Hello guy's :)
I just wanted to intreduce myself. I'm a girl, yess and I love ducati's and recently discoverd a passion for mechanic's .....I recently bought a ducati m900 from 1995 whit 26 ooo milles on it .... So in the commig months, I'll be overhauling it...yééééé , so much fun!!! ;D
I registered myself becose im sure there's gona be a hell lot of head scraching in the comming month's "what the...?!!?!? where does this go?!?!..... and the classic ...mmm... i've rebuilt the motor but theres some bolts and nuts left over!?!?!? [bang] ....lol [laugh]
so i apreciate all the help that youll be able to give me in the future :)
tanks
p.s. I'm french cnadian so excuse the writhing..lol
Isabelle [Dolph]
Welcome [Dolph]
You don't need to overhaul it though - 26K isn't very much 8)
It might be fun anyhow.....
welcome to the board. you can avoid a lot of the "what the????" moments by taking pictures before you take it apart, and whenever you get to a complicated area.
good luck!
I see you've already found tech - you should also know there are sections for local areas that you might look into
Motreal:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=35.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=35.0)
Toronto:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=37.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=37.0)
And not so much a location, but one for our female members:
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=25.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=25.0)
Welcome!
As has been said, there's no reason just based on mileage to think the motor is worn. It should easily go 4x that long without significant internal wear. Now if something has broken or its been starved for oil maybe time for a rebuild, but the mileage alone isn't anything of concern. Ride and have fun [clap]
My original intent was to completely overhaul it but....thinking about it, after riding it a few times. I don't think I would have to open the crankcase :-\ ...maybe I'll check the valves and piston ring's just in case...(mostly out of curiosity ;D) but it's mainly because I want to paint it and change a lot of parts on it esthetically.... Everyting as too match ...typical girl stuff... ;D
I'll try to post a photo of the bike a soon a possible...