Project M900Sie Refresh!

Heya guys and gals! Its official! ive been bitten by the ducati bug........

Bought my 2000 M900Sie mid december, and put over 1500 miles on here since then..... she has her faults, and her age is showing in a few places so i think its best i rectify a few issues and get her looking (and performing!) as i want.......

Main issues right now are:

lumpy performance at low rpms...... discovered the inside of the connector on the CPS was soaking and corroded today.... new one of them ordered! Dried it out and it rode a hell of a lot better.

Manky Ducati engine paint..... this will be sorted next winter.

General use marks and scratches ect.

ANYWAY! Here she is!



Truely love how these older monsters look, such a timeless shape!

Ive already changed out the plugs, fitted a K&N, and ordered a few bits such as a factory racing slave cylinder (my clutch fluid is BLACK..... and keeps going black when changed), a full set of HEL lines, and basically anything i can get in carbon fibre.........

Keep an eye out for updates and questions!


Joe.

and yes...... those are the 105DB sil motor cans........ lovely lovely noise!

Looks great!

I remember when I got my first Monster I rode about 1,000 miles in the first few weeks. Cracking bikes!

Glad you're enjoying her. If you're riding in winter with all the salt etc, a liberal coating of ACF50 (on a clean bike) will keep all the metalwork protected throughout the winter, then in spring you can just give it a good wash and all the crud drops away leaving a shiny bike aunderneath

[Dirty]

Nice, best colour too

She gets a good coating of acf everytime I wash her! .

I love the colour, but I'm also thinking of changing it..... I'm never going to sell the bike so I might as well make her my own!

[Mr Gazza]

2000 M900Sie....You can't go wrong..

What's a cps ?

I changed my clutch slave for an Oberon. The hose dangled all winter and I gave it the odd squirt of clutch and brake cleaner. Nothing but clean c+b cleaner dripped from the end. Then I bled new fluid through a clean hose into a new slave.....Still it goes black within weeks..

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

2000 M900Sie....You can't go wrong..

What's a cps ?

I changed my clutch slave for an Oberon. The hose dangled all winter and I gave it the odd squirt of clutch and brake cleaner. Nothing but clean c+b cleaner dripped from the end. Then I bled new fluid through a clean hose into a new slave.....Still it goes black within weeks..

I've got a Factory Racing slave which I intend fitting soon, so I will be interested to see if the fluid still discolours. I usually change mine before it goes black, but it soon gets darker than the brake fluid. I wonder if a bigger reservoir would help, if there is more fluid then it won't get contaminated to the same level so quickly?

Camshaft position sensor .

It's a reoccurring thing then?

Joe

[Mr Gazza]

Originally Posted by JMH900sie

Camshaft position sensor .

Ah!... Of course..Or do you mean Crankshaft?

Lots of people complain of black fluid, but now I sit and think about it I am wondering if it is really the fluid that is black or just the black rubber bellows inside the resevoir showing through.?

Can't say as I've actually had the cap off and looked at the fluid since the change.

This one is the camshaft.... Cps can refer to either.....

My fluid is BLACK...... Like tar

[utopia]

My clutch fluid does discolour but it gets nowhere near black.
It is a wet clutch though.
But I can't really see how that would make any difference.
All I can think of is that it may not get so hot ???? ......but I'm don't really buy that explanation tbh.
Its been the same with both the original slave and an aftermarket one (same design as Factory Racing one).
And if anything, I've been late rather than early with the fluid changes.

[Darren69]

I think it could also be due the location of the clutch slave right next to the chain and small particles of crud can make it past the oil seals and get sucked up the pipe.

[Mr Gazza]

Sorry Darren, I don't buy the chain crud getting into the fluid.
The seals would have to be in poor shape to get past with the clutch system under positive pressure.

My theory is that there is sometimes, some rotation in the slave, of either the piston and/or seal. the contamination might be dark material from the seal itself or more likely material from the friction between the piston and cylinder. Both being aluminium they would produce dark or black matter.

I know the piston ought not rotate but I bet it does ...quite a lot probably...That's my theory anyway.

[Albie]

Heat from the clutch pushrod passes along to heat the fluid I was told and makes sense. Theres a lot of pressure and load on it spinning

[slob]

brakes get damned hot too but the fluid doesn't discolour, perhaps because they cool periodically while the engine sustains heat?
it's just a case of 'they all do that sir, nothing to worry about'