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eddypeck Two Stroke Sniffer
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chris-red Have you considered a TDM?
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base Trackday Trickster
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I had a 2001 Monster S4 (916 engine) bought with 25K on it I loved it, but I had issues with it. and spent a small fortune on it, service costs are ok, yes more than jap stuff but not that much more until you have any issues. Flaking Chrome on my rocker arms = expensive, doing clearances = PITA. belts every 2 years, ageing electrics = PITA. in comparison to jap stuff it ate batterys every 2 years pretty much.
but it had was real theatre, a sense of occasion, the booming, the dry clutch, really great bike and I was sad to get shot of it but I knew a big bill was looming and it wasn't getting the use so I sold it.
I would buy Ducati again, but only a new one with warrenty, my days of wanting to spanner bikes are over,
personally if its primary transport I would go JAP or Triumph currently have a 16 plate speed triple, great bike, but still lacks just that something special the ducati had. |
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jjdugen World Chat Champion
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Howling Terror Super Spammer
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Posted: 17:03 - 09 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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Always worth joining a ducatisti forum and searching out the model and just importantly the year of the bike you're interested in.
e.g
Pre 2000 ST2 were sold with a charging system that wasn't upto the job.
2000 ST2 had fully adjustable showa and upgraded electrics, after 2000 they dumbed-down the suspension. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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Blah blah Scooby Slapper
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Gosh, a 20 year old motorcycle might not be reliable... what a surprise
Belts for the 2v engines are cheap and easy to change every 2 years, the 4v belts are a bit more but still not a stupid price. Some parts can be more difficult to source, a fly wheel for a '98 900 Monster for example, but then they can be for lots of other makes as well.
I am neither rich or a mechanic but will happily change belts and oils on mine, everything else is pretty much the same on any other motorcycle
I've had 3 Monsters over the past 12 years, the first stopped once in about 4 years (fuel blockage) and had a brake light switch fail, the second (the 900) had a duff battery that then ate the starter sprag (something that also affects speed triples I believe) and no problems with the third one (2006 S2r) in the past 18 months other than I cannot ride it enough and the noise it makes and the way it goes is fuggin incredible
Ducatis seem to get to around £2-3k then start to creep back up again, so buy one that's just had its belts done, run it for 12 months and sell on for what you bought it for and then wonder why the CBR600 you replaced it with is sooo dull (while replacing the reg/rec and cam chain tensioner...) |
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There's no such a thing as a cheap Italian motorcycle. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Hi
If anything, to me looks like the prices have gone up. A few years ago there were loads of 600 Monsters around for under £1k, but nowhere near as common now.
The 2V engines are quite simple.
The 4V ones are more complex, but realistically not that difficult to work on. But some dealers charge silly money for the work on them.
I have ridden a couple of 600 Monsters and liked them. Quick enough for fun, but slow enough to give them a bit of stick regularly.
The 900SS I had a go on was fine at a decent speed on an A road. Kind of road where you could just wind on / off the throttle.
The Monster S4 I have ridden I am less keen on. Quicker by far, but seemed to have lost the fun factor of the 600.
All the best
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Tigerlea Nitrous Nuisance
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tadge Two Stroke Sniffer
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barrkel World Chat Champion
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 257 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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