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Old 23-01-2020, 08:06 PM   #11
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Definitely a great 'work through' and can see why they get overlooked so often.

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Originally Posted by slob View Post
Earlier models (eg MY02 620/750ie or MY06 S4RS) suggested 20,000km in the maintenance schedule.
So every 2 years, basically the 'large' (belt change) service.
Going back a little further in Monster history to when Ducati's were out of many people's financial reach (mostly due to the high price and frequent servicing required) and true of it's Italian exotica label- in 1993 a 900 Monster £7500 which was £500 more expensive than the then ground breaking Honda Fireblade.

So here's how the figures added up from back then and in subsequent years how the factory began to make them 'more affordable' by stretching out the service intervals:







Neil Spalding has more to say about this here and it makes some interesting reading for those who complain their bikes run a bit rough low down:

http://www.sigmaperformance.com/service-interval.html
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