My Ducati Monster 900S 2000 .. and some questions.

[rorschach]

Good day.

Happy to say i just bought my first Ducati !

After asking here http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=48241.0
And documenting about the 620, i bought a 900 S from 2000 with ~30.ooo miles

So happy i have the 'original' 904cc engine from the Monster and all the goodies from being an S - aluminium swing arm, wider tyre in the back, fully ajustable Showa front fork and an Ohlins rear shock ..all stock. Plus it has a Termi exhaust.

And how it feels ... WOW .. it's like a rabbit lion on steroids and every time i ride it i fell like on of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.  

Now it's in the shop for a complete maintenace (from belts and bearings, desmo, all the consumables, liquids, forks seals etc) to be sure it's
in 100% in shape.
Some pics




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So these are my questions:

1. What is the dry weight of it ?  
All the sites say 184 kg (407 pounds) ... so plus the battery, the ~ 16 L of fuel tank and oil that means over ~ 210 kg. (~ 463 lbs)

I'm asking because it feels so damn light !!!
I road some time on a Yamaha R1 from 2002 with a dry weight of 177 kg plus everything ~ 200 kg and it feels like a freight train.
Is the Monster so well balanced? Wow. ( i know by heart all the tehnical details why a Ducati is so great/unique - but i never thought a gap so big between a fell of a bike to another.)

2. So i have 16L of fuel capacity.
How much is a normal range for it?
And what is the fuel consumption for let's say normal cruising at 60-80 mph (100-130 km/h ).

Thank you.

[Slide Panda]

1. Not really sure... you could go weight it at a dump...

2. I generally fill up around 100 miles, just to be safe. On my 900S, I usually get about 45 mpg total ride average.

Since she's an older bike, you should make sure that your belts are less than two years of age. And should consider having the shock serviced as well as new fork oil. Mine's of a similar milage and I needed my shock serviced in the high 20 thousand miles. It felt *much* better after!

[rorschach]

Ok thanks.

Yep, i mentioned it's in the shop - from the belts to the forks etc.
I'll look into rear shock also.

[bdub]

Sweet bike !!!!!
My first and only is a 900 dark until I bent the frame then it got rebuilt with a 620 (i think) frame.

[Howie]

Back then Ducati's dry weight was closer to wet than it is today, plus the aftermarket exhaust  knocks off a few pounds where it matters.  Great bike, congrats!

[carbmon]

Looks like a very clean 'unmolested' bike.

Congratulations 

[rorschach]

Thanks guys. 

[Autostrada Pilot]

Very good work.  I would ride that in a heartbeat.  Good work on getting the Ohlins in the back.

[Slide Panda]

Good work on getting the Ohlins in the back.

Eh?

That's stock for the 2000 900S

[Autostrada Pilot]

Oh, my 1999 M900 does not have it.

[Slide Panda]

That's the S model. And only the 2000 S came with that ohlins. Got a couple other unique to 2000 farkles too

[Ducatamount]

My 2001 M900S goes about 125 miles before the reserve light goes on and takes about 3 gal. to fill it from that point.
So I guess i'm getting about 41.5 mpg.

[rorschach]

Thanks for the imput.

Another thing.

So max hp power is at 8250 rpm right?  And torque 6250 ?
And what is the limiter when the ECU cuts power ? 9000 rpm ?

[Howie]

Red line is 9K, power should be cut a little higher than that.

[GK]

Really nice bike. Looks like it's been well looked after.

Congrats!

GK