May's little monster.

[Jonny Black]

Ok, as promised, here is the little monster I picked up for my wife may.

May


she is 4'10" shorty type legs, so not to many bike options for her...but I think I can make this work. (I hope) :rolleyes:

so here it is. Its an 02 monster 620 dark.

[Jonny Black]

so....yeah, needs alot of work. I have no problem with that. I do need to get a haynes manual before anything. but, yeah, going to be putting back to near stock as soon as financially possible. Needs alot of stuff. I am getting a low seat from a member here, and possibly a couple of other things. I dont like the exhaust, and looks like the PO welded those tips on there, so I am hoping I can grind them off there and be able to save the exhaust so I can put some decent slipons on. anyway...this is just the beginning of the build. Got a long road.


I cant wait hahah.


Jb

[kopfjäger]

 

[d3vi@nt]

That Monster needs some love. Looking forward to watching this project.   

[red baron]

What's with all the corrosion?

Live near the beach?

Congrats.

[Jonny Black]

Its been sitting outside alot. But I am going to be stripping the whole bike and repainting almost everything anyway. Replacing as much as needed ect ect.

Jb

[Jonny Black]

Day 1

I didnt want to get to deep into it without a haynes manual (which is on the way now), but not bad progress for the first day.

so, I need to make a list of everything I need. which I am sure is going to grow along the way..lol.

headlight
headlight basket
LH bar controls
maybe RH also
throttle cable
gauges...but not sure about this one...are the gauges locked in with the immobilizer? or can I just get a new set?
sprockets and chain, thinking 15f and 46r DID 520 chain, is that 108 links?
I need to get the top clamps for the handlebar, not sure where to get them
air filters
tires....of course.
and lots of sandpaper and paint..lol

some of the wiring is cut up, I will take pics and hopefully you guys can help me figure out what I need to do to fix it.

anyway








Jb

[Nekkid Tim]

So how is week 2 going?

[Jonny Black]

I can only really work on it on the weekends. I often work days and nights during the week..so yeah.

But I plan on puling the motor and rear off.

looks like that section on the rear of the frame was all riveted on  ...so that will take some work repairing and replacing all of it. 

Jb

[Jonny Black]

oh ya...forgot to mention, I was looking at it yesterday, and I noticed that one of the 4 threaded handlebar holder things, is stripped.  So I am hoping I can just tap it. I still need to find caps for them too. I was thinking of just getting a handlebar riser kit that includes them and just using that, since I have had no luck so far getting the caps for a decent price. ohwell.


Jb

[MotoPsycho]

Same boat as me bro. Explore your options. Opposed to clip-ons above the triple? if you put them there you have to lower the front end. That'll help the wife out.

[Duck-Stew]

If you provide the year, engine size, & list of what you're after...perhaps people visiting this thread can assist with take-off parts maybe they have lying around.

(I would help out if I have something you're after...) 

[Jonny Black]

lol...holy crap you're right, I could have swore I put that on there. 

Its an 02 620 dark.

I am still working on the list. I should have some time to spend on it saturday, so going to figure out what else I need. I am still waiting for the haynes manual to arrive, but I am going to tear it down if its here or not.

I just won left and right controls on ebay..so I can knock that off the list. Alot of the stuff seems not to hard to get, but not those upper handlebar clamps.   

thanks for the help, wife and I really appreciate it. 

Jb

[koko64]

There's a special pleasure in building a bike for someone you love.   I will be doing the same for one of my kids.

[MotoPsycho]

Did the 02 darks have the soapbar top or the split tops for the bars ?