Total, utter novice '97 M900 beer fuelled rebuild thread...

LouSCannon · 25-04-2017, 12:13 PM

Yeah the shopping list for original parts is getting long, once the engine is sorted I'll be starting shopping for parts, although if any readers happen to know where I can source some original shaped discs from it would be handy. I've had a brief look around and can't seem to find any original looking discs?

As much as I've enjoyed customising my previous Monsters I must admit I've always liked the idea of having a bog standard model, even the micky mouse mirrors have an odd appeal!

Darkness · 25-04-2017, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LouSCannon

As much as I've enjoyed customising my previous Monsters I must admit I've always liked the idea of having a bog standard model, even the micky mouse mirrors have an odd appeal!

You don't have to explain that to me.

Flip · 25-04-2017, 08:34 PM

Great Stuff!!

Am going to enjoy this as I have a '97 900 too and after eighteen years of ownership am quite attached to the old girl.

Nothing wrong with sending bits off to get done either as long as you are confident they can do a good job.

One thing I would say though is if you really must get the whole tank re-sprayed (I think personally I would just have it repaired - unless it is bad elsewhere as 1997 was the last of the factory hand sprayed tanks and you won't see the repair underneath) take lots of photos and dimensions of where the decals are positioned as all too often they get wrongly placed because of how the tanks sits off the bike and then when it's fitted are at the wrong angle and ruin the whole look.

25-04-2017, 12:13 PM	#1
LouSCannon These must fit a Monster? Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stockton Heath Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 1,036	Yeah the shopping list for original parts is getting long, once the engine is sorted I'll be starting shopping for parts, although if any readers happen to know where I can source some original shaped discs from it would be handy. I've had a brief look around and can't seem to find any original looking discs? As much as I've enjoyed customising my previous Monsters I must admit I've always liked the idea of having a bog standard model, even the micky mouse mirrors have an odd appeal! __________________ "Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight."

25-04-2017, 08:34 PM	#3
Flip Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Beachtown Bike: M900 Posts: 2,188	Great Stuff!! Am going to enjoy this as I have a '97 900 too and after eighteen years of ownership am quite attached to the old girl. Nothing wrong with sending bits off to get done either as long as you are confident they can do a good job. One thing I would say though is if you really must get the whole tank re-sprayed (I think personally I would just have it repaired - unless it is bad elsewhere as 1997 was the last of the factory hand sprayed tanks and you won't see the repair underneath) take lots of photos and dimensions of where the decals are positioned as all too often they get wrongly placed because of how the tanks sits off the bike and then when it's fitted are at the wrong angle and ruin the whole look. __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you!