The dirt track revolution continues apace. Even the big guns are turning their eyes towards the ovals, and the latest to catch the bug are Nicholas Bech and Per Nielsen of the Wrenchmonkees.
We?re guessing the scene is pretty small in Denmark, but it?s only a three-hour drive from Copenhagen to the German border. ?Nicholas got hooked on dirt track racing when he tried it for the first time last year,? Per tells us. ?Then he went to the Di Traverso flat track school run by Marco Belli. So we knew it was time to build this bike.?

?MonoMonkee? is a no-nonsense Kawasaki W650 adapted for the track, but still (almost) street-legal. ?We?ve always been fans of the Kawasaki W series. Even though it?s not the lightest or most obvious choice for the track, the engine is bulletproof, reliable, and easy to maintain,? says Per. ?We chose the W650 over the W800 because it?s a simpler bike; the W800 has more complicated injection and electrical systems.?

The bodywork is low-key, with the Wrenchmonkees? typical Scandinavian restraint. ?The tank is from a Yamaha SR500,? Pers says, ?as used so many times before on these bikes. It just looks so ?right? on the W frame, compared to the stock tank.?
There?s no fancy metallurgy going on, just simple and functional upgrades. ?It was important not to use too many one-off parts, because we?ll have to repair the bike and replace parts if we crash on the track.?

So the search started for bolt-on parts. ?Nice bolt-on parts,? Per hastens to add....