High Mileage Monsters!

[zooom]

Thanks for the input everyone. Good to know I'm not the only one with a monster that has actually been ridden.

Everyone with 40K +...Have you had to do any major engine work to keep your monster running? If so, at what mileage did you have to pull the motor and rebuild?

Thanks again

hadn't had to do nuttin....had MBP collets put in to help minimize the need for valve servicing...hadn't had to have em reshimmed since those went in....

[DucHead]

Thanks for the input everyone. Good to know I'm not the only one with a monster that has actually been ridden.

Everyone with 40K +...Have you had to do any major engine work to keep your monster running? If so, at what mileage did you have to pull the motor and rebuild?

Thanks again

Pulling the engine at 40k miles would indicate unusual wear or perhaps that the bike has been used as a track bike.

Mine?  Gas, tires, oil and belts.

[Rameses]

nearly 42k miles on my '04 S4R.   

Why does your sig line say '05?

[1KDS]

IIRC, bigiain has north of 100k

[ab]

Almost 50K on my DM620 2004.

Average a year - 6K or so  (not this year, as I already put 10K on my other bike while monster is in shop)

Maintenance - I think about 3 or 4 valve checks , 1 fork seal replacement , had shifter spring (i think) that broke and had to replace it at 30K , fuel pump replaced , oil filter replaced , upgraded suspension (worthless waste of my precious $) , engine (same not worth it) , lots of oil leaks as always, added oil filter at 20K... and so on and on.  Other than that, she has been good.  :-)

Needs major tune up work.  Thought about rebuild but found out that is way too expensive to do.  May consider swapping engine if I can find low mile wreck engine I guess.  Otherwise, I will get her tuned this winter and keep on riding her.

[DucHead]

Why does your sig line say '05?

04 05, whatever.   

It's an '05.

[Preisker]

'01 S4, it's coming past 22,000.   Still on the original plugs and belts I assume.   10,000 miles in a year and a half.   I'm sort of ashamed.   A couple of oil changes and that's it.   I guess it's about time to take a look/see inside. 

[Speeddog]

'01 S4, it's coming past 22,000.   Still on the original plugs and belts I assume.   10,000 miles in a year and a half.   I'm sort of ashamed.   A couple of oil changes and that's it.   I guess it's about time to take a look/see inside. 

Wouldn't be a bad idea at all to throw some new belts on pronto just to avoid the possibility of a big repair bill.

[Rameses]

'01 S4, it's coming past 22,000.   Still on the original plugs and belts I assume.   10,000 miles in a year and a half.   I'm sort of ashamed.   A couple of oil changes and that's it.   I guess it's about time to take a look/see inside. 

If by a look-see you mean and valve inspection and new belts, that would be a really good idea.

[Betty]

IIRC, bigiain has north of 100k

I thought he was beyond 260,000kms

Hi All.

I'm new here and recently purchased a 2000 m900ie. This is my second bike and so far it has been amazing! The mileage on my new duc is "high" compared to other Monsters we all see for sale. I currently have 33,000 miles. The bike runs great and all service has been timely and documented.

Just wondering how many other "high" mileage Monsters are out there? 

Also, what is the average yearly mileage on our bikes?

Thanks in advance.

So that would be about 5,000km per year? That sounds about 'normal' to me. As a 'weekend warrior' I have done a bit more than that. Unfortunately the reason many people sell is because they have very little kms (oh OK miles) on the clock ... they don't use the bike so they sell it.

33,000m seems 'appropriately used' ... and well maintained by the sound of it.

[hadesducati848]

12.5k on my 09 848 and it was in the shop for almost 3 months and i put almost 6k on the GFs 696 just so it can be ridden. best part is both bikes were bought on october 4th of 2009

[hadesducati848]

my old street bike , an '01 Monster 900 Dark ie, I got with 800 miles on it, and I put 30K on it in 2.5 years before I had to give it to the ex in the seperation...my current bike is a Cagiva Gran Canyon( pretty much a 96 Monster 900 small valve head motor with 1st generation Marelli injection (I think 1.5) and I am over 55K...

your EX took your bike in the divorce??? that is beyond harsh! does she at least ride it?
my EX tried to take my mustang in our divorce i made it very clear to her that she did "NOT" want things to get ugly between us.
sometimes being unstable with anger management issues can work out in your favor 

[twolanefun]

38.5 K on the 02' M900, bought new in 04'. In the current inventory I have 100K+ on the 3 Ducs combined, 83K combined on the 2 Vics, and 4.7K on Bubba. - Gene

[zooom]

your EX took your bike in the divorce??? that is beyond harsh! does she at least ride it?
my EX tried to take my mustang in our divorce i made it very clear to her that she did "NOT" want things to get ugly between us.
sometimes being unstable with anger management issues can work out in your favor 

[tangent]
okay, she has/had her Honda Hawk GT/NT650(which it seems wasn't being ridden regularly or maintened with any real love out there from what I understand)...I had the 98 track bike and the 01 street bike...I also had all the tools and the large screen TV and all manner of stuff that she was equating dollar number values to even though she didn't want them....so when she threw a $ figure at me, I replied with offerring her the bike and my beater car (which she drove regulalrly before she relocated, so she knew how solid and bulletproof it was) and I think she intepreted as an "either/or" and said she'd take the bike like it was a choice between the two( I convinced her that the value that she had personally assessed to the track bike was way off due to the lack of anything streetable on it and the money it would take to rework, reconfigure, and rebuild it to street spec for to gain anything close to the value she had assessed)...so she got the bike only...

the kicker is this...she had already relocated to L.A. ( I am in MD outside of DC) and was back to get the rest of her shit that she wanted out of the house before it got turned over( since she forced us to lose our house in this process)...I prepped the bike for shipping and was going to help her ( for a nominal fee for time and gas) to get the bike to a Forward Air or other shipper of her choosing so she could have the bike transported out to her...she said at the time she couldn't have it shipped right away and I told her I had no way to securely store it...so she had me drop it off at a mutual friends house...so I did so...drained,unhooked and ready for transport...at the time, it needed a couple of things, but that was to be her responsibility...well here we are 2.5 years later and I think it is still at his place (20 mins away from me) sitting in neglect and I think he has since put gas in it and hooked the battery back up and started it and looked at things and tried to compare them to his his 72 Mustang...and I think she has told him to try and sell it for way more than it is worth, especially given the atrophy it has suffered and the level of care it needs now moreso...

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[MotoCreations]

If some of you remember Rachel the gal who did the IronButt Marathon years ago on her Monster (and lots of other long distance events with her Monsters) -- last count was @94K on her M750 before she got hit and the bike totalled.  Her "new" S2R800 broke 100K only a few weeks ago.  These of course are just her "weekend" riding machines -- she commutes daily on another motorcycle to save the wear/tear on the Ducati.

Typically Rachel is downstairs at the Bellevue, WA -- Eastside Ducatidealership on Saturday mornings working.  Say "hi" to her next time you are there.