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Old 08-07-2020, 06:59 PM   #1
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Monster rustoration

So back in 2014 I got back from a trip rode the Monster into the garage, parked it in a corner and put a cover over it.

Roll on to 2020 and the garage needs the roof replacing so I'm cleaning some of the crap usefull stuff out and generally tidying up

I needed to get into the corner so tried to move the big green canvas lump, nope - not having it. Lift the cover and the tyres are flat. Fire up the compressor and add a dollop of air - tadaa it moves.

Still in the way, so into the back garden it goes.

Sitting having a break, hmmm, could do with a wash, so here we go.
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Old 08-07-2020, 07:03 PM   #2
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Pre-wash

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A good dosing of SDOC and Rhino goo and she's looking, well, a bit better. She's always been like her owner - a bit scruffy and held together by random bits of metal.

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Old 08-07-2020, 07:06 PM   #3
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Some bits came up quite well.

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Old 08-07-2020, 07:10 PM   #4
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Some bits were up to Ducati's usual paint standard

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Frame's developed a decent red rash, now where'd I put the hammerite

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Old 08-07-2020, 07:16 PM   #5
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Giving her a wash, made me smile as I remembered places we'd been, fun we'd had. Didn't look too bad, so a bit of a plan was hatched.

A quick mechanical resto with maybe a more cosmetic job over the winter. The deal breaker would be the state of the carbs and how much de-gunging would be required. So back in the garage and a quick delve.


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Old 08-07-2020, 07:19 PM   #6
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Float bowls off and wow, I mean wow. Spotless inside.

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Old 08-07-2020, 07:49 PM   #7
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That chrome came up better than it had any right to do. You may just have caught it in time?
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Old 08-07-2020, 08:44 PM   #8
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Nice work... Lucky with the carbs.

Is it an S with cast iron discs? or have the stainless ones gone ochre over the time?
I notice that there is a brighter patch where the pads rested, they are going to need some long hard braking sessions before they pull evenly!

Be careful on those old tyres that have sat flat for X months. They will be hard and misshaped, they will not only feel awful but won't have the grip they once did. They would be the first thing I would bin.
Nice bike though, I bet its nice to get re-acquainted.
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The rotor pattern is wrong for the cast iron discs, I think sadly from the pattern they are the standard steel ones gone rusty, and I don't think it's an S but nice flatslide carbs though!
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Old 08-07-2020, 09:30 PM   #10
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.... back in 2014 I got back from a trip .....
I'm guessing that was the WDW trip, where our paths crossed ?
I'm surprised to hear that you've not ridden it since then.
A fair few of the same group have repeated the trip in 2016 / 18 ..... but obviously not this year.
Maybe next time ?
Good to hear that you've dug the old girl out.
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Old 08-07-2020, 10:33 PM   #11
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Blimey Mr Crust I don’t think I’ve ever seen it looking so clean ....... and that was before you err cleaned it

Anyone that’s ridden with the aforementioned Mr Crust can only wonder how much faster it might go if it was slippery clean.

Keep it dirty & give us a chance I say
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Old 09-07-2020, 07:44 AM   #12
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Thanks, guys.

It was a bog standard M900.

Chrome impressed me as well, that'll be the Germans for you.

The disks are standard rusty ones, I'll give them a quick rub down with some fine wet and dry then finish off the pads before fitting new ones.

I've got a set of scrubs coming from a mate so the current ones will be binned if they're no good. They've got to come off soon-ish for the wheels to be painted.

The carbs were an ebay bargain - I had a search saved and they popped up 'buy it now' at a cheap price. Great mod, really bring the engine alive and give better consumption.

Utopia - it probably was, good trip. I had two other bikes on the go that sucked up time and funds plus I got into mountain biking so the poor old Monster lost out.

Hi Flip, I'm sure it won't stay that clean for long
The layer of dirt and oil seems to have preserved it quite well. Pah, Mrs Filthy laughs in the face of your ACF50.
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Old 09-07-2020, 10:12 AM   #13
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Silver foil brings chrome back. Chrome is just a fine layer and does not rust. Only metal beneath will rust but keep on top of it and will keep it down. Glad your bringing it back alive.
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So onto the engine, or so I thought, after a bit of reading I pressed the button on some exactfit belts and to be safe some moving tensioner bearings.

Whilst taking off the belt covers I noticed oil residue behind the rear cylinder.




Now theres a dilema. It's not much but I don't like it. So head and barrel off to repalce base gasket?

Hmm, last time I did that I snapped a ring on the horizontal cylinder, then there's that set of 944 pistons and standard spare barrels on the shelf. Get the barrels rebored and plated to 944, not this month.

Ok, on to other parts then.

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Old 12-07-2020, 10:27 AM   #15
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Front wheel scrubbed within an inch of it's life - paint is blistering so that'll need a repaint at some time.

So disks then.



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