Hello from Boulder, CO

[BerettaMato]

Beretta Giarratano
Boulder, Colorado

2002 Ducati 620 Monster (Curant)
2001 Honda 1800 VTX 400 miles ridden (Hated it) Sold
2002 Honda VTR1000 20,000 miles ridden (Loved it) Sold
1988 Honda NT650 62,000 miles ridden (Soul Mate) Sold
1987 Yamaha YSR50 500 miles ridden (FUN) Sold

I just wanted to say hi. As you can tell I love Naked V-Twins. I have Dreamed of owning Ducati since my first bike. 20+ years riding in the twisty of Colorado.   I am new to the forums and cant wait to learn all things Monster. If you live in the area I would love to find some Naked riding buddies LOL. I was going to get a 796 Monster this winter and am still planing to do that. I found this little 620 on craigslist for $1700 and could not pass it up. It just needed some TLC and elbow grease. I named Her Adreana, Italian girls name which means Dark. My plan is to make a little City striped down CafeRacer out of Her. She has 16k and I am planing to keep the build around $3k. Things I don't like or suck are the brakes and the forks. She idles like crap maybe time for Throttle sync, valve and belts to be worked on. Going to do myself.  

Here's a list of what I have done and what I am planing. Please give me any input or insight you have.

Have $1810
02 620ie Dark $1700
796 Fender with mounts $70 (might sell)
Left side fairing $40 (might sell L\R)

Ordered $100
Haynes Manual
14t Front Sprocket
K&N Air Filter
NGK IRIDIUM IX Spark Plug
Mobil1 Racing 4T 10W-40
K&N Oil Filter

Want $1110 +/-
Repair and paint tank matte black or maybe black with white stripes (dents both sides) $300 +/-
70's Ducati logo decals, have hook up $0
Carbon front fender (used) $100
Carbon seat cowl w/mounts (used) $120
Reupholster seat. $100 +/-
Danmoto clip-ons $99
Rizoma Sportline Grips $60
Danmoto Carbon GP exhaust $250
Bar End Mirrors $36
Clear LED Tail Light w/ Turn Signal $38
Rebuild forks $unknown

Dream $unknown
M900 rear wheel (170 or 180 tire)
Front forks with dual brakes off of Mxxx

Adreana

[Slide Panda]

You might look up the GSX-R fork conversion It'll add a rotor (with a wheel that'll take it) and be a big step up in the fork department. It does take a little more work in the form of different spacers and a touch of fiddling. There's plenty of info on the board for that.

Let to try to put you off the idea of a 180 rear wheel. It's a good bit of hassle and expense for no real gain- unless it's a cosmetic thing. Otherwise you'd be taking a performance hit from the bigger heavier wheel. More unsprung weight, more mass for the engine to spin up and slowed tip in with the increased gyro effect. Some folks have wanted to do it 'for mor traction'  While you might get some - you can save a lot of cash and hassle by getting stickier tires.

[BerettaMato]

Thank for the info.I think I am just going to re valve the fork with heavier oil. I will look into finding some used dual brakes I can just swap out. Any ideas on some Ducati models that will strait swap?

As for the tire I did do a little research and fond out 180 is defiantly not the way to go. I was looking for a bigger look. This will be my commuting city bike so sticky in not the issue. What do you think of a 170 on my stock rim. I had a 160 over the stock 150 for my NT650 and loved the look. the stock 160 just looks so weak on her.

Oh and should I just post this in the mod forum?

[Slide Panda]

yeah you'll get a lot more traffic for you fork question in Mods or tech.

Any monster forks use the same dimensions for tube dia and length. There's some differences for caliper mounts and rotors - like the radial calipers and such on an S4Rs that make things more difficult as you'd need a different wheel too.

Good forks to target would be S2R1000 - direct replacements for you, with compression, rebound and preload external adjustment. Some flavors of M1000, S4 and M900 would do well too.
Brakes, S2r1000, M1000, M900, M800, M750, 620 (6 speed) until 2005, 748, 916 (newer), 996, 998, ST2 etc etc. IE A LOT of ducs for a lot of years used the same set up. Brembo 4 piston - 2 pad calipers on 320 mm, 10mm offset rotors. Caliper mounts using 65 mm replaced 40mm mounts on earlier bikes, but I'm not sure what year the cut over was.

You can also fit the 4 piston, 4 pad calipers from 749/999 to those 65mm axial mounts and common rotor size. That's what I have fit to my '00 900.

If you got that option, though you might need a custom brake line. If you get a line off one of the monsters and the 2-pad calipers its' a direct fit.

Also budget for a new master - the ones used on the two caliper bikes have a bigger bore.

[BerettaMato]

Awesome info I will start looking.

[captinRob]

I just have to ask, did you get this off of a guy in Lafayette? if so you were the guy who beat me out haha
1700 was a great price for it though

[BerettaMato]

Yes I did sorry. I ran to get it, I new it would not last a day at that price. I found his listing maybe 5 mins after he posted it. By the time I paid him the next morning He said He had like six guys wanting it if I did not buy it LOL.

[captinRob]

haha nice. no hard feelings, I'm not sure I would have been happy on the 620,coming off inline 4's it's different power and I'm just barely happy with my 750. it was just a good price congrats on the win   

did you ever get her rough idle figured out?

[BerettaMato]

Yep I think LOL. Time for valves adjust and belts, plus full tuneup. I get my helmet today so I am going to rider her a little to work and back before I open her up for a tuneup. Any suggestion on any additive to clean her out before the tuneup. I like Lucas products have worked great for my trucks. Wish I had a stand and garage LOL.

[captinRob]

I feel you on the garage I'm hoping to have one by winter at least I have a storage shed for the moent. stands are really nice to have if your going to get a pair they are gonna cost you a bit but I would get pitbulls I have a front and a rear and I feel comfortable saying that I don't think I will ever have to buy another set of stands again, and I think they look really nice too.

as for the additives lucas makes some good stuff you can run the same thing in your bike as you did in your truck. you just won't need a whole bottle lol or I use seafoam that works well too. and use can also use seafoam as a gas stabilizer for winter storage so if you don't use the whole bottle your set for winter too.

[BerettaMato]

Hey if there is no snow on the ground I ride even in winter. 

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Don't let snow stop you...

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/210-0147?utm_source=none&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&gclid=CNaGzZL56bACFYGo4Aod_DzyLQ

[BerettaMato]

OMG if that would not cost so much I would try that. Here in Colorado the snow only lasts a few days. Maybe a Monster 400 build LOL

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Hunt around - TKC 80 is that tire model, and that's just the first thing to pop up when I searched for 17" TKC 80s. There's a number of dual sport options for 17" wheels out there.

[Saxofoto]

Beretta, I don't mean to commandeer your thread but you mentioned having a decal hookup in your original post. I would love to know what your plan is for this. My '99 M750 Dark is lacking any tank decals and just has the shadow of the original current styling. I want to get the 80s double line in reflective silver for the tank. I'm curious if you're going your route because you have a hookup or if you'd go this route anyway because it's the best (or some other reason). Is this going to be a paint job or a nylon or laminate? How does it compare to Bevel Heaven or this http://www.twistedvinylgraphics.com/Double-Lined-Ducati-Decal-D3.htm?? I'm eager to get something on my tank, but would prefer to do it right the first time even though the tank will probably need a paint job at some point and thus a redo of all of this.

Sam (in Denver, CO btw)