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I removed my redundant rego label holder  [thumbsup]

Not the absolute height of excitement I realise.

Entertain us with what you did to your Monster today.....

 [popcorn]

Rode it over the local hills with some blokes. Was thinking how well it runs and that I will never sell it.

Is this a mod thread...

or a riding thread?

I honestly dunno. Maybe a general question?

Better pm Ung.

My question was a bit tongue in cheek. ;)

We'll see what it becomes.

It's a General thread  ;D

About what - in general - you did to your Monster today.  Generally.

To recap:

I removed a crappy plastic Vic Roads label holder no longer required by law.

koko64 and some blokes rode his Monster over some hills.

GK will be along soon, I know he did something to his Monster (although I highly doubt there'll be pics  [laugh]).

I wiped my hand across the seat to see how much dust has collected   ;)

Nothing particularly exciting except ride it (which is exciting).

I changed oil brands from Motul to Yamalube and the small amount of oil usage is gone. Had previous success with the local Penrite oil.

Removed the TWM black folding brake lever to put on my Hyper (sorry Monster), but will fit a CRG lever on instead (as soon as I can find the little push rod thingy for it). Using a Brembo lever in the meantime. Also changed the brake fluid.

Here I am!

Now be nice Ung.

Actually, I didn't do anything Monster related today, i.e Sunday.

Saturday, I was careful stepping over the battery tender cord on the way to the workbench!

Sadly that's about it this weekend, although I did fold some Ducati t-shirts before putting them away!

Great idea for a thread Ung!

I put baffles in my exhaust.  Happy neighbours and less likelihood of upsetting the local Plod.  Not that you can hear the difference, over the clutch rattle!

Waiting somewhat impatiently for the Intake ducts to be installed on my 2007 695.

1) Topped-up the tire pressure.
2) Started it for the first time in a month. Fired right up!  [thumbsup]
3) Rode over the pass and through the valley and back again. Gorgeous!
4) Noted how hard the seat felt after 140 miles.
5) Noticed that a chain lube is now 100 miles passed due.

I looked at it longingly whilst it sat on my patio, huddled under its cover in the frigid NY temps. 

Scheduled a 30k service.  [thumbsup]

1st-Installed Ignitech.
2nd-Put on my blingy Desmotimes billet axle plates, proceeded to let bike down off the pitbull stand....stand scrubbed the axle plates. Grrrrrr!
3rd-Rode 3 miles in cold weather, aborted mission, returned to base.

Thought about starting my 24k service.

Realized it was too cold to be in the garage.

Stayed the make the beast with two backs inside.

I humped it like a moose.

Gee you Northern Hemispherians do it tough with the cold.

You're off the road for a fair whack of time each year.

How often do you do that?

I tried the DB killers in my Leo Vince pipes a while back. Not that much quieter, but able to ride fine without ear plugs.

I prefer them out though!

I don't know why you didn't do it sooner  [cheeky]

I checked the status of my Monster's battery tender.  Green lights seem like a good thing.

Adjusted and lubed chain.

By the book, every 600 miles.

Brought the bike inside; lubed the chain, scrubbed the grime off and waxed the tank and seat cowl.

I walked past it and thought about the fact I need to order belts

Scheduled the 7500 mile plus new tires service

Hurry up spring!!

I see that there's a heap of Northern Hemispherians starting to make preparations for Spring. I bet you guys are champing at the bit!

Thought about getting the front of the barn dug out so I can get both bikes to the vet.

I'm gonna need a piece of equipment to do it though. :-\

I lovingly buffed my NOS swingarm pivot caps with Black Max Rubber/Vinyl Trim Dressing... [roll]

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Amazing geographical differences this year.  The closest we've got to snow is seeing your storms on tv.  We always plan on taking a mid-winter Mexico trip, but somehow never make it and this year there's no need to even plan it, the Mexico weather has come to us.

About what I did to my Monster today, I looked at it and wondered what it would take to turn it into a Scrambler.

...and in central NH this year is nothing special as far as winters are concerned. Southern and coastal areas have really gotten hammered due to storm tracks.

Went into the shed, rolled the Duc out, prayed that it would start without a battery jump start (it did  ;D) and went for a ride, watching out for all the gravel on the road.  It's 45 degrees and zero snow on the ground out here in SE Alaska.

1. Thought longingly about an Ohlins rear shock.

2. Went into the shed, disconnected the battery tender and turned it (the bike) around, in readiness for my short ride tomorrow morning.

Rode it thru Malibu and froze my ass off!! Got it lowered by the dealership so I'm now I'm flat footed. Vertical issue solved! Currently thawing! 😃

This was two days ago but I rode it up to Westport & back and put it away still dirty from the time before.

Carbon hugger to keep the crap off the shock. Didn't come with one stock :P. Tight arses. I would have got a plastic one if I could find one. Nearly cut up a drink bottle to chuck on the shock.

Still on the fence about this...I would certainly enjoy the benefits but the only hugger I've ever seen that I didn't wanna vomit on is the carbon "shorty" from Carbonworld and Monsterparts.

I'm still curious what the "lower" mudguard that is only available for that looks like, and if it's very functional.

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I put it back together after an 8 year hiatus.  More about the build here (super long and boring):

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=13264.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=13264.0)

That swing arm and adjuster stuff looks nice. I see conventional forks & one disk non the front.

Wow.  It looks great already.  If you can keep that same visual balance (I want to say "elegance" but that's not quite right) through the rest of the build it'll be a winner.  It's already a winner!

I walked by it in the 26F garage on the way to the truck because it is also snowing.

JM

What does that hugger fit?

It fits all the DS alloy swingarms. It's a "lower mudguard"/fender. Seems like most ppl remove em bc you don't see them too often, but from the pics I can find it looks pretty subtle and non offensive to me. If it keeps even a little amount of muck off the shock and engine I'd use it. I find the regular huggers to be absolutely horrific looking. I wish someone would make that carbon shorty for the older Monsters...would rather not cut and drill a new part.

Adjusted and lubed the chain yesterday, rode it to work today, but that's the norm. Daily riding weather here in SoCal. As long as you don't mind a little rain...

Used the conifigurator to select the paint for the wheels (which are getting thin). Going for light gold, magnesium gold, Tuscan gold, style colour to go with the black frame and red tank. Or um, maybe black [laugh].
The seat cowl and bikini fairing are carbon. I was deciding between matching the tank colour with them or staying carbon.

Gave the bike a pat as I walked past. It really runs so well and smooth for an old 900.
It now has CRG levers (from the forum FS section [thumbsup]) which fit the hand so well.

Went for a quick blast to drop off work at a colleague's house.

Quick but fun.

Took out old airbox (that I screwed up), replaced new airbox after cutting in a new MWR power up kit. Bled both brakes on ABS unit.

Now onto the new exhaust!

I thought of my bike today sitting in the Garage in California....

Plugged the battery tender back in! 😥

Adjusted the chain. Thinking it's about time for a new one. I have a feeling this one had sat on the shelf for quite some time before I got it. Several o rings are gone. It's got about 8k miles on it.

Exhaust installed on the EVO. Looks good EXCEPT for the galv plated bracket that connects the carbon fiber exhaust clamp to the EVOtech stock exhauxst bracket. BOO!

Looks like I'll need to paint/powdercoat that sometime.

Gotta get the bike running first, then worry about the details!

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I know that's your rear stand, but it looks like you have training wheels!

I'm stepping up from an 800cc monster to the 1100 EVO. I might need them! [laugh].

For the last 10 years I've been able to hamfist my old bike and never worry about the repercussions.

Recognizing that bad habits are hard to break, I bought the EVO for the Traction control "Just in case". I figured I could ween off it once I get used to the motor characteristics.

I got mine safety inspected and rode it to work. :D

That was my initial thoughts as well.

Enjoyed a ripper 220 km ride.

Tweaked idle air bleeds.

Bro worked wonders on my sticky clutch!

Then, took #1 daughter for a 40 min spin.

1 km from home, bike stalls. Won't re start!

Off with the seat, up goes the tank. Negative battery terminal is a bit loose.

Call the GLW who promptly arrives with the station wagon and tools.

Terminal tightened, bike jump started and I limp home.

Battery tender hooked up 11.7 volts.

A good charge should do it!

Put together the rest of the bike on Sunday. No training wheels this time. ;D

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She's a beauty EEL.

Re-attached the right rear turn signal since the bolt decided to vibrate out!

Aside from a couple of tire scuff marks, it's fine...

Just got the Monster back from 30k service & a new map for the Power Commander. 72.95 HP & 54.29 ft-lbs of torque.

waiting for my new RR so I can ride without my battery dying before I get to my location... [bang]

 Stripped out the 3mm hex, fork rebound adjuster today.   :(

 To bad it did not strip out after I set the final adjustment!

Fixed exhaust leak and got autotune to work. Time to start riding so it will start tuning!

Quick spin with my daughter as pillion.

She loves my Monster! 😃

As does mine. In fact, rather than I sell it, she bought into it covering registration as part owner.

Sheared off one of the bolts holding the central tank plastic on.  It's the central one, closest to the rider (the rightmost one in the photo):
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I tried an Eze-out but it just snapped.  Thankfully there are 10 other bolts holding this piece firmly in place so I have just mounted the old bolt head in place for cosmetic effect.  As far as I can tell, to rectify the situation I would need to source a whole new filler cap assembly, which sounds like a pain.

Replaced the chain and rear sprocket. Love having the quick change on the rear. Went with a nice quality DID chain rather than the POS EK that was on there before and lost o-rings left and right...

These work great with an impact driver. Just keep the impact driver in reverse the whole time. Reverse drill and then flip the bit over and use the reverse screw looking side to back it out.

It works 90% of the time

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-3-pc-deck-out-screw-and-bolt/p-00952151000P (http://www.sears.com/craftsman-3-pc-deck-out-screw-and-bolt/p-00952151000P)

Let my Bella puttana out to breath today, still too much snow and poop out to ride. Iphone 6 plus slow mo feature is awesome, dry clutch sounds like an industrial post driver.
https://vimeo.com/123352328 (https://vimeo.com/123352328)

Detuned it for my daughter to ride. Put the stock airbox and Mikuni CV carbs back on, and tuned it. Selected some heavy steel clutch components to replace my super light clutch adding about 2 kg to the clutch. :o
Talk about reverse tuning. :P It's for the best though.

The monsters are out of hibernation!  Today, just planning for oil-change, belt-change, rear height adjustment, rear-tyre replacement, clip-on installation, headlight lowering and electrical cleanup (better job strapping and hiding cables).

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Oh yeah, the jumpers are on the batteries as one of the batteries was a little light on charge and wouldn't turn over.

And I'm planning on chopping about 4" off the end of each of those termis they stick out way to far.

You have 2 S2R1000's?

-Changed the oil ( had to impale the filter to get it off after I managed to strip the edges with the filter wrench)
-Installed new CRG carbon levers (fairly un eventful except the plunger threads were stripped)
-discovered a mouse used the tank insulator as a nest over the winter (I think they are replaceable)
-Put the battery back on the tender for hopefully only one more week  :'(

I took my tank insulator off. I have 2, one from an S2R800 and one from an S2R1000. You're welcome to it if you want...

There are two in the picture, but one is a good friend of mine's.  I just happen to have enough room in the garage to store both for the winter.

Nice...

Took off the clear indicator lenses that didn't quite fit (tab end kept popping out) and reinstalled orange items. Nice and snug now!  [thumbsup]

Spied the 39 tooth sprocket in the spares box, that I'll use to replace the worn 40 tooth tooth sprocket! It'll keep me going for a bit longer.  [Dolph]

Aaaahhh spares!  [beer]

I read an article in a magazine a few years back about the difficulties of building a big bore air-cooled engine.  There is actually a lot of design work to balance power, heat management, piston clearances, emissions etc that goes in.

Put on new grips, exactfit coils, and ducabike rear sets

 Love all those things [thumbsup]. I guess you don't ride 2up tho eh?

Never. Riding is too dangerous on its own. If my lady wants to ride she can get her own bike.

Put the rear ride height back to the stock position and lubed the suspension linkages.

I did nothing except (continue to) leave it in a garage 2000 miles away. Shame and regret are my two middle names  [bang]

Started tearing into the S4 for 24k service.

 [thumbsup] Never will.

I start out that way every time, but when they insist...constantly...not much ya can do 'cept be as safe as possible.

I replaced the heavy plastic ignition cover with a CF one (be stem, $40).  Surely I shaved off 2g in weight, increasing the power to weight ratio of my S4R!  That's equivalent to about a 10hp gain right?!?

 :D [thumbsup]

Job 1
Replaced the orrible Barnett friction plates with a set of sintered steel from Gowenlock's $30 each
result is fantastic no judder and hardly any rattle as the tangs fit closer in the basket.
Job 2
 Replaced Mrs Dogs 696 wet clutch with a Ducati OEM pack ,bleed and a flush of the clutch lines.
Fresh oil and filter and new liquid gasket .
No more slipping and longer friction zone took it for a test ride..... fantastic.
A little more fiddly than the dry clutch but still an easy DIY

Happy wife happy life  [clap]

mounted up some Michelin Road 4's for my 696. :D Only took me 30 min to do the actual unmount/mount and balance myself. I must be getting better... 5th set i've done, 2nd set i've done without tubes. i hate tubes.

Replaced rear sprocket, had newer (bro's spare set) clutch plates fitted and tweaked rear suspension. Very enjoyable riding!

Replaced stator with a new one from electrosport... Bike holds volts like it should now. I was kind of skeptical about my test results, not really believing them. Thinking to myself that out of all the bikes I have owned, new and old, none of them had a stator go bad. hmmm

Returned the loaner Monster 1200S I had for a couple days and got my Monster back. As a welcome home bought some NCR, EVR and titanium goodies.

Put nearly 250 miles on a loaner 1200S. Was an interesting experience. The Ohlins goodies are really good, ABS and the three mode riding options are fun to choose between. But at the end of the day I was excited to see my S4R and would choose it over the new 1200S any day. The throttle pull is so light and with the three riding modes you can select how quickly power is delivered but at the end of the day, the engine didnt speak to me. No clacking of the dry clutch, no 'real' feeling of how the engine is working underneath me.

Sure some will love it but I'm going to stay old school... [clap]

turned out to be my stator and not my R/R... oh well, it looks like I have a spare R/R now.

So... technically it was Saturday not today, but I finally replaced the big ass right fairing that had covered the emissions canister with the low profile one that matches the one on the left side. I also removed the aluminum guard that covered the lower half of the canister.  ...on the 2006 Monster 620D  I've owned since 2007.  :-\

Had the stock ECU reflashed and custom mapped on my 08 S2R1K (goodbye FatDuc O2 modulator).  Took it out of town and flogged it to test it out...:o It's like a completely different bike. The only regret....not having it done years ago.   

Fresh clutch/brakes fluid, fresh antifreeze, oil change, belts, cleaned and lubed the chain.
Then power wheelies  [Dolph]

Installed Cox Racing Radiator / oil cooler guards

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Installed SSR adjustable pegs.  LOVE these!  1 3/16" drop feels like much more!

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Fitted an EVR Progressive Engagement Pressure Plate to the M900.
Hope to test it out tomorrow.

Fully cored the pipes on the S4RS.   [thumbsup]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El-U4EverIc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El-U4EverIc)

Nice result!

Thanks!  It runs SOOO much better!  The previous owner put a DP ECU, DP air filter, cat removal, and open air box.  Needless to say, the stock pipes weren't letting it breathe.

Swapped out my "meh" stainless rotor bolts and completely unacceptable side stand hardware for delicious grade 5 Ti...

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Spark midpipe. The horrendous rattle of the cat (not to mention the massive udderness) are now gone, and the bike sounds better even with the stock cans on it.

Wrestled, cracked knuckles, cursed, repeat x10 until I had the fugly as OE wiring loom as hidden as it possibly can be.

Installed Motowheels case saver, SSR sprocket cover, carbon fiber and Ti shift rod, Ti side stand bolts on my NOS sidestand, and a Ti banjo bolt on my Oberon slave cylinder.  [drool]

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OE shift linkage looks so plain next to all that tastiness.  [roll]

Attempted to (finally) register my bike in California. Even though I'm the original owner, title in hand, I now have to take it to the CHP office to have the VIN verified. Stamped on the head tube, matched the title and the AZ registration, but apparently they were looking for another sticker with the VIN on it.

Note: If you clean up the frame by removing stickers, make sure you KEEP that sticker somewhere on the bike...

Yup.  Been there & had to do JUST that.  Fortunately, the CHP officers doing the inspection were bikers too so they didn't give a rats ass.  Took like 10 minutes once I got there.  YMMV.

Hopefully. I have an appointment at 7am next week at the Santa Ana office. Apparently that's this officer's main job. He said it shouldn't take long and was a bit surprised that the DMV made me do it considering I was the original owner. Sounded like a pretty straight forward guy.

Polished the tank with special occasion Carnuba wax. Looks great.
Finally fitted a charge cable for the Shorai battery.

Ran an extra neg- battery terminal cable to frame (under the battery support bracket) and an earth cable from under the battery support bracket straight to the motor. They both connect to the same bolt as does the earth cable from loom. Cleaned up the frame to motor earth cable behind the rearset and reinstalled.
The starter motor rpm increased substantially even with full choke (enrichener).

Replaced my front brake lines due to this :
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Not really sure what did this , general opinion is moisture under the sheath its been a bit wet here lately
bit of heat from the lines and somehow expanded . But no track day or heavy braking so not convinced
I could of generated enough heat to boil water.
No brake fluid had leaked or no solvents or heat used near or on the bike.
Lucky I have a friend with a heavily modified S4R so his parts bin is always well stocked for me to pilfer  ;D
Thanks Brian  [thumbsup]

Mechanic suggests one of my caliper pistons was not returning ( maybe due to moisture and dirt ) resulting in pad drag on the rotor
causing heat build up.
on the one side the lines cooked.

This!
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 [evil]

So much niceness there MOFO :o

Rode it thru the fog to another country...

But in all fairness it was only an hour and a half ride there.
 [Dolph]

Got these billet master cylinder mounts that were intended for mirrors, but thought they'd make a nice way to mount my reservoirs. Had to drill/tap/install helicoils so they'd work with M6 thread shoulder screws. Nice and sturdy and I think they look decent too.

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Tried on the new ArmourBodies tank cover:
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It feels a lot more sturdy than the original covers.  Then again, I am doing this as several of the mounting points on my originals have broken.  I went to half a dozen different fabricators to see if anybody was willing to try and make something similar in aluminium or steel, but they all felt the shape was too complex.  Now I need to look for a painter and choose a colour scheme.

Some crazy Australian dude decided to graffiti the back of my bike this weekend. I'm so pissed!

 ;D

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Autograph 1100evo (https://flic.kr/p/tFchv3)

i finally replaced the seals in my clutch slave cylinder amazing no more fluid leak.  and just a general ? do any of you guys ever get your bikes dirty iv'e yet to see a dirty one and i feel abit ashamed lol  [Dolph]

The dirt helps hold them together!

I dont run mine in rain or off road so 90% of my issue is bug splatter

I picked mine up from ECS today!!! it's was a long, cold winter and while the weather has been nice for a few weeks now here in the northeast, I'm happy to say I'm finally back on two wheels -  Ive gotta give props to Matt and the boys there, they did an excellent job.  Belts, valves, new battery, and a bunch of other stuff that needed attention after 4 years of ripping around, but I must say the bike is running better than I ever remember - well worth the extra time it took me to get it up there.

Left from ECS and took advantage of their proximity to Bear Mtn in New York state - did about 100 miles this morning and it was perfection.  [evil]

ECS?  Yep,you can trust them with your first born.  Great shop!

GK...your post got moved to ACC&Mods

Ummmm, you wouldn't feel so bad if you saw mine. It's quite grungy. I think it's been about 10000 miles since I washed it...

I just installed the throttle grip addition from Hornig.

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Yes. I ride every day i can. Rain or not.

Sadly, my bike is down for repairs. Time to adjust valves and change belts. Looked at the bike yesterday morning and leaking clutch fluid, so i'm doing a slave now as well... Exciting!! :(

No worries! 👍