m900 project

hi dr
there is fuel coming out of the line from the filter,ive never owned a carbed bike
but i take it i use full choke with no throttle to start from cold ?

[pompone]

Yes to the above, don't use a jumps start pack or you may fry the modules in the process..

fed up now i want to ride the bugger not look at it

[pompone]

Originally Posted by BeePee

Just found out a bit more, sorry for the thread hijack mate but I thought it was relevant here.
1996 last service done at 12,000 and now done 27,000 !
Needs paintwork, tank, new rear tea tray, new rear shock, wheels put back to standard colour and probably a total strip down to redo the frame etc.
He wants £1000, I'm thinking closer to £500 ?
Good points, totally unmolested standard and no mods whatsoever

Which would bring the total to at least a couple of grands if a)all goes to plan, which normally doesn't and b) you wanted to do it properly, . Service alone even if you were to do it all yourself you're talking three hundred quid plus.

[pompone]

Originally Posted by perkles

fed up now i want to ride the bugger not look at it

I know the feelings. What are the symptoms of non starting? DrD list is the very basic (and accurate) you should look at. Fuel and spark to start with..

[BeePee]

Originally Posted by pompone

Which would bring the total to at least a couple of grands if a)all goes to plan, which normally doesn't and b) you wanted to do it properly, . Service alone even if you were to do it all yourself you're talking three hundred quid plus.

Thanks mate, so 2grand over a number of years to end up with a mint original would be good then ? Probably by the time I finished it my son would ride it, that's the plan anyway.
Time for some negotiations I think.........

finally shes going again pheww,will get some miles on it at the weekend

got some wet miles in at the weekend
can sombody tell me what the standard gearing is on the m900 and how many teeth to go up on the back for a bit more ooomph ?

[Flip]

The standard sprocket sizes for the 2v 900 Monster are 15/39 (the 900SS is 15/37 due to different primary ratios).

On my '97 900 I went up two teeth on the rear which makes sixth gear actually usable below 90mph and more importantly prevents the 'in between gears' feeling when riding around town and in slow traffic.

If you want to play around with gear ratios here's quite a good tool although it only lists the 900 from 1999- but it's the same:

http://www.gearingcommander.com/

cheers flip ,6 th does seem very tall

[Flip]

As said many times on here, Ducati's tend to be massively over geared (as are most bikes) to allow them to pass the Euro drive by noise emission tests, which I presume has got tighter over the years but as the bike's performance has increased is perhaps not so noticeable.

I've run the lower gearing for years now but I am pretty sure I remember actually getting better fuel economy from the bike after I changed it, even with enthusiastic use of the added torque effect of lower gearing. All down to the fact that fifth and sixth gears become more usable when cruising.

went for a great blast today,its running a bit rich
where can i buy a dynojet kit ,cant see them on fleabay

[gary tompkins]

Give PDQ a call - they are a dynojet stockist

http://pdq1.com/result.php?CatID=4430&MakeID=7

I'm also running 15/41 (M750) gearing - much better than stock ratio on 900. Got a spare 41T rear sprocket here if you fancy giving it a try, but yould need and extra few links on the chain if you do. Stock length chain would be too short.

Originally Posted by gary tompkins

Give PDQ a call - they are a dynojet stockist

http://pdq1.com/result.php?CatID=4430&MakeID=7

I'm also running 15/41 (M750) gearing - much better than stock ratio on 900. Got a spare 41T rear sprocket here if you fancy giving it a try, but yould need and extra few links on the chain if you do. Stock length chain would be too short.

cheeers Gary,i will call them
i bought a renthal rear off fleabay but didnt think id need more chain links !

[Flip]

Talk to either Emma Wheeler or Martin Sadler at PDQ both great people!!

As for a longer chain- I am sure I didn't order a longer one when I replaced mine but I can look out the receipt if you want me to double check?