first time ducati owner

19-07-2015, 06:19 PM

hi to all , recently became owner of 2001 monster s4,all in bits and boxes ,but all there,came at the right price, £300 isnt bad for a bike of that age but a bit of water damage to a few parts,all painted up powder coated etc ,just got get her running now ,may need a bit of advice

19-07-2015, 08:51 PM

Welcome I'm new too! So I will be bugger all help i'm afraid, but I know the rules, so get them pics up!

Would be cool to see the transition from box to bike

G

Dirty · 19-07-2015, 09:19 PM

A box of bike! Brilliant. Hi and welcome.

Yes pics please

Grumpy · 19-07-2015, 10:33 PM

Welcome aboard!
Why not start a thread showing your progress ?

19-07-2015, 11:47 PM

Hello and welcome to

, and the world of belts and shims.
We like a build thread here, so pics please!

steeevvvooo · 20-07-2015, 08:38 AM

Welcome, and pics please.I always respect a person who can put a box of bits together to make a bike!!

Dirty · 20-07-2015, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steeevvvooo

Welcome, and pics please.I always respect a person who can put a box of bits together to make a bike!!

I've got the opposite way totally sussed

20-07-2015, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty

I've got the opposite way totally sussed

I reckon I could be your apprentice... i'm really quite good taking things apart

J.P · 20-07-2015, 06:12 PM

Welcome to the club and to a great rebuild

Flip · 20-07-2015, 10:55 PM

Nice- we definitely NEED a pictorial build thread of this!!!

20-07-2015, 11:07 PM

not sure how to get my pics onto here ? ,bike is fully built now its taken a few weeks,but all parts were there,just the rear resevoir missing, but got immobilizer problems ,led stays on ,no spark and fuel pump not working, read a lot of posts on immobilizers, seems a common problem,could it be the transponder antenna ?

21-07-2015, 08:57 AM

I use postimage for pics here. Resize them for 'internet forums' and copy and paste the link.

The antenna/aerial on my S2R has given a few problems but sorted with a zip tie to hold it up on the lock body....

Use the search function, many of your problems will have been encountered before.

Now where's the pics?

Darren69 · 21-07-2015, 10:07 AM

Didn't someone on here have a similar problem and it turned out to be the ground wire on the ecu should not be connected to the frame but somewhere on the ECU itself. I'll see if I can find the thread.

If the immobilizer doesn't read the key I think the LED blinks a few times then goes out.

Darren69 · 21-07-2015, 10:13 AM

Here's the thread, which sounds similar and as you built the bike maybe made the same mistake as this guy:-

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...biliser&page=2

Worth checking that small black wire is not connected to battery but to ecu body.

21-07-2015, 07:41 PM

yeh did make that mistake with ecu wire, put it where it should go but still no go, do the needles sweep when you turn key, cus mine dont

19-07-2015, 06:19 PM	#1
stephen b Guest Posts: n/a	first time ducati owner hi to all , recently became owner of 2001 monster s4,all in bits and boxes ,but all there,came at the right price, £300 isnt bad for a bike of that age but a bit of water damage to a few parts,all painted up powder coated etc ,just got get her running now ,may need a bit of advice

19-07-2015, 09:19 PM	#3
Dirty Bockloks Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London Bike: No Bike Yet! Posts: 4,601	A box of bike! Brilliant. Hi and welcome. Yes pics please __________________ Wounds heal, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever Beware of eBay

19-07-2015, 10:33 PM	#4
Grumpy record breaker!! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Bike: M1200R Posts: 2,155	Welcome aboard! Why not start a thread showing your progress ? __________________ It's not the destination, but the journey that matters Definition of a motorbike, a devise for overtaking cars!

20-07-2015, 06:12 PM	#9
J.P No more Monster... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Bike: Other Not a Ducati Posts: 4,326	Welcome to the club and to a great rebuild __________________ J.JP ------------------------------- My Mum says, there's no such thing as Monsters.

20-07-2015, 10:55 PM	#10
Flip Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Beachtown Bike: M900 Posts: 2,188	Nice- we definitely NEED a pictorial build thread of this!!! __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you!

19-07-2015, 08:51 PM	#2
GWLS Guest Posts: n/a	Welcome I'm new too! So I will be bugger all help i'm afraid, but I know the rules, so get them pics up! Would be cool to see the transition from box to bike G

19-07-2015, 11:47 PM	#5
squarehead Guest Posts: n/a	Hello and welcome to , and the world of belts and shims. We like a build thread here, so pics please!

20-07-2015, 08:38 AM	#6
steeevvvooo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bromley Bike: M1100evo Posts: 1,512	Welcome, and pics please.I always respect a person who can put a box of bits together to make a bike!!

20-07-2015, 11:07 PM	#11
stephen b Guest Posts: n/a	not sure how to get my pics onto here ? ,bike is fully built now its taken a few weeks,but all parts were there,just the rear resevoir missing, but got immobilizer problems ,led stays on ,no spark and fuel pump not working, read a lot of posts on immobilizers, seems a common problem,could it be the transponder antenna ?

21-07-2015, 08:57 AM	#12
squarehead Guest Posts: n/a	I use postimage for pics here. Resize them for 'internet forums' and copy and paste the link. The antenna/aerial on my S2R has given a few problems but sorted with a zip tie to hold it up on the lock body.... Use the search function, many of your problems will have been encountered before. Now where's the pics?

21-07-2015, 10:07 AM	#13
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,095	Didn't someone on here have a similar problem and it turned out to be the ground wire on the ecu should not be connected to the frame but somewhere on the ECU itself. I'll see if I can find the thread. If the immobilizer doesn't read the key I think the LED blinks a few times then goes out. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

21-07-2015, 10:13 AM	#14
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,095	Here's the thread, which sounds similar and as you built the bike maybe made the same mistake as this guy:- http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...biliser&page=2 Worth checking that small black wire is not connected to battery but to ecu body. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

21-07-2015, 07:41 PM	#15
stephen b Guest Posts: n/a	yeh did make that mistake with ecu wire, put it where it should go but still no go, do the needles sweep when you turn key, cus mine dont