[Wilson]

As well as very slowly rebuilding a 750ss my daily ride occasionally gets a bit of a treat:

190 rear tyre, Metzeler Racetec K2:



Black forks, although I need to do the bottoms now:

 

[94yzf75fighter]

Bike looks good did you swap the forks for adjustable ones or just anodize/paint them?

 

[Wilson]

Spare originals that I got anodised ages ago and finally fitted them.

 

[Wilson]

Looking sad as the strip down starts:



The ST2 transplant victim is nearly ready ...... here we go again.

 

[Wilson]

The ST2 is fully stripped and the engine ready for its strip down:



I found a set of alloy clutch plates had been fitted, bonus, but now I need an alloy clutch basket.





Almost ready for a complete bead blast.

All I need to complete it is 1100 crank or 1000DS crank and a set of 1000DS pistons, I think they will take it from 944 to 992.

 

[Wilson]

Engine break down day:





Then it all fell apart:



All ready for Camcoating:

 

[Wilson]

A little bit of lightning the internals.

Before:



After:



I don't know the weight difference but it looks a lot smaller. Lots more bits to follow.

 

[Wilson]

Better than I thought, the original was 4-5kgs and it now weighs 1.38kgs.

More weight to go with the primary gears.

 

[Wilson]

Finally stripped the Monster down which freed up the engine for my next project:





Lots to do now.

 

[Wilson]

Here's the other project using the 900 engine from my Monster:

 

[Cookie2000ad]

Here's the other project using the 900 engine from my Monster:

What frame is that?

 

[Wilson]

An ST2 frame. I have managed to get the whole frame and bits for £150. I will do another build thread in a bit.

 

[Wilson]

Did some engine work this weekend.

Picked up the lightened gears from my mate at http://www.madasl.co.uk/products.php :



I then started to repair the engine case:



Once the case is welded it will be assembled empty for a full bead blast to clean the it ready for a lacquer.

 

[Wilson]

Engine case welded and ready for shaping:





Crank balanced and more weight chopped off:

 

[Wilson]

Managed to pick up this today for £30:





Alloy clutch basket more weight loss, this will go nicely with my alloy clutch plates.

 

[Wilson]

After about 6 weeks of inactivity I did some work on the project.

Soda blasted engine:





Stripped down for a water wash, brake cleaner wash and kero wash to clean out the soda:





Back together for a coating of etch primer and then lacquer:

 

[Wilson]

Its been about two months but I have finally done some more work on the Monster. The engine has now been etch primed and lacquered. It looks quite good with the red frame.







I then checked the gears, I haven't had this running as the bike was bought in bits.

 

[Wilson]

It was then time to see if it all clears the frame, so mocked up for a bit.





I then checked that all the plumbing and loom fitted and could be mounted with out too much drama:

 

[whitey818]

Very nice, some day I will have me a Monster, love them frames.

 

[Danbuc]

Loving the red frame and black forks, looks mean!


How was cleaning out the soda from the motor? Any issues washing everything out of the bearings? Need to the original motor casings from my 748R blasting and wanted to do soda this time, but wanted to make sure the bearings would be ok if they got a little in them but were washed out.


Keep up the good work dude.