What was the last Ducati to have carburettors?

[buzzer]

Any Ducati experts on here? Interested to know which was the last Ducati to have carbs as opposed to injection?

[Fleegle]

At a guess I would say it was the early Monster

[Steve Bass]

Injection appeared on the 916 models and continued but carbs were retained for other models such as Monsters. So no hard cut over date per se.

[catso]

Fleegle said:

At a guess I would say it was the early Monster

Monster and SS models had carbs up until around 2000, I think the 600 Monster may have been the last carbed model in 2001.

[Wildfire]

2001 M600 Monster. Just before the M620i came out. It has the re-styled tank, tea tray and front mudguard, but still retains the Mikuni carbs. A massive PITA if you need parts. Like a tank.

[bimsb6]

Steve Bass said:

Injection appeared on the 916 models and continued but carbs were retained for other models such as Monsters. So no hard cut over date per se.

No it dudn't the later model paso had fi as did the final edition 750 / 900 ss

Edited by bimsb6 on Wednesday 10th February 15:57

[3DP]

Steve Bass said:

Injection appeared on the 916 models and continued but carbs were retained for other models such as Monsters. So no hard cut over date per se.

The late 888SP models definitely had injection before that. Ducati were a mixed bag of injection and non-injection in the 90s. Everything water cooled, I believe was injected by about 92. I think the air cooled monsters were the last carbed ones in the early 2000s and the even the air cooled SS models went FI in the late 90s (IIRC). In the main, no big bikes had carbs beyond 04 from any manufacturers due to the new emissions legislation.

[catso]

3DP said:

The late 888SP models definitely had injection before that.

And the 851 before it.

[Steve Bass]

3DP said:

Steve Bass said:

Injection appeared on the 916 models and continued but carbs were retained for other models such as Monsters. So no hard cut over date per se.

The late 888SP models definitely had injection before that. Ducati were a mixed bag of injection and non-injection in the 90s. Everything water cooled, I believe was injected by about 92. I think the air cooled monsters were the last carbed ones in the early 2000s and the even the air cooled SS models went FI in the late 90s (IIRC). In the main, no big bikes had carbs beyond 04 from any manufacturers due to the new emissions legislation.

Indeed, my bad forgot about the 851/888 bikes.
There seemed to have been a mixed bag as the Paso's were Carb's until the final 907IE version. I think the guideline is if it's pre 2k and aircooled, then it's probably carb'd. Water coooling went hand in hand with EFI.

[aeropilot]

Wildfire said:

2001 M600 Monster. Just before the M620i came out. It has the re-styled tank, tea tray and front mudguard, but still retains the Mikuni carbs. A massive PITA if you need parts. Like a tank.

Not just the M600, my brand new last of the line, M750 bought in late summer 2001 still had carbs. Not sure if you could still buy a 'normal' M900 then or only the M900i though - my memory isn't too clear on that.