New 4V project bike (PICS on pg3 now!)

[Duck-Stew]

Well, the price got too good for me not to do it:  I bought a salvage titled 2007 S4Rs last night.  Well, agreed to the deal anyways...

I’ll be the third owner. Bike has been local since new and I’m friends with the original and current owners.  Bike has been sitting for ~2.5 years now and needs a myriad of services.  I did borrow it for a 2K+ trip up into Colorado about 5 years ago. Engine runs really well.  Rear shock is blown. Tank needs replacing or a lot of work (poor paint). Gauges are scuffed.

I’ll get some pics up in the next couple weeks.  Super busy with a new job and some very early spring cleaning right now.

Wanted to introduce the new steed and ask:

Who’s doing gauge cluster work these days?  Would this cluster be one of the ones which can be split apart so the shell can be replaced, or ?

[RB]

Stu,
no idea about the cluster work, but glad to see you are still posting projects.
Sub'd

RB

[ducpainter]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/06-08-DUCATI-MONSTER-S4RS-1000-TESTASTRETTA-FUEL-GAS-TANK-RESERVOIR/164023340381?fits=Make%3ADucati&hash=item26308d8d5d:g:BTsAAOSwebheFf30

Can't paint one for that price.

Somehow I'm thinking this bike will change...a lot!

[Duck-Stew]

Thanks for that!  I haven’t seen the bike in about a year and current owner says he has a pearl white tank which comes with it (sorry I didn’t mention before), so I’m going to wait and see.

Changes?  The only thing I’m looking semi-seriously at doing is replacing the salvage frame with a clear title one.  This won’t be a cut-up job like my older days.  I just don’t have the budget for that anymore.

Besides, the Bobber is in bad shape and that will require cutting and welding...

[ducpainter]

On second look, that tank isn't as nice as it was at first glance.

How bad is the frame? Steering stops?

[Howie]

If you are staying stock I think your best bet is killing the immobilizer and getting a used cluster.  Internals do vary on them.  The unit does open though.

[Duck-Stew]

Bike was deemed salvage title back in ‘08 or ‘09.  The one stop is *slightly* bent.  Original owner had the tank & cowl repainted, but the painter didn’t prep the plastic right and eventually, the paint lifted away from the plastic.

Thanks for the news about the cluster being swappable Howie.  That yields hope...

[Speeddog]

IIRC, matching the screw hole positions will keep you out of trouble on case-swapping the cluster.

Pretty sure the S4Rs was the only one with that frame in that gold paint.

[Duck-Stew]

Good paint was only the S4Rs Tri-Colore in ‘08.  This was a pearl white bike with a red frame.

Thanks for the tip on cluster screw holes

[Speeddog]

Ah, I projected that Tri-Colore thing.

[koko64]

Be great to watch this happen

[stopintime]

Desmodromic Stu again, I'm in 

[Heath]

You can split the cluster and replace the shell if you find a good one. There were two different designs when they changed manufactures (I think).  I know my S4RS gauges came apart different than my S2R800 gauges. Maybe someone else has more info on that.
If everything is functioning I am sure you can do that yourself.
If not then SOS Diagnostics might be able to help you out. They brought my S4RS gauges back to life after my R&R fried the board.

If it has the stock Regulator Rectifier change it to MOSFET unit as soon as possible to avoid any future problems. The stock unit will fail and could possible take stuff with it like mine did.

Can't wait to see you get your hands on it. I know you are the master of clean bikes and hiding wires. I always wish I could have you do your magic on my S4RS.

[Duck-Stew]

It’s been a decade and I still manage complements like this?!? ^^^

Damn.  I’m truly humbled!  Wow.

Ok, well.  The bike has been picked up by a friend and it’s closer to my home.  I have yet to see it in person, but the photos look ok.

It’ll be a clean example, I wouldn’t suffer less.  I don’t think I can improve much as the mothership had absorbed most of my ideas about cleanliness by ‘07, but hey...  I’ll give it a go.

[stopintime]

Rear view cameras have become smaller, blue tooth and less expensive