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« on: March 20, 2010, 01:06:14 PM »
This is THE prototype that started all the Monsters.  The grand-father of all of Monster-dom.

It's owner, Miguel Galluzzi is the designer of the original Monster in 1992.

I saw this bike @ Pro-Italia's Cafe-Desmo last fall but haven't had a chance to post these up and forgot about them....until this afternoon.

Enjoy!  drink

BTW: This is a wooden tank.  Yes, wood.



Evidence of the 888 framed heritage right here as well as the BILLET foot-pegs:



5-digit VIN #?  Maybe not 100% legal...



Close-up of the wood tank with the frenched-in tank rubbers...



Old SS style oil cooler with the lines at the bottom:



SS style ignition switch with the font upside-down:



Close-up of the pure billet foot-pegs.  Trick!



Funky cans!
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2010, 01:14:00 PM »
Okay, you gotta give more explanation about the wooden gas tank.  Is this bike a mock up?  Is there a fuel cell inside the wood?
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2010, 01:26:33 PM »
As far as I know, this is THE prototype so it's not a runner and the 'tank' is made of wood.  It didn't look like it had EVER been ridden BTW...

Oh, and both wheels had casting dates of late 1992...
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 02:18:39 PM »
Stu,

This is great. Thank you for sharing!!!  waytogo

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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 03:23:54 PM »
If that was the prototype, they kept the production version pretty damn true to form.  Thanks for posting.


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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2010, 03:53:01 PM »
Do the wooden tanks grow too? Grin
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2010, 05:10:35 PM »
Great piece of history there Duck stew! thanks for sharing. waytogo
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2010, 06:44:42 PM »
Thanks for the pics Stew.  waytogo
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2010, 08:43:55 PM »
Gave me the chills just looking at the original Monster.  Thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2010, 09:44:02 PM »
cool beans!
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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2010, 02:27:08 AM »
<<sigh>>

Reminds me a LOT of my dear, departed, '94 M900.
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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2010, 04:36:57 AM »
sweet!
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« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2010, 04:51:21 AM »
Super cool Stu!

Funny thing about the cans, just like automobile design trends (boxy to curvy with sharp defined edges, to swoopy smooth forms and back again, etc...) the geometric section exhaust is popular these days. Dunno if I'm making any sense.  Cheesy
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« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2010, 06:58:41 AM »
That's really cool Stu, thanks for posting up!!  What I wouldn't do to be about to start a collection of museum piece ducs like that one...  Maybe some day...
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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2010, 08:54:03 AM »
i love the comment about the ski boot!
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