Monster 796 ABS - 1st Service

[AHulk]

Hi Guys,

I just joined this forum, bought my Monster (brand new) last month and have ridden 1200KM (I live in Australia), just wondering should I take it down for first service?

Any info on the process would be "awesome"

Cheers,
Aaron

[ungeheuer]

Welcome aboard mate (we're taking over  ).

First service is due at 1000km IIRC, so yeah probably time to book it into your local Ducati stealer.... 

Not much "process" to it really.

Where in Aus are you?

[mdgore]

I thought the display actually told you to take it in for service when it was due.  That's what I gathered from the manual.  You did read the manual right?  Although there is some erroneous info in there.  It has the front shocks of the 2014 796 abs as being fully adjustable, but they aren't.  And there's like 20 pages of instruction on taking off and putting on the tank to access the battery, ridiculous to make something like that so difficult.  Full on fail by Ducati engineers.

[The Don]

It's unmanly to read the manual until everything make the beast with two backss up lol

[TWDucfan]

It's unmanly to read the manual

[mdgore]

It's unmanly to read the manual until everything make the beast with two backss up lol

Yeah, I hear ya.  Most people go to the manual as the last resort.  It's always the first thing I read after buying anything  that has mechanical bits.  Good Luck getting through the display options without reading the manual. The display is not intuitive, and I would rather have a gear indicator than a damn lap counter.  No slipper clutch either.......wtf?

[ungeheuer]

I thought the display actually told you to take it in for service when it was due.

It does.  But not for the first 1000km inspection (or is it 1500km? I forget).

And there's like 20 pages of instruction on taking off and putting on the tank to access the battery, ridiculous to make something like that so difficult.  Full on fail by Ducati engineers.

It's tiresome... but not that difficult. 

Yeah, I hear ya.  Most people go to the manual as the last resort.  It's always the first thing I read after buying anything  that has mechanical bits.   No slipper clutch either.......wtf?

You read the spec sheet before you bought the bike, right?

[Curmudgeon]

Yeah, I hear ya.  Most people go to the manual as the last resort.  It's always the first thing I read after buying anything  that has mechanical bits.  Good Luck getting through the display options without reading the manual. The display is not intuitive, and I would rather have a gear indicator than a damn lap counter.  No slipper clutch either.......wtf?

"APTC wet multiplate with hydraulic control" = Ducati's version of a slipper. Works for me.

Does your ass-end chatter when you downshift?! 

Nothing horrid wrong with your forks, BTW, but change out that shock for a "cheap" Ohlins DU-737 and have it set up by an Ohlins-certified tech. You'll like your bike even better...  But if you want it better than that..., prepare for nose-bleed. 

[AHulk]

Thanks for the reply guys..

@ungeheuer - I am from Melbourne and I like how you say

local Ducati stealer

@mdgore - I did read the manual to understand how to work out the trip metre, but I do miss having a gear indicator.

I am calling Ducati City this week and will try to book an appointment!!! Hope it doesn't cost me a fortune. I love the bike so far and have hit only 179 KMH (111 MPH), how fast can the bike actually go?

Cheers,
AHULK

[mdgore]

"APTC wet multiplate with hydraulic control" = Ducati's version of a slipper. Works for me.

Does your ass-end chatter when you downshift?! 

Nothing horrid wrong with your forks, BTW, but change out that shock for a "cheap" Ohlins DU-737 and have it set up by an Ohlins-certified tech. You'll like your bike even better...  But if you want it better than that..., prepare for nose-bleed. 

sounds good.... I just had the first service on my 2014 M796 ABS today.  And yes, the little wrench showed up on the right of the display and then was gone when the service was complete.  I had the sag set on the rear, so hope the hop over the rough roads I ride will drop off a bit.  Trevor, the owner/operator/mechanic of ducati of SB also recommended the Ohlins as an upgrade.  As far as the adjustable forks goes, it seems that the Eurotrash get the upgraded forks (that's why they're in the manual), but the bike is considerably more $$$$$ on the continent.  The US Ducati peeps decided to go for price point, so hence some scaling back on the good stuff, like the hydraulic reservoirs for the  brake and clutch.  BTW: I dropped the bike off at 10 am, had breakfast and shopped a bit downtown, and picked up the bike at 11:30 am. nice........

[Curmudgeon]

You are lucky to have such a good dealer, hopefully close by. Mine has similar racing cred but is a 140 mile ride!

Sag adjustment should help as the bikes seem to be set up for a passenger right out of the crate. On my demo ride, the rear didn't misbehave but felt essentially rigid, whereas the fork felt just fine. I switched the Sachs shock out for the cheapie Ohlins, built for me at Ohlins in NC in 2 - 3 days with a spring for my weight. That was fitted before I picked up the bike along with my 14T, bar and cosmetic mods. My dealer.owner/master tech needed only to back off the damping screw one click after setting the sag and was surprised how well the DU-737 worked. (He's Ohlins certified and being close to Summit Point, sets up lots of track bikes.)

Did it feel better after the sag adjustment? Watch your tire pressures too! (I run 32.5/36.5 PSI mostly.)

[mdgore]

I was running 30/32, but I guess I'll bump it up a bit and see how that goes. Thanks for that tip. The roads I ride are nice and twisty, but they are bumpy as hell in some places.  And the rear is riding a bit smoother after setting the sag.  I'm not going to do anything to the bike right now, and probably won't until the warranty is expired. If after that I think the suspension needs an upgrade that will be the first thing I do.  Then maybe the exhaust, maybe.  Honestly, right now I'm just trying to get use to the riding position.  After being primarily on a sport bike for the last 10+ years, the upright riding position is weird, not to mention the handlebars that feel like I'm riding a steer around. And anything over 80 mph and you become a wind sail and there's no where to hide, even in a tuck. It's been so long since I've ridden a standard bike that it's going to take a bit to feel comfortable.  And I could feel the exhaust heat coming up from underneath my seat today while riding.........damn.

I still have the 2012 Kawasaki 250r that I want to do some mods to, but before anything, different tires.