Ducati Monster Forum

Picked up a '94 M900 :D.
I have worked on this bike for a few years now for two different owners. It has a motor I used to own that went into this bike via another customer. It has many excellent mods. Being the earliest shape I think its special. I love it. The world feels right again.
I'll sort pics once I shaft pbucket for being greedy.

Congrats!  Does it have some Cagiva elephants?

Yes. Quite a few lurking around. :D

Just so you know, compared to my HM1100 Evo, it feels slow [laugh]. That's despite it having a motor  modified to make 86hp and 68 ft/lbs at the wheel and fed by FCR41's. But it was so much fun to ride. :D I felt like an old codger lovingly riding his classic.

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There are days when I miss my '94. If it hadn't begun to be so needy I probably would have kept it forever.

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Great. Sentiment beats power anytime  :)

The Monster is running great! Actually quite smooth and very responsive. A change of fuel from BP 98 to Mobil 98 (RON) really helped. Rode to work an afternoon shift and back home late in the evening at 50 F. It was a beautiful winter's night with the FCR41's gulping the crisp night air.
Noticed that my low fuel light which had been stuck on went off as it freed up with the full tank.

I better ride the Hyper soon or she'll get jealous and throw a code.

Beautiful bike. I've said it countless times, the new Monsters do not compare.  [thumbsup] 8)

In the interest of good science I rode the Monster and Hyper back to back today. 8)
The Monster has a strong motor and good response with it's FCR's but the Hyper's 15 extra hp and race style light weight internals are just wicked. Both very enjoyable.
After getting off the flatslide carbed 900 the Evo's closed loop ECU operation was noticable as you can feel the ECU second guessing your inputs. I think this old Luddite might hate fly by wire.

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So you feel like an olde codger, well here's another olde codger back on a monster this time a 2009 mint condition 1100s which over the last six weeks has been adorned with carbon and ridden through the Rizoma catalog lol.
It was taken in part ex on a multi + cafe racer, I got the call from the shop as they knew I was on the lookout for another (there's always room in your garage for a monster) so off to the shop and there sat a clean well loved 1100s, 4300 miles and a good dealer service record so that was that.
I'm getting it taxed and insured this week and hopefully will ride to the local UKMOC meeting next Sunday God willing.

Geoff... [coffee]

Blimey it's great to be back and if you'd like pics then someone will have to pm me their email addy as I'm still useless on that front...lol.p

Goodonya Geoff [thumbsup]

I hope to still be riding at your age. You're an example and inspiration to us all. Cheers mate. [beer]

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Geoffduck's Duck. She's a beauty. [thumbsup]

Thanks Tony for posting the pic, I'm we'll chuffed at the way that it's turned out I just hope it rides as good as it looks... [bow_down]

I've been reading the write up that I did over the Christmas, new year period 2008 when I had the job of running in the stores first 1100s which was going to be their demo bike and can't believe that it's taken all these years to actually own one... [thumbsup]

Geoff... [coffee]

Cheers Geoff. [beer]

T'was the local UKMOC meet and ride out today and I planned on riding the monster for the first time but the insurance company f**ked up big style in that the bike wasn't registered on the government web-site so I couldn't get the toad tax.. [bang]

Anyway got out on the scrambler this morning (don't shoot me but it is a great little bike) and met up for breakfast, 11 bikes turned up and a good time was had by all so now I'll have to chase the insurance company tomorrow and hopefully get out on my own some time this coming week.

In a way it might have been a good thing in that I installed new Michelin pilot road three tyres so riding on my  own at my pace for some break in miles is probably safer, I'll let you know how I get on but it really will be nice to be back on a monster.. [bow_down]

Geoff... [coffee]

Yes. Interested to get your ride impressions of the 1100DS motor in the Monster package.

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 :D I love it.

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Lovely bike Tony the silver and blue look classic... [bow_down]

Thanks for posting the pic of my new to me monster, hopefully I can get out on it this weekend after the cock up with my insurance these last 10 days...  :'(

Geoff  [coffee]

You're welcome Geoff. Cheers [beer]

Hey Geoff
One of my daughters loves your garden.

Nate. That's your old seat. Looks new after being treated with Motul Shine and Go.

Glad it finally landed on a bike.

Suits it well too.

Right shape and everything. :P

The bike came with a customised seat that was a very badly executed attempt at cafe racer styling in the colour of powder blue.  [puke]  It looks as it should now. I used the seat on my other 95 model too with plans to lower the bike for my daughter.
I'm taking the old girl back towards a more stock look including oem red colour and decals, indicators, tail section, etc. When painted I have a NOS oem fuel cap too. I'll keep a few period mods of the day like the pipes, carbon guards and a tail tidy, so pretty much what you could get out of the DP catalogue in 1994. The seat will live on. We customize the new and restore the old.

OEM red and decals will look great.

I know different colours do it for different folks, however, I struggle to like those other than red.

Red on the silver is great.

 

The custom paint job looks great, but considering it's a Jan 1994 model and the original shape and style, I felt it was owed a restoration to original colours. The frame was recently repainted in the Ducati bronze of 93 & 94 and the wheels are correctly black, so red body work it is.

I know what you mean about red, when I got the scrambler FT the first thing that I had done was to get rid of the yellow/mat black and have it painted a proper Ducati red.

The streetfighter remains black as I think it suits the image best and my vito is an almost perfect shade of Ducati red so I'm with you Tony on the repaint.

Geoff... [coffee]

My 96 was black tank, bronze frame, and silver wheels.

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Very nice  [thumbsup]

Interesting. I take it that the black colour was the oem metallic charcoal?
My first 95 (late 95 Aussie delivery) was black (metallic charcoal) tank, gold frame (916 gold iirc) and bronze wheels while my second 95 (early 95 Japanese delivery) with red tank, had a bronze frame and bronze wheels.
I always liked the black wheels on this 94 model and the cobby style of the rear hugger. The tank being 18 Litres is a bit more bulbous and brutish in style.
 
Proves that there are always exceptions to model specific paint schemes no matter what the factory manuals and brochures say.

G'day Ung.

No. It was a true black metallic.I wouldn't describe it as charcoal. It was slightly different from the similar vintage SS bikes in that the metallic seemed finer, but that's pretty typical of Ducati colors. It always depended on which shop, using whatever brand of paint, actually painted the part.

True. An example is when the red changed to a slightly lighter shade in '93 even though it had the same paint code. I guess a different supplier or they went to a lighter coloured primer?

Ducati didn't manufacture their tanks, or plastics. They were done in job shops in Italy. Different shops used different paint manufacturers, and different processes. This resulted in different appearance of the color.

Ducati's 'official' word was that PPG was the paint supplier, but even if that was the case, the color was shop mixed, and applied over different color primers. It isn't like a huge auto manufacturing plant where the color is mixed by the paint supplier and delivered in huge quantities so the variance is minimal.

Like an old coach building shop. ;D

For the record, this motor has JE pistons, ported heads, ported inlet manifolds wrapped in exhaust heat insulation, nice multi angle valve job, dialed cams on Vee Two alloy cam pulleys, Staintune pipes, Exactfit coils, tuned Ignitech ignition, EVR alloy basket, OEM alloy plates with Barnett driven plates, Vee Two clutch drum, Corse Dynamics clutch springs, heavy duty engine studs, open airbox (very quiet) with relocated K&N filter and short, ported V stacks, machined flywheel (-1kg) and Oberon breather valve.

I'm now running oem BDST38 carbs with a quick turn Mikuni throttle. There is an oil cooler cover in Winter. It's a strong motor for what it is.

Bike has re-valved forks and Ohlins shock, Rizoma mirrors, OEM bikini fairing and Oberon fuel cap . There is a spare Sargent seat customised to take the GLW.