Servicing a 2001 M900 with no service history

[koko64]

Yep. As Howie says, the immobilizers often lock out the wrong guy.
Simpler is better with Italian electrics.

[Speeddog]

Yes.
The primary effect of the immobilizer is preventing the rightful owner from operating their motorcycle.

[diamonddog-2]

You f-ers crack me up.       Ok, so looking up the vin for the bike, it's come up as a M900 S  and a M900 Special ie      Is this a S model bike or is there a generic term used or confusion over that specific year?  The owner doesn't believe it's listed as a S model on the title .... but ?

Any thoughts?

[Howie]

S stands for Special, ie for fuel injected.  Since all '01 900s were ie most people drop that part.  If I remember correctly the 900 S came with adjustable forks, fairing and aluminum swing arm.

[diamonddog-2]

Sweet!   A 900S it is!  I'm buyin' it!

[diamonddog-2]

Adjustable front suspension and aluminum swingarm?. Nice!.  I've noticed that the later year M900S and 1000's also came with a upgraded Ohlins rear suspension?  I'm guessing the '01 model did not?  Is that the case?  .......  still, what a great looking/sounding/feeling machine to ride on.

The owner is taking a little more video for me, focusing on the wheels, fork, swingarm, frame and engine case. I just needed a little clearer visual of the metal surfaces before I drive 12 hours to get it.   All the painted surfaces are like new.

[Howie]

'01 same Sachs as the other Monsters.  '00 did get an Ohlins rear though.

[diamonddog-2]

  Thank you howie.  just curious, .... but when did Ducati start using fuel injection systems on their bikes?  .... and was it '00 when they started using them on the M series? ..... where are the Sachs suspensions made?    Does Ducati still use 'em?

[Speeddog]

The 851 was fuel injected in 1987.

Monsters got fuel injection on the 900's in '00, '01 on the S4, and across the board in '02.

Sachs is German.

[koko64]

My bro has an '01 M900S. He fitted an Ohlins shock off a 2000 model. A really nice bike. The bike has hi comp pistons, an open airbox, Termi pipes, mild porting and a PCIII with a Fast by Ferracci map and it runs very well. He is considering a light (machined down) flywheel. A good overall tune will work wonders. A good dyno tune with an open airbox will get you towards 80 hp and hi comp pistons will move it towards 90 hp (depending on how the dyno reads).

[diamonddog-2]

Sounds pretty nice!.....but I have a serious budget to stick to, at least for the visible future. However, it's nice to know there are options in case I hit some unexpected pile of cash and want to pump up the bike. The fine tune via a dyno or experienced wrench sounds right up my alley. Finding the rear Ohlins off of a 2000 M900 could work too. My roommate has agreed to help me work through the fairly comprehensive 30K service for the bike as well as offering to cut/core the stock exhaust if I need to go that way. The bike sure enough needs to be given a deeper/louder voice.

I'll be honest, right now, I'm just happy to have found what seems to be a really nice 900, that's in my budget, that just needs a few tweeks to have the look and sound I've been thinking of.  I just saw some longer, closer video of the forks, wheels, engine case, swingarm, etc. and it looks really clean. The paint work the guy did is really nice. It's in great shape for 16 year old bike with 30,000 on it.

I've seen a set of Arrow slip-ons for sale locally. They look pretty much brand new. They're off of a '03 620ie and I think I could get them for really cheap.  Any idea if there's a chance they could fit on a '01 900?   I checked on the Arrow website to see what I might be able to figure out. It looks like their exhaust for the 900 years available are 1994 to 1999,  the 620 availability is '02 to '06 and the M1000 is available for '03 to '05 models. Not sure why there's a hole in the product availability for 900's between 2000 and 2001. The Arrow product #'s seem to be the same for all 3 Ducati models.   not sure what that means.

Anyway, just throwing it out there in case somebody here might have a clue about the interchangeability for the Arrow slip-on for monsters

as always,

Thanks for the continuing help on my new Ducati. You guys rock, everybody else sucks.

[koko64]

Check out sponsor Motowheels. There is a common fitment for those models. At the right price a bit of fiddling with fit is worth it.

[ducpainter]

The cans from a 620 should fit right up. Unless my addled brain has completely lost it all Monsters, of the old generation, share the same header diameters. They also share the same footpeg/exhaust hanger brackets.

[diamonddog-2]

Thank you. I'll do that.

[Speeddog]

That bike doesn't have stock cans on it.