Ducati Monster 750 Rebuild/Renovation

Bought a Ducati M750 off ebay that while fairly tidy did need a good clean, service and some fresh parts to get it perfect again

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Ducati
• Monster
• Service
• Exhaust
• Cleanup
• mechanical
• engine

[MrSniuolis]

Hey, Nice job!! Could i ask where did u get the hight extenders for it? i tried ebay nothing in it...

[MoiX1970]

@MrSniuolis Thanks. re the ride height bolt kit. Think it was louigimoto com who I read about on a forum selling them. There's nothing listed on their site so called and explained what I was after than they were still doing them. Cost was around £25 iirc so paid by card over the phone and the kit arrived in a few days.

[maximilianrodliff]

okay kool thanks also where did you get the bolt kit from ? can you get complete bike kits ??? cheers maxi

[MoiX1970]

@maximilianrodliff you probably can but I wouldn't bother as some bolts you don't want to replace for safety reasons such as brake calliper bolts where oem is safest mainly as stainless steel has different properties to whatever the oem bolts are and you wouldn't want to risk s/s snapping or not torquing up properly. Its easiest to go on ebay and search for m5, m6 cap head bolts (engine mainly) and buy a variety pack with different lengths. You might also want some with button heads

[BedsideGnome]

What do you use to clean your bikes? Especially all the hard to reach, grimy places?

[MoiX1970]

@BedsideGnome I usually use Gunk for a general outside clean up when a bike is very greasy/oily in places, toothbrushes or similar to agitate it then hose off. Once fairly clean and back inside working on individual bits I either use WD40 if it just needs a good wipe or paraffin in a container with toothbrush if its quite messy still. Finish off unpainted plastics silicone spray. Rusty items get the wirewheel treatment and resprayed as necessary

[MrStubat]

you'd make that bike a lot better by ditching the marzocchi forks and putting some showas off a later monster on or adjustable showas off an ST2 or ST4...replaced the marzocchis on a GT1000 recently and it transformed the bike totally

[MoiX1970]

@maximilianrodliff - Could be the springs but there's also some Teflon (or similar) coated sliders in forks which are the main thing thats there to reduce stiction and could be that coating is worn which if they gets too worn will result in metal to metal on your chrome legs which then gets pricey. Your fork oil could also be old which would result in poor damping. In short, you'll benefit from a complete fork service to bring them back to close to new. Cost? no idea, maybe £100-150

[maximilianrodliff]

hi i have an m750 dark and when i brake to a stop and sart again i feel the forks stick a little on the way back up after setting of. do you think i need new springs or is a lube change needed its a 2000 ? cheers

[MoiX1970]

@TheMotocycleRestorer Thank you. This one is now sold and just like the others sad to see it go but if I didn't let one go, I couldn't get something else to tinker with :=D