Ducati Monster Forum

My '05 620 has a tail chop (which I think makes the bike look much cleaner). In addition, the fender directly over the rear will has also been taken off. I've seen bikes with and without that fender. Someone said I need it to keep road grime and debris from getting into the rear shock. Is that true? If so, are they hard to install? Can't imagine they would be but you never know.

There's mixed opinions on this.  The S*R bikes don't come with one and I'm not intending to put one on mine.

Took mine off haven't had a problem with dirt on my rear shock.  Only thing is that you get dirt/debris up under teh seat area. 

Took mine off two years ago. No complaints, your butt gets wet slightly faster when it rains.

IF you don't want to put one on, but want to protect your shock - get a Shock Sock. They are a wrap around cover that closes with velcro and has elastic at the top and bottom. Bonus, is that it blacks out the ugly safety yellow of the spring.

As noted, not having one means that more road grime and small debris will get kicked up on the back of your engine and under the seat.

My two cents -- if you ride in the rain or wet a substantial portion of the time, it's worth having just to cut down on the amount of cleaning you need to do (and Yuu -- I LIKE the yellow springs!), not so much if you don't. I took the inner fender off the Monster, but left it on the ST2, which I wanted to leave more prepped for all-weather touring.

Thanks... any suggestions as to where the most cost effective place to buy one?

Ebay. The same one is used for a lot of monsters. 620, 695 - and I think later model 750s.

I've had good luck with maxsalvage: http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/maxsalvage/. (http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/maxsalvage/.) They've got one for an '02 620 right now. Someone more savvy than I could tell for sure if it'll fit for you.

620's a 620 when it comes to stuff like the hugger.

What that guy said.

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You're just showing off now...

 ;D

Rameses--- nice set-up. Very jealous [bow_down] [bow_down]. I see 7 chopped tails. Are you holding them as trophy's?

if you ride in the rain or on wet roads you will HATE not having a back fender. 

NNNNIIIIIIICCCCCEEEEEEEEE

That's not my garage.  Mine's not nearly that organized.

That belongs to DucHead, formerly Pompetta.

The only thing seen there that I can lay claim to is the Hyper.  I was just dropping that in response to the yellow springs comment.   [thumbsup]

Nice garage.   My old lady has a thing for those oriental throw rugs, every time she gets a new one, my shop gets one, too (the old one).

My bike used to have a carbon hugger, but when it tossed a chain shortly after I bought it, it blew it off. 

Oh well, I think it looks better anyways. 

I wound up putting on back on my M750.  Too much grime from my year round & all weather & gravel road riding ~

JM

My biggest concern is that the chain guard is part of the rear hugger (depending on your model and year Monster), so removing it raises some saftey concerns regarding a chain break.

The chain broke on my sweetie's bike and it ripped open the crank case - now I know there's a lot of conjecture regarding what the chain will do when it snaps, but the bottom line is that it ripped through a solid casing - which doesn't say much for what it would do to your leg....

So because I wanted mine gone but not risk putting my leg in harms way, I modded mine so that I could retain the chain guard, but open up the hugger.

Are the steel & aluminum huggers the same as 620's came with both?  I removed the hugger from mine due to a shock clearance issue with my 1098 shock.  The bike does not have a tail chop so my back does not get covered when riding in the rain.  The shock does not seam to get too dirty.

So the broken chain destroyed an engine case but you think a hugger's going to contain it?

That's laughable at best.

I have to agree...

the plastic chain guard isn't going to stop that chain if it wants to rip your leg off.

My shock spring is blue. It's purty.

Mine is purple.

JM

Ouch!!  Did you fall on it or something?

This created a disturbing image in my head.

Thank you.   [puke]

I removed mine from my 695 which is now my wifes [thumbsup] and as we live near the beach was constantly
removing sand and grime from around the shock , as I hated the look of the oversized plastic OEM fender
I trimmed it down to what IMO looked better and used it as a template to lay up my own CF , vacum bagged it
with PU resin .
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I've never seen a chain not blow through the cases that didn't blow through the chain guard also.   I think it's there for chain lube containment (that's a joke too).   As far as saving your leg, in my experience, the chain either goes straight into the cases and eats them, or straight out the back.  Never had one, and have never seen one, go out the side.