inspired by a 1986 Z50R dubbed Fur1ous9e0rge that i built. Cooper reached out to me all the way from Texas and wanted a Monkey of his own. after a phone meeting, he decided not to deal with carburetors and wanted to build a new generation monkey instead. after waiting a couple months for one, we finally took delivery. right away, we knew we wanted to go the scrambler route. he wanted everything but the tank, seat and grips in black. we chose Toyota’s Lunar Rock color for a soft yet retro vibe. we took a lowered seat with a small sport hump and reupholstered it with perforated diamond stitches along with classic Van’s waffle grips. for the handle bars we installed clip on risers to keep them low, but also to sweep them back. adjustable short levers and a folding bar end mirror to complete the hand controls. the engine was given a little more breathing power by fabricating a left side mounted velocity stack and a full stainless up exit exhaust. a performance cam was also installed along with a stand alone, wide band fuel controller. to keep the temperatures at bay, an external oil filer housing was added which came with oil cooler lines. i fabricated an oil cooler bracket with a mini oil cooler tucked in front of the throttle body. the stance of this mini was acquired with lowered front forks. the rear shocks were mounted on an extended swing arm. this was an ABS model so we had to come up with a wheel hub that will take the ABS ring and our machinist knocked it out of the park! the first ever ABS model with after market wheels! the wheels were a 2 piece set, with a classic 8 hole design wrapped in semi slick tires. a carbon fiber windscreen was added and a tank riser to level the tank with the frame. a custom tail light and rear signals was made and a custom license plate bracket to complete that chopped rear end. i had a blast blue printing this build for Cooper and it was so fun with all the over the phone meetings and discussions on ideas for it. When we finally met for the first time. I was so happy he loved it. Even though he was sent photo and video updates, there is just nothing like seeing it in person for the first time. I can confess, I cried when I delivered it. sometimes when you pour your heart into something, and it’s not even for you, your customers or clients will let you know that you did a really good job!
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