Ducati Monster Forum

Hey dudes.

Picked this frame up on a whim...now I am unsure what colors to go with. I am thinking a bare aluminum DP fender, bare metal tank with a matte clear coat, blacked out engine and wheels? Do you think the silver frame with matching tank + fender will wash into each other? I really like the idea of leaving that gorgeous brushed aluminum DP fender as delivered. But that wouldn't look right with a black tank imo. Hrrrm. I've always believed motorcycles should be black as the primary color, this is a new experience for me.

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I say keep the silver frame & fenders, do something else w the tank. (Yes, too washed out w all silver incl. tank).  Black engine & black tank w silver frame & fenders...monochrome would be sharp!

Orange scheme with silver frame fender and black wheel.

Can't do colors except possibly red...tis just not for me.

The silver frame is staying, I could have bought an unpainted frame from the same seller for $20 less. Liked that I won't have to shell out $ for paint or powder coat.

I can't really see a mismatched fender and tank looking right...seems like it would create a lopsided and pieced together effect. Like a car with a mismatched junkyard body panel.

 All red with silver frame. Maybe gold OZ wheels!

All washed out silver with the only black being rubber.
A metal Monster.  [evil]

Beginning to think that may look reeeeal slick. Except with touches of black from my half clutch cover, triples, engine block.

black racing stripes

I think mostly silver and gray tones would be striking and unique.  Maybe with a few black touches like bolt heads, the "Ducati" lettering on the engine cases, you could also use a black (cloth-wrapped would be sweet) wiring loom to break up the large mass of the engine and the frame.  

Subtlety would be the key

edit: With a clearcoated metal tank with hand lettered "Cagiva" Ducati font in black! "Hollow" letters would look nice and light too

I've always been a very big proponent of that fender, especially over the style that came on the early models - I do happen to like the style of the new monster's front fender, but that's still my favorite.  you could do whatever you want with the bike and keep that thing bare, and it will look awesome.  I've also seen bare fender with black supports, and that looks really tight too.

I like the idea of the all metal bike as well, but that silver might be a little too bright to do the whole bike in.  maybe a satin black tank/cowl or a dark metallic graphite type color with silver lettering and stripe and some red accents?  black and silver on it's own has the potential to be a little flat in my opinion, so you'd really have to get it just right to make the bike stand out.

Dark grey/charcoal for the tank or just glossy pure black is what I'm leaning towards.

As far as that fender, I also have the matching belly pan/chin fairing, which would prob help even things out if both were left bare. Painting only the supports is an excellent idea I had not thought of.

A brushed metal look for the tank with black decal, plus a blacked out engine then bare aluminum fender and chin fairing would be shweet but that's a lot of headache getting the tank to look right, and not rust.

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No question this would look good:

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Top it off with a black fuel cap

That tank, silver frame and black wheels with black accents, e.g. belt covers, clutch cover, sprocket cover, etc.

Yo, Koko;

I posted this in the "All about gas tanks" sticky, but perhaps you know...

On a newer tank for older (carbed) Monster:

- A plastic tank works no problem if using the fuel pump (fuel pump replaces external pump) and block off return

- FI metal tank works, just needs inner ring and block off return

Do you happen to know?

(Or Brad might know also)

Dont block off the return if using the efi pump. Safer to use a low pressure pump with carbs. What carbs you using? Mad King Pepe has used a SBK tank on an old carbed motor. Carbed SS bikes have an in tank electric pump and run a return pipe.
 DP seems to like electric pumps. Brad, Speeddog, Howie should know details.
Pretty sure there was a thread on this you could search.

The EFI pump puts out way to much pressure for carbs.  As I recall the FI pump runs 60ish PSI, your FCRs want about 3.

Thanks Koko. I had posted in the "all about fuel tanks thread", was just in a hurry for feedback. The consensus seemed a bit inconclusive for this application.

Howie; I had also thought perhaps the fact that FCR carbs may be able to work without the pump because of the "accelerator pump" they have in tandem with the gravity. If I went with split carbs and short manifolds at some point this may still work? Just a thought.

I also like the idea of a carbed bike with an ECU handling ignition and fueling duties some day. Maybe when I build my dream Sport Classic.

Still trolling eBay for that tank...the plastic ones are so much more common. I want a NOS tank to go with my new everything else. They're such a bargain when they pop up, less than the cost of a professional paint job, and I need an extra tank anyway.

You would need to measure.  Fuel pump is better than gravity anyway, more consistent.  Assuming your not wanting to use the pentagon pump is based on aesthetics a well hidden small electric might be a good solution.

while the efi pumps build a lot of pressure, they don't actually flow that much.  if you try to empty a tank using the efi pump to pump it out it will take much longer than most people expect.

I use the efi pumps on carby ss no worries.  without a pressure head they just push the shit around.  just don't restrict it at all.

Just picked this bad boy up...

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Think Imma black out the engine from the cases up, powder coat the S4R forks I haven't bought yet black, and add some more pop to go with the frame like a brushed aluminum pressure plate, sprocket cover, clutch slave etc. Paint the cowl to match the alu. fender.