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Got this today should be a cheap and reliable bike when its finished :rolleyes:
Engine rattles like a bag of spanners but they say with Ducatis if it don't rattle its broken :)
seems to run ok and for only being about 10hp up on my sv seems quite a bit faster :cheers:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/v12c3x4z/Superlightc1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/v12c3x4z/superlightc4.jpg
Biker_Billy
03-01-08, 05:21 PM
Nice...like the look of those old Dukes...
Does much need doing? Looks ok from here...
Wideboy
03-01-08, 07:53 PM
very nice :)
ASM-Forever
04-01-08, 12:50 AM
At first glance that really appeals to me, like all the older Ducatis. But the more i look at it, the less i like it.
Still nice though. :)
That looks really nice. Don't expect it to be a trouble free ownership though (Ask Lucky!)
Looks very cool, I like the old supersports. Hmm, same engine as mine......where do you live? :lol:
As Jambo said, my Ducati-owning experience has been far from trouble free (about to sell the thing as I've had enough and spent a fortune), but when the bike has been working it's been awesome fun.
Get some Silkolene Pro FST in the tank to get rid of the carb icing too :thumbsup:
That looks really nice. Don't expect it to be a trouble free ownership though (Ask Lucky!)
Cant be that bad :mrgreen:
Hi lucky i live in Hamilton just outside Glasgow
What kinda problems have you had ?
as for carb icing mine has oil heated carbs on it so should be ok :rolleyes:
Hi lucky i live in Hamilton just outside Glasgow
What kinda problems have you had ?
as for carb icing mine has oil heated carbs on it so should be ok :rolleyes:
Where should I begin? :lol: To be honest my Monster 900 has been bad in the 9 month's I've had her, even by the old Ducati standards....I bought a bit of a lemon you see. In that time I've had 3 engine stud bolts shear, a dropped value guide (required a top-end rebuild and), failed starter motor, failed ignition pack and now a suspected failed pickup coil. Mine's a year older than yours and I think it had been stood for a good while before I bought it. In total I've put around 14000 miles on her and I'm now selling it because I need something more reliable.
Keep an eye on the oil level, especially on motorway runs, and you'll have a blast on her :D
Here are some pics of mine (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24016&l=fd465&id=685567623)
EDIT -> Also keep an eye on the rear sproket nuts as they like to come loose if they're not fitted properly :pale:
EDIT -> Also keep an eye on the rear sproket nuts as they like to come loose if they're not fitted properly :pale:
Does yours have sprocket bolts or studs and nuts? I once stopped to help a guy on a broken down 888 and it was a sprocket bolt that had unwound itself. Took a huge gouge out of the swingarm. I had tools in the van so I bolted it back in and offered to take him and the bike home, but he declined and said he'd be ok to ride where he had a Monster swingarm he could fit. I certainly wouldn't have ridden it with half of the swingarm thickness it had before.
Got this today should be a cheap and reliable bike when its finished :rolleyes:
I like the aircooled 900s, especially the Superlights. They do look stunning in yellow, one of the very few bikes that do (RD400s being about the only other)
Put on a second hand set of carbs engine now running smooth so the problem must lie in the right hand carb but god knows what :confused:
carbs also came fitted with a stage 2 dyno jet kit so i take it it will be slightly rich :eek:
After idleing for about 10 mins in the garage both down pipes are glowing red :cool: but i think once its out on the road it should be ok :rolleyes:
Roll on the Summer
Stormspiel
16-01-08, 03:21 PM
The guy you bought it from didn't happen to be an American called Dan did he ?
Reason i ask is He bought an N Reg 900 for his missus from Selby near me when he came to pick up the ZX9R i sold him, Was strapped in back of Van. He'd moved to Scotland (Edinburgh i think) from US and was buying new bikes for over here. Might not be
suicidesam
19-01-08, 11:05 PM
Nice :cool: Glad to hear you got it running good, If the down pipes get red hot quick they are usually running lean.. but if it's taking ten mins at idle, it sounds about right.
You canny beat the bag o spanners sound, looking for an open clutch cover for mine to let more spanners out :mrgreen:
Had it out for a spin today it will probably just be a pile of rust in the morning :rolleyes:
who would of thought it would be a good wheelie machine :o
it certainly has plenty of midrange nearly binned it twice with to much throttle come out of roundabouts its very easy to get the back wheel to spin
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