones with the reduced front locatirs. These are the same size as the original lines.. Frome the back then screw the bolts through until the threaded portion stops the cut off the back with a chisel or sharp knife flat. You can glue but not necessary as plastic taps tight. Done a few now for customers of Proteam. Cost about 10p for bolts

[900Rebuilder]

Originally Posted by Albie

Drill and tap holes m6 in the same place. Take 2 black number plate screws the ones with the reduced front locatirs. These are the same size as the original lines.. Frome the back then screw the bolts through until the threaded portion stops the cut off the back with a chisel or sharp knife flat. You can glue but not necessary as plastic taps tight. Done a few now for customers of Proteam. Cost about 10p for bolts

Thanks - only just spotted this top-tip

[900Rebuilder]

Carbs now ordered from Allen's Performance with delivery expected anytime between 3 weeks and 3 months from now.

They have the Keihin FCR's in stock and didn't try and convince me to swap from my chosen Mikuni TDMR's to them and even said that the Mikuni uses a higher quality bearing system (assuming throttle slide here) and agreed that whilst not essential the choke function was handy for everyday use.

[900Rebuilder]

After ages waiting UPS brought some lovely bits for the build...