hey guys!
sorry for the long disappearance but I’m back today with one great news. my baby’s back! and i have to say personally she’s a looker and I think I fall in love again! <3
3 weeks is such a long time and it took me much of my patience and obviously moolah (money) to restore her. whats up with my bike anyway? well approx. 4 weeks ago, it failed to start when I was trying to fire her for work. so after some consultancies from bro’s from bladers and zul oren, I decided to take her for repair, and at the same time to pimp her up since she was pretty much in a bad shape.
one of the many dents on my bike
ini juga…
overall look of the bike before the “pimpin’ scene”
so what I (we) did was to first of all change her look by giving her a new paint job. its purely aspirated from 2010 ducati monster color scheme so I wont be surprised if anyone told me she looked like ducati monster! XD *perasan*
this is where the inspiration came from…
and here’s the result of the paint job to my bike:
side view of my babe <3
the tank design. the stripe is stickers, and finished with clear paint to give its glossy effect.
the front fender…
…and the back stripe.
paint job on the rim and swing arm.
front look of the bike…
…and here’s the rear view.
so that’s pretty much sums up on the paint job. some of my friends asks “why red? its like the original color!”. my answer is hell yeah, I stick to red because I do not want to take risk on the end result coz some colors might look good, but its actually ugly when you apply it to the bike paint. So I’m playin safe here.
Apart of the paint job, there’s some changes and upgrades that I made to the bike. the most obvious one is I think the tyre and suspension. If you noticed, my bike look higher than it is before. thats because I changed the suspension to 650’s monoshock. It gives me more stability and durability while I ride my bike everyday to work and for my weekend ride.
The tyre changed to Battlax BT45 for rear:
Bridgestone Battlax BT45
Battlax BT45 is good for me because unlike other Battlax tyres, BT45 is actually made with dual compound; soft for the sides and hard on the center. So, it gives me balance between tyre durability and performance in corner. I’m more a into sports touring rater than sportsbiking so this tyre suits my needs.
And for the front tyre I’m using my fav, the Bridgestone Cyrox. Pure hard compund tyre on the front to give stability to the bike.
I didn’t touch anything on the engine, but I (we) did however dissemble the carb and retuned it. The reason for this is because the bike ’s tank was actually kaput (it was badly corroded) hence affected my whole carb. and the bike. So we have to clean it up, otherwise the bike wont start. I would like to thank naza for giving me such a crappy tank that I have to change in 4 years.
There’s more changes, I wont go into details…. but the bike is not done yet. It’s only 80% done, there’s more changes to go especially on the exterior. This changes will gives my babe a new concept of my overall bike look. Stay tune for more, and I would like to thank my friends and family for supporting me especially during the time where I don’t have any ride and have to rely on public transport and friends and family to take me here and there. Thanks guys! 
The journey continues… on part II. Stay tuned!
Zam “painkiller” Hizami