Pictures? I got pictures.

I didn't forget the pictures from before, I just didn't have a good place to put them as I hadn't been good at taking pictures "mid-progress". As of today, here we have some pictures:

The M900 'V' with upgraded front end:

The details are: BST front wheel, 996 forks with TiNi sliders and Ohlins internals, all titanium hardware, TPO lightweight front axle, Motovation axle sliders, ISR billet monoblock 6-piston 6-pad calipers, ISR rotors, IMA 30mm offset triples, BST front fender and Spiegler brake lines.

Here's the M900 'W' on its way home from Northern Arkansas:

And with the work I've put in, the current bike looks pretty close to this:

Note the now-red frame!

Santa Came!

This year's Christmas was more eventful than expected. While my close friends may recall I had an eventful summer, this had me expecting things to stay quite low key, at least for me, during the Holidays. Surprisingly, it wasn't as mundane as I had anticipated. From her parents came the Ignitech Sparker TCIP4 Programmable Ignition, via CA-Cycleworks! Very unexpected. This is a really neat unit. You simply unplug and remove the factory equipped ignition units, and plug this beast in. You can connect your computer using a serial-to-USB adapter and edit the ignition curve advance. Very trick.



The Ignitech has many great features and Brad Black's writeup is not to be missed regarding this ignition. I find it a great compliment to the DynaCoils kit on the bike, removing any weak spots from the Ducati's ignition setup. This will be especially handy when high compression pistons and performance cams are installed in the Monster.

Additionally, the added engine performance will be balanced with a little more 'stop'. New ISR rotors are being equipped, obtained from DesmoWorks. Everybody should have the opportunity to work with Anthony Creek, he's fantastic. Really makes you happy there is a good lot of folks in the Ducati community (such as Anthony with Desmoworks, Chris at CA-Cycleworks, and Brian and the Motowheels crew among many many others).



These are getting mounted with the titanium rotor bolts and the brake calipers are going to get some love as well, in the form of new titanium thru-bolts.