MONSTER ART

When Daryl Conrad first brought his M800 to Ducshop the speedo had just turned over 600 miles. Originally we were to do just the first service and check over the bike but that RO quickly turned into rearsets, sprocket cover, and front sprocket. Just as we were finishing up, Daryl included head work that involved re-machining the heads and valves.

Six months later it returned for more cosmetics; Ohlins Shock with a ti. spring, Machesini wheels, full chain and sprocket, GP Clutch & Brake, rotors and GP calipers and an invisible wiring harness. By the time it left, three repair order pages were filled and Lorin was still speaking to him about more modifications.

Twelve months later she was back. This time for motor work – Big Bore kit, high compression pistons, blue print, head porting, a lightened flywheel, clutch conversion from wet to dry and the installation of a slipper clutch and installed SpeedyMoto billet triple clamps. While the engine was out Lorin removed various components from the frame, along with all the unnecessary tabs and brackets and sent it to be painted and while the tank was sitting dormant it was sent to Erospace Technologies to be used as a mold for a composite tank.  

Lorin spent hours fabricating little pieces for this masterpiece. He built a custom bracket for the MotoGadget gauge,  modified the harness to fit under the tank, designed caliper and fender brackets to adapt to the Marzocchi Superbike froks, created a carbon breather and worked with Erospace to design the tank. And Daryl spent many more hours searching the global internet for the next coolest thing to install. He bought five different clutch covers before finally settling on the STM wire cover.

Thirty lbs and many dollars later Daryl has, what we consider to be, one of the coolest Ducati Monsters on the planet. It featured at the Modern Atlanta 08 “Design is Human” Launch Show at the Mason Murer Gallery in Buckhead and is currently on show in Ducshop’s showroom where it waits for the next gadget to arrive.

Below is a list of only some of its modifications. To list them all would take three pages.

 ENGINE

• 3MM LARGER HIGH COMP. PISTONS – 860CC
• PORTED, POLISHED HEADS
• DRY CLUTCH CONVERSION WITH STM SLIPPER CLUTCH
• AIRBOX REMOVED

 CHASSIS

• CERAMIC COATED HEADER WITH MIV CARBON MUFFLERS
• MARZOCCHI SUPERBIKE FORKS WITH BREMBO RACING MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKES
• MARCHESINI FORGED BILLET WHEELS
• SPEEDY MOTO BILLET TRIPLE CLAMPS
• CARBON FUEL TANK, HEADLIGHT AND FENDER
• MOTOGADGET GAUGE WITH HAND MADE BRACKET
• ALUMINUM SWINGARM
• OHLINS REAR SHOCK WITH TITANIUM SPRING
• DID RACING CHAIN WITH LIGHTWEIGHT SPROCKETS
• NCR ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION LINK ROD
• CYCLE CAT BILLET HANDLEBARS, FOOT CONTROLS AND SIDESTAND
• ALL WIRING HIDDEN OR MINIMIZED

TITANIUM FASTENERS USED THROUGHOUT

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