2001 M900 First Additions

[stegea]

Hi all, I recently picked up a 2001 M900 and just wanted to share some mods I added to it. All of this is thanks to a local owner who decided to sell his '01 M900 dark. He returned his bike back to stock form so I managed to snag most of his mods he had on his bike (thanks again!)

First off, I ditched the OEM low mount exhaust and put on a discontinued Arrow high mount slip on.

I love this look so much more. All that's left is to get rear sets to get rid of the passenger pegs and the metal bracket that looks horrible (in my opinion).

Next was to tidy up the tail. I was extremely against chopping up the rear frame but thankfully my friend already had a solution on his bike I managed to mimic.
This involved swapping out the OEM dinner plate (rear tail) with a carbon fiber one and mounting an integrated rear taillight.

There is a lot more wires with this set up but I tried my best to keep the wires somewhat clean.

The integrated taillight and license plate bracket is from Ducati Monster Tail Chop and the carbon fiber tail is from Full Six Carbon. All of it was plug and play or a direct bolt on.
The only thing you will have to pay attention to is if you have a 3 or 4 bolt tail for the license plate bracket. If you have a 3 bolt rear like mine you will have to modify the carbon tail to fit the bracket.

After I finished the rear end I moved to the front. I managed to snag my friends airbox chop and tuned ECU to match the increase in airflow.

Here is how the rear looked all back together:


Very satisfied with how this all turned out. I'm happy I didn't have to chop the frame to clean up the tail section. All that is left, as stated above, is to swap the OEM pegs out for rear sets (already have some on the way), refresh the tune for my engine and change the bunny ears to bar end mirrors.

If you made it this far thanks for reading!

[1.21GW]

Nice work!

I had that bike ('01 M900) in that color ("yellow-is-the-fastest-color" yellow), so your post is bringing a tear to my eye.

I think that era Monsters were the best looking so I support your efforts to not mess too much with the looks.  I too had high pipes, end mirrors, and rear sets, but other than that don't remember many cosmetic changes I made.  I flip-flopped on whether I liked having the windscreen on or off but ultimately kept it on after trying both.

Biggest performance improvement I did was upgrade of wheels, but that was pricey.  A nice way to chop weight was lithium battery.  The stock one weighed so much.

Are you running that clutch fully open or do you have cover?

[stegea]

Nice work!

I had that bike ('01 M900) in that color ("yellow-is-the-fastest-color" yellow), so your post is bringing a tear to my eye.

I think that era Monsters were the best looking so I support your efforts to not mess too much with the looks.  I too had high pipes, end mirrors, and rear sets, but other than that don't remember many cosmetic changes I made.  I flip-flopped on whether I liked having the windscreen on or off but ultimately kept it on after trying both.

Biggest performance improvement I did was upgrade of wheels, but that was pricey.  A nice way to chop weight was lithium battery.  The stock one weighed so much.

Are you running that clutch fully open or do you have cover?

I have the OEM cover I usually keep on it. I had it off because I was inspecting what I could without taking it apart while I was working on the other stuff.

[Howie]

Nice!  Congrats.

Your dry clutch does like ventilation.  A cheap, a little less noisy fix is to use faucet washers instead of  the gasket with  the stock cover.

If the timing belts are over 2 years old or have more than 12000 miles on them get new belts.

[stegea]

Nice!  Congrats.

Your dry clutch does like ventilation.  A cheap, a little less noisy fix is to use faucet washers instead of  the gasket with  the stock cover.

If the timing belts are over 2 years old or have more than 12000 miles on them get new belts.

I am planning on doing a full desmo/belt service here in the next 2 weeks just so that I know when it was last done and that it was done right. Thanks for the tip on the clutch cover!

[stopintime]

Beer tray, not dinner tray. Mickey Mouse mirrors, not bunny ears (they are for the 696 and that era). Noob       

Otherwise well done. Yellow grows on me every year.

If you have a dry clutch you're required, by law I think, to make it public   

The paper air filter might get a little bit wet and stop breathing well. Race filter?

[Duck-Stew]

When hoisting the tank, use of the factory prop rod isn't advised. It puts a twist on the tank which leads to the mounting plate breaking it's tack welds and then causes a fuel leak.

2001 was super unique b/c if was 12mm engine mounting bolts, EFI but no immobilizer, steel tank... I could go on.

Nice ride

[koko64]

Yes, a good year. That bike will be causing pangs of nostalgia around here!
I also like how the 900ie models had hotter cams and a decent sized airbox. We put hi compression pistons in my brothers bike, modified the airbox and had it dyno tuned via a PCIII. It was such an enjoyable motor.

[stegea]

When hoisting the tank, use of the factory prop rod isn't advised. It puts a twist on the tank which leads to the mounting plate breaking it's tack welds and then causes a fuel leak.

2001 was super unique b/c if was 12mm engine mounting bolts, EFI but no immobilizer, steel tank... I could go on.

Nice ride

Thank you! Yeah my OEM engine prop isn't in the best shape so I didn't want to use it anyway. I used a jack stand screw to keep it held up   

[koko64]

Thank you! Yeah my OEM engine prop isn't in the best shape so I didn't want to use it anyway. I used a jack stand screw to keep it held up   

Various blocks and rods of timber are part of the tool cache here

[Duck-Stew]

Thank you! Yeah my OEM engine prop isn't in the best shape so I didn't want to use it anyway. I used a jack stand screw to keep it held up   

I used a strap through both of the passenger grab rails and up the center of the bike to the lip by the tank latch. With, of course, a cloth to protect the paint.

I used to use a 2x4 as a tank prop until I bumped it once and a tank (full of fuel btw) came down on my arms. Ouch.