I have a chance to pick up a MH900 for a little over $ 11,000, would I regret it ?

I've followed the problems with Monstaman over the past few months and I'm a bit hesitant to pick up the MH900 but I've always liked the bike since it first came out. I'm familiar with owning old Ducatis, I have a 1992 851, so I wouldn't be completely shocked by what happens with the MH900. My question is was Monstamans bike a lemon or have the rest of you had similar problems ? This wouldn't be used for racing nor would it be my primary riding bike, would it hold up ? Thanks Rob

Heya Rob

Some seem to have held up resonably OK, mine didn't.

None of them escape the battery problems x 2, the X bracket, the steering dampers, exhausts and the dashes.

If you want it and it suits your pocket then cool but be prepared to spend alot more money on these bikes, more than than an average Ducati.

If it is not your primary ride then it does not present to bigger problem transport wise, mine was which caused a lot of greif and frustration as you well know.

They are one of the nicest looking bikes around, but even from DNA they say they were under engineered and a glass cage bike.

Let us know what you do.

That helps out alot, thanks ! In another thread you had a list of items that broke or will break, that was also very helpful. I'll check out this bike to see if any of those repairs/mods have been done and then make my decision. I agree it's a beautiful bike but I just can't afford a money pit no matter how nice a bike.

They are beautiful but that comes at a price, if you are buying it more to look at without the bigger expectations of regular reliable ride then swoop it.

If you wonna know any information just lemme know and I will see if I can help.

Rob

I would not take Andi's case as standard - I have had no issues at all with mine at all.

I don't know if Andi is the most unlucky guy around, but he also managed to burn his Monster to a crisp! How much is bad luck and how much is inherent in the way he looks after his stuff - I don't know, but its a question to ask.

I was personally amazed at the way he sawed the back of his MHe exhaust off - the sign of someone that likes to fiddle - and sometime fiddling breaks things, or causes issues down the line. Any connection - I don't know?

Please note that this is just a comment from the sidelines and in no way meaning any disrespect to Andi at all.

I have owned an old 1982 900SS, 916 and 998 and my latest is the MH900e. I got this bike because I love the look; there is nothing that draws a crowd like the MH. You can show up in any group of bikes and yours will be the center of attention. It does sound sweet with the Staintunes. My 998 is the one to tear up the roads with but the MH is the mistress. Fun costs money ....rick r.

Thanks Guys !

Check the welds carefully on it -- the one I had was missing a few on the inside in comparison to a few others I looked at -- must have been a Friday afternoon special... I rewelded it before I sold it. Really poor quality control by the people who were contracted to build the frames for Ducati.

As for Andi? I think he is just making "lemonade" from a "lemon". Throw out all the junk on the bike that has failed repeatedly via service and warranty work through the dealership there.

Too many MH900e's for them to ever be true collectors item anyway. I wish I had kept mine though -- I'd customize it pretty radically within a heartbeat now just to be different. I've seen a few go through the SoCal dealer auctions and sell at wholesale for @$5200-$7100. I have a standing order for anything at $5500 with a good frame and bodywork through my contacts there. We'll see what happens.

David

Thanks for the daggers, all the shit I have gone thru and you make your statements like that, fnck off and die is all I can say.

We still don't know why the Monsta went up in flames, it could be a chaffed fuel line or wire or both, go check your fnckin bike because the reality is that it could happen to you as you have changed more on your MH than I have on my Montsa, if you didn't want to show any disrepect then re write ya fncken post.

There was NOTHING in or on the Monsta that would or could have caused a problem of that magnitude, its just "passione" working in a funny way.

As for your majestic MH900e to quote I was wondering how unique my MH900e is - I think it could be the only one like it in the world given its current high spec.
I am so fncking glad your bike is the best around, it gives me comfort to know you have the best and most unique MH900e around....just like every other 1999 of them, talk about blow your own trumpet...try your dick too, it is not from your arse where your head is stuck up

As for my MH, if it was so fncken great and wonderful why didn't Ducati take it back, they could sell it to wankers like you who could make them even more unique, wouldn't that be wonderful.

With my MH, I am stuck with the fncken thing, my true trusty died from a catasprophic failure, if the MH had gone up in flames I would have had a big party.

For your information, the exhaust flapping around on POS built cantilevered brackets is what causes the cracking in the exhaust, I cut mine short firstly to take cantilever weight off the back to lower the "wobble" and cos I want to, secondly I have a brand new MH exhaust (anchor) in a box and thirdly it will fnck off wankers like you who are nice wee purists and have "the nicest" and not to mention "the trickest" oh and lets not forget "the most unique" MH.

The biggest problem facing these bikes was the designer and the engineers (apart from wankers like you), things are changing in that camp and should have changed years ago, they should get someone like superleggera who can not only design beautiful bikes but he can build them too.

For your information I look after my bikes very very well, they are always kept clean, mint, adjusted and service well, you seem to want to go off shooting in the dark and all you have suceeded in doing is pissing me off and making a right royal (unique) dick of yourself.

I hope your enjoyed your pathetic moment of feeling better about you and your bike at the expense of me and my bike, I am happy for your to stick with the speedo munching, battery fncking, damper blowing, X bracker breaking 8.1L under-fueled POS.

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Thanks for the daggers, all the shit I have gone thru and you make your statements like that, fnck off and die is all I can say.

We still don't know why the Monsta went up in flames, it could be a chaffed fuel line or wire or both, go check your fnckin bike because the reality is that it could happen to you as you have changed more on your MH than I have on my Montsa, if you didn't want to show any disrepect then re write ya fncken post.

There was NOTHING in or on the Monsta that would or could have caused a problem of that magnitude, its just "passione" working in a funny way.

As for your majestic MH900e to quote I was wondering how unique my MH900e is - I think it could be the only one like it in the world given its current high spec.
I am so fncking glad your bike is the best around, it gives me comfort to know you have the best and most unique MH900e around....just like every other 1999 of them, talk about blow your own trumpet...try your dick too, it is not from your arse where your head is stuck up

As for my MH, if it was so fncken great and wonderful why didn't Ducati take it back, they could sell it to wankers like you who could make them even more unique, wouldn't that be wonderful.

With my MH, I am stuck with the fncken thing, my true trusty died from a catasprophic failure, if the MH had gone up in flames I would have had a big party.

For your information, the exhaust flapping around on POS built cantilevered brackets is what causes the cracking in the exhaust, I cut mine short firstly to take cantilever weight off the back to lower the "wobble" and cos I want to, secondly I have a brand new MH exhaust (anchor) in a box and thirdly it will fnck off wankers like you who are nice wee purists and have "the nicest" and not to mention "the trickest" oh and lets not forget "the most unique" MH.

The biggest problem facing these bikes was the designer and the engineers (apart from wankers like you), things are changing in that camp and should have changed years ago, they should get someone like superleggera who can not only design beautiful bikes but he can build them too.

For your information I look after my bikes very very well, they are always kept clean, mint, adjusted and service well, you seem to want to go off shooting in the dark and all you have suceeded in doing is pissing me off and making a right royal (unique) dick of yourself.

I hope your enjoyed your pathetic moment of feeling better about you and your bike at the expense of me and my bike, I am happy for your to stick with the speedo munching, battery fncking, damper blowing, X bracker breaking 8.1L under-fueled POS.
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deimh:
Don't you think you should have chosen your wording a little better if there was no intent to disrespect or demoralize someone else on this board that has been through the ringer already? I am happy for your experience with your bike but that doesn't give you any place to speculate how one tends to the maintenance of their bike. I think you should worry more about giving your with your personal experience and let others speak for themselves.

Monstaman and CaliDuc

Why don't you two grow up?

Firstly, I made it clear that the objective was not to be in anyway disrespectful to Andi and I simply asked a few questions and stated some facts. If you little boys find that disturbing then that is your problem.

Secondly, there were 2000 of these bikes made and only one person has been continually whining about his bike - Monstaboy! While some of us have had a few problems, no one has had anything like the issues that Andi has had. All I wanted to do was make Rob understand that:

1) Andi's complaining seems to be rather unique (no matter how vocal)
2) Andi seems to have ongoing issues with his other bikes
3) Andi hacks and modifies his stuff

Now if people want to respond to the stating of facts with abuse such as calling people "dicks" and "wankers" then that is fine. However, it does give me an insight into why Ducati decided to show you the finger - in addition to your loose grip on reality like expecting them to buy you MHe back for instance.

Remember Monstaboy, you tend to get what you sow in life so despite your group of maties shouting in your corner, perhaps you should consider your approach to life and people around you.

Rob, I wish you all the best with your decision - just don't be put off by those that shout the loudest!


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Why don't you two grow up?

Firstly, I made it clear that the objective was not to be in anyway disrespectful to Andi and I simply asked a few questions and stated some facts. If you little boys find that disturbing then that is your problem.
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I find it ironic that a (Supposed) 40 year old can sit here and tell me to grow up, then start name calling. I really don't need to say anymore because you have spoken for yourself here and proven my point. But I will waste my breathe one more time on you.

(Caliduc holds back not to stoop to this Trolls level)

Of course you haven't had many problems with your bike David. You are too busy wondering how you are going to hang it on the wall. If you would just go ride your poor bike, then maybe you will be able to see if you have any problems with it. You have been a member here for 27 days with your world record breaking 16 posts and you speak like you have followed Andis whole situation from the beginning. If you read carefully, or maybe have someone for you that can read and follow a storyline, you will be able to clearly see that the only chopping done to his bike is AFTER all of the problems. The parts he is replacing are the parts he was having problems with. This is all AFTER he had his problems and aren't as a result of anything he did to his bike. Andi rides his bikes alot of miles, unlike some people that buy the MH to be a garage queen.(Or in some cases a wall queen)

Most people that bought the MH dont put many miles on them, as they were marketed as a collectible. Most of the people in this forum are here to talk about technical aspects of the bikes we RIDE, learn RIDING techniques, and give our first hand experience. By the sounds of your posts and your username, I would almost think you are from the Cupertino area.

Please note that this is just a comment from the sidelines and in no way meaning any disrespect to David at all.

you are thicker than I first thought you are blind Dave, if you really think owning a POS that has had the engine pulled out at 5k, 5 speedos, three dampers, 4 batteries etc is great you have rocks in your head and you just confirmed it.

1) Andi's complaining seems to be rather unique (no matter how vocal)So if your bike had had the problems of mine you would be happy LOOSER, just take a look on the MH forums about dash, damper, battery problems, nearly every post is about a fncken failure.
2) Andi seems to have ongoing issues with his other bikes For your info the Monsta was trouble free for 22000 km until the fire, so shove that up your arse and stop trying to sensationalise it, get you facts right first or fnck off
3) Andi hacks and modifies his stuff as of now I do, should have done it earlier, I have another exhaust, if it is that exotic buy the fncken thing off me to preserve it for another day and you can hang that on the wall next to your perfect worlds best unique MH

Dave pull ya head out of the sand and see daylight, you have and still are making a dick of yourself , BTW, where are the pictures of this wonderful worlds # 1 MH and how many miles do you have on it, come forth with that facts instead of hiding behind your computer screen as you seem to be tough enough behind there!!

Daaaammmmmnnnnnn !!!! You guys feel better now that you got that off your chests ?

ok guys, sorry to interupt, but i'm going to enter my .......

rc51rob851:

i don't think you'd regret it. although i've only had mine for a couple of months, i've put about 1500 miles on it in the detroit area (read 'the worst roads in america') and don't regret it at all. its a unique, great looking (IMHO) bike with a reasonably reliable and accessable 2-valve. i don't race it, and i ride only on nice days so i wasn't real concerned with having a max hp bike--in fact i think it has nice power for the street. if you've got a little extra $, i'd say go for it. if not, get a monster and modify to your liking.

now this isn't to say i don't have some of the known issues. specifically:

cluster has gone mad. lost the mileage, only reads in km's and the low fuel light stays on. i have found out though, that my cluster has been recalled by ducati and plan to take it to section8 in the near future for that and a good once over.

batteries won't keep a charge. however, this may be my own fault due to the fact i knew one of the batteries was suspect when i put it in and the other was a cheapie. i keep it on and carry around a battery tender. my next batteries (soon) will be 'board suggested'--i can't remember the brand, but you can find it by searching either this or the mh900e owners board.

as for the damper, dampers fail. some earlier than others and for various reasons. however, no damper lasts forever. you can replace this with an ohlins for a reasonable fee.

as for the exhaust x-bracket, i suspect this is more of a vibration issue than a torsional/torquing off the subframe. as long as your cans are torqued properly to the frame i don't see them moving too much relative to each other and causing the x-bracket to break. i put rubber dampers (washers) at the attachment of the bracket to the cans and removed the license plate bracket. now, as i stated earlier, i don't have as many miles as some of the other guys and may be proven completely wrong here!

good luck with your decision. if you do decide to get one, i'm sure the ladies and gentlemen frequenting this board would be more than happy in trying to help you with any issues you may encounter.

Caliduc

1) I find you hypocrisy amazing! When your mate Andi used words like “wanker� and “dick� you lauded him. Yet you indicate that you are upset with me calling you names – I called you “little boys�, a far cry from Andi’s profanity!

2) I don’t see how number of posts relates to anything – please explain why it is great to have 1740 posts when they are like this:

“looks great andi ... what of the sound difference, if any?�

Exactly what language is that?

3) You have no idea of how much and how well I ride and your comment below makes me smile:

“Most of the people in this forum are here to talk about technical aspects of the bikes we RIDE, learn RIDING techniques, and give our first hand experience. By the sounds of your posts and your username, I would almost think you are from the Cupertino area.�

I have for example ridden across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo and anytime you want to compare balling at the tire edges just drop me a line.

So what have you done on a bike “Mr CaliDuc� – cruise the boulevard?

4) Also, how do you know what Andi has done (or not to his bike) and what do you base your comment on below:

“This is all AFTER he had his problems and aren't as a result of anything he did to his bike.�

Have you ever met Andi – I thought you were in California and he was in NZ – or aren’t facts that important in a discussion such as this?

5) Finally no disrespect is taken, just as your comment urges:


“Please note that this is just a comment from the sidelines and in no way meaning any disrespect to David at all�

I don’t know (or care who you are) and therefore don’t have any issues with what you might think or believe. The only reason I am responding is because I am bored and this amuses me - unlike you and Andi who are taking this really seriously and seem to be injured by my comments!

I wonder what else upsets your days, quite a lot possibly

Now, onto dearest Andi

1) I am not sure what my intelligence has to do with anything - your comment:

“you are thicker than I first thought you are blind Dave

Just as I am happy to compare tires, I am equally happy to compare academic credentials anytime! Additionally, when you try to denigrate someone’s intelligence, ensure you get the basic sentence structure correct! I think you will find that you need a “were� not an “are� before “blind� – hope this helps!

2) For someone who posted multiple pictures of a burnt out wreck, I fail to understand how you can say:

“so shove that up your arse and stop trying to sensationalise it, get you facts right first or fnck off�

It seems that all the sensationalization was well and truly driven by you my little friend! And again, what would your mommy say about all this bad language

3) Similar to my comments above to your mate, I am most bemused about this, but not at all upset. Hence your comment:

“Dave pull ya head out of the sand and see daylight, you have and still are making a dick of yourself�

This reaction makes me wonder exactly who is making a fool (see you can use nice words here) of themselves.

Best regards to my two new little friends,
Dave

PS Why does Andi have a girl’s name - is there something he is not telling

I just checked all of your posts on this board. I really should have checked it sooner. Maybe I would have saved myself some time trying to explain a simple point to a McFriend such as yourself. By reading what you have posted, it is obvious that all you do is try and talk down to people and make jabs to everyone Mr. "Logical". You have not contributed ONE single good bit of advice or information to anyone here. All you have done is talk $hit in all but one post.

I know it must be dark and lonely in there, but you REALLY need to pull your head out of your high and mighty vaginal cavity. It is phucktards like you that ruin this board. PLEASE sell your MH and go buy a Vespa so we never have to hear from your self absorbed, tough man behind the keyboard, sorry excuse for a Ducati owner, phuck-stain piece of $hit that you are. Either that or go back to the MH board and keep stirring the $hit over there.

It's okay to respond to this because you will be talking to yourself Limey Phuck, as you aren't worth my time to check this thread again. TA


rc51rob851:

My apologies to you for this thread going in the direction it did. As far as the MH goes, I think you will be fine with it as long as all of the recalls have been done. Make sure you get all of the service records for it. Some seem to be great, and well obviously some have had continuous problems. It is a machine and anything can go wrong with it. Just make sure the services and recalls are up to date to minimalize your risk and I am sure you will love the bike and it will provide you with many hours of smiles in the twisties. Post us a pic if you get her!

CaliDuc, thanks man, hey don't even bother replying to this wanker cos you are waisting your time, rc51rob851 asked a question about MH's, I gave him the real time facts of mine and pointed that not all have had them problems, David decided to take a personal crack at me well fnck him, waist no more energy on him, likes to think he has the best bike, likes to think he has and can ride better and likes to think he is of a higher interlect.....he is just a complete cunt that we do not need to respond to so forget him.

rc51rob851, I stand by my unattacking posts that these bikes are beautiful but do come with some inherent problems except for dickturddave who has obvoiusly got the only good one.

Again, if you have any queries about anything to do with a MH I would be happy to give you the answer if I can.

Sorry your thread got jacked off by superhero dave but he seems to be good at it.

Thanks for the chuckle guys and girls

[EDIT]Appologise for the lack of effort in the above reply ... no point in arguing with a person who does not even understand why the number of posts makes a difference in how we interact, der, like we know and respect Andi ... although if he keeps on talking about Ducati's with his head out of his ar$e then we might have to rethink that. Unfortunately looking at things for what they really are is a trait probably caught by living in NZ ... where we have to fix sh!t freighted to us, as it costs to much to send back.

Looking forward Andi for the MH updates.[/EDIT]

Pete


Modified by PSk at 6:21 PM 6/9/2005

Does this bloke think that Andi was sabotaging his own bike to gain what,I dont get it,anyway Andi hows that fabled petrol tank extension going,I have been waiting to see it completed for way to long.
Vince