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Title: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: 2WheelsFTW on August 13, 2015, 07:32:57 PM As the title says....
I would like to hear success stories not failures. Maybe any serious repairs if any? [popcorn] Thanks guys Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: Mhanis on August 14, 2015, 02:19:49 AM Are you talking about a single event or over time?
Mark Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: stopintime on August 14, 2015, 02:28:17 AM 82,000 miles since 2008 [Dolph] I really don't know what to say about "success/failure" - I more than qualify for both.... Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: He Man on August 14, 2015, 05:56:39 AM Ive ridden my ducati where it was essentially on for 12+ hours.
Rain, snow sleet, sandy (wash your air filter!) i put 31,000 miles before i broke it. IT was my fault. I think the motor would of gone tens of thousands otherwise. Im at 38k now with a new motor. Frame is still solid. mechnically sound. Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: koko64 on August 14, 2015, 01:41:02 PM All day at Phillip Island in 1996 (track day).
Title: Re: Post by: Raux on August 15, 2015, 06:37:50 AM 14 hrs misano italy to kaiserslautern germany. High speeds with full pack and high mountain passes. Stopping only for fuel and changing gear for weather conditions. That was after world ducati week in 2012. Including 20 min track session and following stopintime and geoff into hills to rossis place. Biggest maintenance repairs on bike... Stators. I am now replacing 2nd one. Also ridden 2 up kaiserslautern to venice italy through austrian passes. 09 m696.
Title: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: The Don on August 18, 2015, 11:22:54 PM 12.5hrs Phillip Island to Cooma, only stopping for fuel and water, unreal ride through the high country of Victoria, then hit the tail of a roo as he jumped across the road in front of me just as I was coming into Cooma
Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: Dirty Duc on August 19, 2015, 10:22:47 PM In one day? 700+ miles.
In ownership... 37k+ sat for two years because improper torque caused irreparable damage to timing layshaft (I have a less engaging, but more comfortable bike) How hard... different question. I have not exceeded the rev limiter on downshifting. :D Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: xcaptainxbloodx on August 20, 2015, 10:14:24 AM 14 hours from crescent city CA to Laguna Beach CA, rain from Southern Oregon to Monteray. exclusively 101/1 highways. no stopping except for a quick food and gas.
last year it did a full season of track days too (~7, 5 hour days.) failures? I picked up a nail about 4 hours away from Laguna. Stopped one track day due to sloppy shifting, fixed that with the shift pawl update as nothing had actually broken. 06 S2R800 ~24000 miles Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: pitbull on August 21, 2015, 09:56:10 AM Longest day on my m900 was Thunder Bay to home near Toronto. 1,440 km's or 900 miles. It was about a 16 hour day.
It was the last day of a 2 week trip out to New Mexico, up through the rockies to Alberta and then home. I got a bit of the get-home-it is and booked it hard the last day. I would say the hardest was also during this ride, going across the Midwest in August during the worst heat wave in a couple decades. I was riding 12+ hr. days in well over 100 degree temps, with zero issues. Since that trip I've never worried about the little air cooled monster suffering overheating issues. Title: Re: How long and hard have you rode your Monster? Post by: Duck-Stew on September 08, 2015, 06:07:37 AM My wife put 1,130 miles on in 20 hours, 45 minutes on her '03 M1000S. I did the same ride on a '99 SS1000i.e..
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