Marks (now solo) M1100 (mis) adventures!

[Mhanis]

Hey fellas,
About 10 months ago my Monster was declared is a state of emergency after 70K miles. The starter sprag began giving me grief and then I found out that the main shaft needed re-shimming. All of that amounted to an EXPENSIVE fix. So, I sat tight and I finally came across a low milage motor 6k miles!

So, I am going to have the local shop perform the desmo service and I am going to swap the engines myself (hopefully).

I have already built a bench to put the bike on, lifting it about 2' off the ground so that should really help.

Since Jeff at Monsterparts is gone   who would you guys recommend for securing odds and ends? In the past I have bought from Motowheels and Motivation USA, does anyone else come to mind that I should look into?

I have done a bit of looking on Youtube but I have not found where anyone has posted a video of a detailed engine removal of my specific bike; is anyone aware of one that I may have missed?

I do have the official Ducati service manual; is there some other reference material I should source?

I am looking forward to getting started in the coming weeks!

Mark

[ducpainter]

See what Chris at https://ca-cycleworks.com/ has for you. He's our only paying major sponsor these days.

[stopintime]

Go to Tech and search "new frame" and "engine swap". That'll give you all the info you'll need (and of course a bit more). It's not rocket science, but worth preparing correctly.

My own frame swap https://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=73772.15

[Mhanis]

See what Chris at https://ca-cycleworks.com/ has for you. He's our only paying major sponsor these days.

I will absolutely take a look there, thanks.

Mark

[ungeheuer]

About 10 months ago my Monster was declared is a state of emergency after 70K miles.

I feel like such a fraud.  Mate, we've all been here all these years... yours has done 70K in that time.... and mine has done 16K miles

Nevertheless, we're about to tear down similar bikes.  And since two heads are thicker than one.... here I am.  Let's share the fun.

[Mhanis]

I intend to leave my old engine in until I get the new one serviced. If I pull my engine now and then they to install the new one in a month (or whatever) I will forget a lot of stuff. It makes sense to me to pull the engine and re-install as quickly as possible to minimize the forgetful factor.

I am about to go out and pull the exhaust though as I want to polish that up while I have a bit of time.

20221202_192351 by Mark Hanis, on Flickr

Here is a pic of the workbench I made. It will raise the bike 2 feet off the ground saving me some back ache. I put the shelves at the top and bottom just as a place to put stuff. The one on the top is only held in by a few screws as I'll have to move it to suspend the rear of the bike when I remove the swingarm.

I have the Zook in there now as a bit of a test run because I have to change the front brake disc. I may have missed a bit on the overall height as I have had to remove the mirrors on the Zook and I will the Duc as well. Oh well, live and learn.

I put it on retractable casters so I can roll it out of the way allowing for GLW's car to still be parking in the garage.

I am really looking forward to doing this!

Ung, what kind of setup are you utilizing?

Mark

[stopintime]

Maybe the top shelf is high enough to suspend the bike from it?

[Mhanis]

Maybe the top shelf is high enough to suspend the bike from it?

It is, but I would have done myself a favor by making it a bit higher. There are cross beams that I'll utilize to suspend the rear end.

Mark

[ungeheuer]

Ung, what kind of setup are you utilizing?

... haven't thought much about it yet.   I suspect I'll be grovelling about on the ground 

[Charlie98]

Although it's not an apples to apples comparison... I can bring the 796 over if you are confused about something.  It might be close enough to figure out.  I'm also around if you need a second set of hands.... or I can just stand there and tell you how wrong you are doing everything.   

6K miles, eh?  Nice score!

[Charlie98]

I have the Zook in there now as a bit of a test run because I have to change the front brake disc.

What....?  Doing too many stoppies on the Zook?

[Mhanis]

Although it's not an apples to apples comparison... I can bring the 796 over if you are confused about something.  It might be close enough to figure out.  I'm also around if you need a second set of hands.... or I can just stand there and tell you how wrong you are doing everything.   

6K miles, eh?  Nice score!

I may call you in to oversee/manage/supervise when the time comes!

Mark

[Mhanis]

Is this the look I am going for when cleaning up my exhaust? Hopefully you can tell that the one on the right has been done.....

20221205_145420 by Mark Hanis, on Flickr

Mark

[ducpainter]

I've heard of some using nitric acid then polishing with a wheel.

Never tried it myself.

The ones I've seen done were then  cleaned of all compound, installed, and then wiped with solvent to remove fingerprints. The bike gets run with the absolutely spotless pipes and they turned gold, They were beautiful.

[stopintime]

I've used some very potent UK toilet cleaner (illegal here) to get rid of that dark grey. Then polish.