How many M900's are on here.

[Davy]

Just curious does anyone actually know?? And shouldn't us M900 owners get pride of place on here after all the rest are, dare i say it at the risk of starting a row wannabees :eek:

[uksurfer]

i don't think theres many, they werent that popular :chuckle:

[manwithredbike]

think you're right there davy.
btw, you get new belts on yet?

[BluprintZ]

Just curious does anyone actually know?? And shouldn't us M900 owners get pride of place on here after all the rest are, dare i say it at the risk of starting a row wannabees :eek:

...and lets not forget, the 900 was the original Monster, innit?

G : ) :rolleyes:

[uksurfer]

weren't the old air cooled things a trial before they made proper bikes with plumbing?
testing the water? :D

[Albie]

No the 900 turned into the prince of 1100. Pedro or Fatbloke may help you.

[uksurfer]

think i'll be leaving now........ :cry:

[Nickj]

I'd have thought the M750's as they share the same bore, stroke and capacity as the old F1 Rutter bikes. :mand:

[Nickj]

proper bikes with plumbing?
testing the water? :D

Do you need to test the water in them then??
Is it set to some special index of watery goodness using only fluids collected, from a secret spring in the nearby Apennine mountains, by virgins under a full moon..

Or does ordinary water do it??

[Nickj]

Or is it just straight out of the po ??

[BluprintZ]

Well, i suppose if you get really stuck, you can always pi$$ in the radiator.
The 900's don't suffer from the same malaise, apparently!

G : ) :D

[Albie]

Do you need to test the water on them then??
Is it set to some special index of watery goodness using only fluids collected, from a secret spring in the nearby Apennine mountains, by virgins under a full moon..

Or does ordinary water do it??

Oh absolutely not. You must have an additive that can be found at the Halfords in most modernistic cities. Without this fluid the beast will howl and break into hundreds of pieces and the entrails will hang out.

Saying that my 1100 and the other guys bikes got mighty hot waiting at folkstone terminal. Wish I had my water and fans for a brief moment.

[Davy]

I only posted this for a bit of craic. But now we're on the subject i always liked the Ducati style and then when the "Original" Monster came out, That was it for me i had to get one. but since then i think Ducati have lost it a wee bit...... i'm saying no more!!!

[Albie]

You may be right but I personally intend to make a good bike out of a bad job kind of thing.:p

PS I had a lovely m900 1997 R plate.

[BluprintZ]

Plus, if watercooling also quietens the engine...then how can they sound as magnificent as the air-cooled models...such as the 900, for instance?

G : ) :p

[Davy]

think you're right there davy.
btw, you get new belts on yet?
Hi Phil, Did you enjoy your hols? No i didn't get them on yet i'm waiting on a guy to call me when he gets back from his hols :freak:

[Albie]

Only quietens the bearings and slap not the zorst's:gay:

[uksurfer]

isn't air to water called progress? :chuckle:

[Albie]

isn't air to water called progress? :chuckle:

No thats called RAIN :)

[uksurfer]

i'm sure that volkswagon had the same problem years ago, they soon stopped making air-cooled!

[Albie]

Have you seen the price of second hand aircooled beetles. Only banter I still like the desmoquatros. Only price stopped my streetfighter test.

[uksurfer]

do love the s/f, but i just realised i loved my M600 air-cooled, less levels to check :banghead:

[manwithredbike]

Hi Phil, Did you enjoy your hols? No i didn't get them on yet i'm waiting on a guy to call me when he gets back from his hols :freak:

oops, got busy with work when i got home and kinda forgot. i'll give you a buzz before the weekend and get organised if you're ready to fit them.
phil

[Davy]

oops, got busy with work when i got home and kinda forgot. i'll give you a buzz before the weekend and get organised if you're ready to fit them.
phil
Only kiddin Phil when ever your ready i am.

[ColchesterM600]

Who cares 600 are better :)
:/
Just have to wait for me to catch up now and then :P

[Nickj]

isn't air to water called progress? :chuckle:

Possibly condensation??

[uksurfer]

Who cares 600 are better :)
:/
Just have to wait for me to catch up now and then :P

i guess that the air cooled are slower than? :mand:

[adam15]

Who cares 600 are better :)
:/
Just have to wait for me to catch up now and then :P

Have to fully agree here :-)
Definitely the 600

[hhmunro]

isn't air to water called progress? :chuckle:

Isn't water to air called evolution? I am sure that is how the human race began- sorry all you god botherers...

[johnsy]

M900 everytime, ridden by men, no ecu needed to help the rider out :chuckle:

[Pancho]

Just joined the form and just bought a 900, I'm only bringing it home tomorro and I love it already!

[scrapps]

900 the original and the best. (are Ducati not moving back towards the air cooled motors ? 1100,696,hyper etc)

[fatbloke]

Currently UKMOC has
198 x 900's
64 x 900ie's &
7 x 900sie's registered

[Diego]

Fookin love my aircooled M900. Sheer class! Of all the monster models I have owned by far the best. I was so glad to get my hairy paws on it (yr 2000).

[Davy]

M900 everytime, ridden by men, no ecu needed to help the rider out :chuckle:

Enough said,, :spin:

[uksurfer]

Just joined the form and just bought a 900, I'm only bringing it home tomorro and I love it already!


Quick - take it back and see if they can fit a radiator! :running:

[scrapps]

Water causes rust ! Why put it in your bike ?:eek:

[uksurfer]

Water causes rust ! Why put it in your bike ?:eek:

cus i can!!

feeling a bit isolated now, theres 273 of you 900 owners and one watercooled owner HELP :scratch:

[Albie]

cus i can!!

feeling a bit isolated now, theres 273 of you 900 owners and one watercooled owner HELP :scratch:
Engines aluminium scrapps.:banghead::banghead:

[Davy]

Currently UKMOC has
198 x 900's
64 x 900ie's &
7 x 900sie's registered

Wow So 198 of us know what a real Monster is to own and ride :) I feel for the rest of yous though, maybe some day yous will see the light and buy a proper Monster:eyepopping:

[uksurfer]

you got to remember, we all had 'air-cooled'bikes once, then we move on to better :woot:

[Albie]

you got to remember, we all had 'air-cooled'bikes once, then we move on to better :woot:

Damn i went backwards. Reliving my youth then

[giler]

Imitation is the best form of flattery.
900 the original and best.

[Davy]

I think i've opened a can of worms here, Doe's anyone know the first vin number on the first Monster? Did they run in sequence, is there any links to this sort of query, Does the club hold any records?

[Cutter]

According to the Falloon bible frame numbers for the 900 began at ZDM 900 M 000001.

:hail:

[Davy]

Did anyone see the programe on tv a while ago where they went to the Ducati factory and got talking to some guy who works there, he had a store room around the back it had green wooden garage style gates on it when they went in it was an aladins cave of rare and exocit parts they were hanging everywhere but in amongst the bike's he had covered where the first 916 and the first M900 produced in 92!! he just took them off the floor and round to "his" store..sorry i don't remember what the programe was called

[Davy]

According to the Falloon bible frame numbers for the 900 began at ZDM 900 M 000001.

:hail:

Thanks cutter.. do you know when they finished ?and what year?

[Cutter]

Davy, as far as I can make out from the two Falloon books the M900 went on until 1999 in carb form and until 2002 in injection form. All M900s worldwide numbered over 36,000...:thumbsup:

[Drucilla]

According to the Falloon bible frame numbers for the 900 began at ZDM 900 M 000001.

:hail:

We have now spent the last 10 minutes hunting out our documents and working out there were 16890 monsters made between Spikes and mine.....

[Davy]

Davy, as far as I can make out from the two Falloon books the M900 went on until 1999 in carb form and until 2002 in injection form. All M900s worldwide numbered over 36,000...:thumbsup:

Thanks cutter, Ok forgive the dumb questions here i am a noob afterall.. but what is the falloon book your refering to, can i get hold of one? i'm just trying to get to grips with the M900's esp the early ones and i'm hungry for information..

Re engine and frame numbers, i take it they didn't match up ?

[chris yeatman]

I'd have thought the M750's as they share the same bore, stroke and capacity as the old F1 Rutter bikes. :mand:

m750's are the best!! :running:

[Blah blah]

m750's are the best!! :running:

What he said, and we don't need to go around willy waving (and whatever girls do :D) about having the biggest bike in the playground, mine's bigger than yours etc etc :rolleyes:

Oh, and pinching our ideas eh????? Least we got some response...:chuckle:

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=31848

[Davy]

What he said, and we don't need to go around willy waving (and whatever girls do :D) about having the biggest bike in the playground, mine's bigger than yours etc etc :rolleyes:

Oh, and pinching our ideas eh????? Least we got some response...:chuckle:

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=31848

Well thats me told off then:hissy:

[Cutter]

I have two books by Ian Falloon. "The Standard catalogue of Ducati Motorcycles 1947-2005" and "Ducati Belt-Drive Two-Valve Twins Restoration and Modification" The second one deffo has the info I gave you , I would have to check if the "Standard Catalogue" does at home. I think it does. I bought the Retoratuionh one off amazon for about £15 and they are now quoting £125!!!!!! THey have the standard catalogue for about £10.

[Davy]

Thanks cutter, i'm going to try and get my hands on both books, On another note does any of the members here have a mint example of a 93 M 900?or anyone restored one back to mint condition using all original parts?

[pike]

I only posted this for a bit of craic. But now we're on the subject i always liked the Ducati style and then when the "Original" Monster came out, That was it for me i had to get one. but since then i think Ducati have lost it a wee bit...... i'm saying no more!!!

Not to be too controversial but here here...IMHO i wouldn't buy a modern Monster as they have become far too stylistic for my taste:eek:

When they first came out with the original 900 and the subsequent 750 and 600 that followed I thought it was the perfect example (or quintessential for you clever types;) ) of a street bike. Macho and mean looking in black (ok ok despite being in red and yellow!) and one that stood head and shoulders above anything else on the market.

Unfortunately they stuck a 916 engine in one and IMO from then on missed the point. The styling then became too radical for my liking and I'm afraid to say that when I shop for a new bike soon, it wont be a monster...sorry:shocked:

keep up the interesting posts.

[uksurfer]

[QUOTE=pike;323885]

Unfortunately they stuck a 916 engine in one and IMO from then on missed the point.
QUOTE]

you should try one, you might like it :thumbsup:

i always thought i'd never have one with a radiator, but one came up at the right time and price, and i love it!

[Albie]

I have to say that the power plant in the s4 series is even more macho and mental than any m900 and can double the grin factor if you can handle it and its not always liked looks. The motor looks stupidly mental hanging there with all it danglies on show. It called a MONSTER a strange looking beast that will scare you. Its meant to be ugly

Whilst I do agree with your points about the m900 it always happens when you find a big lump to shoehorn in the stock vehicle like a v8 cut down to v6 in a Metro. Awesome mental thing to do.

I also agree the M1100s is too pretty but only we can bring back some meaness by customising it. But the engine is brilliant. You must try one just to find out.

[Davy]

Not to be too controversial but here here...IMHO i wouldn't buy a modern Monster as they have become far too stylistic for my taste:eek:

When they first came out with the original 900 and the subsequent 750 and 600 that followed I thought it was the perfect example (or quintessential for you clever types;) ) of a street bike. Macho and mean looking in black (ok ok despite being in red and yellow!) and one that stood head and shoulders above anything else on the market.

Unfortunately they stuck a 916 engine in one and IMO from then on missed the point. The styling then became too radical for my liking and I'm afraid to say that when I shop for a new bike soon, it wont be a monster...sorry:shocked:

keep up the interesting posts.

I was talking to one of the other members on here recently a local lad , and we both agreed on this very subject, it seems to me like Ducati are trying to keep up with the other naked bike types, which is a bit odd as they were the first to do it with the monster.

[Albie]

To be honest they have to. Lets be honest the bike hardly changed for 15 years other than engine size and frame and cosmetic tweaks. But they have to appeal to new buyers just like car drivers.
I absolutely hate the new KA as Caroline has the original one. Not the best example but lets be honest how many new KA's do you see. Its a waste and you may as well buy a Fiesta.

Back to the point Ducati have to survive and sell bikes. Whilst everyone is happy with the looks of their monsters not many will be sold so you have to reinvent it. They did and it appeals to some and not others. The 1100S appeals to me and I downsized and its suits my needs with long legs and power for two up.
It may well turn out a failure but somehow I doubt it. Its not a 999 which is not that horrible but the public didnt like it.

There will always be a classic and the monster is and always will be so look after them and keep em running.

[Davy]

Yes point taken, we could talk about this for ages, so lets just agree that the original M900 is still the best/only monster to have.:eyepopping:

[pike]

Yes point taken, we could talk about this for ages, so lets just agree that the original M900 is still the best/only monster to have.:eyepopping:

Yep:thumbsup:

[Saint aka ML]

My one is 000501 ;)

[Davy]

My one is 000501 ;)

When we start looking at frame numbers It's a sure sign of bikes becoming real classic's. who's the site annorack on the 900's???:)

[scrapps]

If i bought another bike monster or not my 900 monster will be staying. i had a couple of bikes in the past that are now classed as icons and sold them doh :hissy: