There's been a lot of people asking around about the valve adjustments on a DS1000, and how it is different from a regular 2v Ducati. So here are some notes to help supplement the valve adjustment information out there.

This is not a full tutorial, you can find tutorials on how to adjust your valves all across the internet.

Firstly the location of the timing marks are not the same, however the idea remains. When all the tick marks on the belt side line up and the tick mark on the flywheel lines up, the forward cylinder is at top dead center (TDC).

Excuse the blurry picture, but the vertical cylinder's mark is at the 12 o'clock position.

I've been putting this off for a long time, but here are my notes for retrofitting a HID projector into your Ducati Monster housing.

Please note, that around 2007, Plastic buckets were appearing on monsters. I've never actually held one long enough to determine if it is strong enough to install a projector. An educated guess would say no to durability. You can purchase a steel headlight, it will bolt right up to the plastic headlamp monsters.

The Ducati Monster does NOT have good lighting for night riding, and those of us who are riding at night , we often find ourselves squinting into the bleak darkness of the night. So here is a mod that is worth its weight in gold!!!
You can purchase any HID projector housing for retrofitting, the idea is the same. You will however, need to make sure it physically can fit inside. For that reason, I've chosen the Morimoto H1 projectors from TRS (therestrofitsource.com). Their units fit in our monsters very well and require little work in comparison to other mods.

So here we go

Step 1: acquire a HID projector, you are looking at roughly 4 inches maximum in length. Most units are larger and will make fitting more challenging.

Goodbye Quito!

Goodbye ridiculously odd shaped mountain.

After refitting for "caynoning", which I later found out was actually rappelling, we drove out to the nearby site and did a short hike up to the top of a waterfall.

Complimentary breakfast that’s not just waffle mix and concentrated OJ??? Awesome!
The hotel has a full kitchen staff that provided full breakfast meal. First was a fruit platter then some eggs and toast. No meat? Oh well. I guess I can go without stuffing my face with 10lbs of bacon…

After a day of resting back in Latacunga, I reevaluated my money situation and realized that I was down to a measly $300 in my pockets, which goes a long way if you're spending it on day to day expenses, but Banos would inevitably drain every bit I had. Oh well! I can eat nothing for several days just to have some fun!
Like all bus stops in Ecuador, I had no idea what time a bus arrives because there are no schedules posted anywhere except the main terminal, or which buses stop on a particular route. After seeing 4 buses pass in 30 minutes one that said BANOS finally arrived and of I was!

The bus ride is about 2 hours into the main part of Banos. This is the same bus that goes to Coca since Banos is en route. Once you leave Latacunga, you’re able to see a nearby active volcano called Tungurahua. You can also summit this volcano, but it is not as popular as Cotopaxi because its much tougher and requires some good experience. The last eruption occurred on 26th of April 2011 since it became active in 1999.

As of today i only have $260. Ive set aside $40 for emergency, as in, it should be good enough to cover food for 3 days, taxi and bus ticket back to quito where my flight leaves... and 2 nights at a hostel if need be. that leaves me with $220 to spend on bs.

Doesnt help that tomorrow im going to Banos and will be droping all my cash on doing some fun things as Banos is the adventure capital of ecuador.

Waking up tired and groggy from a night of drinking, I managed to gather myself enough to wake around 9am. Annie let me ride her scooter too! This was yet another good day for me! The only scary thing was that we rolled three deep. As in, we packed three people onto the scooter. No helmets, no gloves, nothing!!! Something im not accustomed to. None the less, I went with it. The scooter went 0-60 in never. Actually we topped out at 20mph. Slow but steady!!

I had a chance to try these indigenous grape like thingsy. They were extremely sticky, but they were so delicious! Just like fruit nectar!

Today was a great day. One of the more fulfilling days I’ve had since I’ve gotten here.
I woke up groggy and unmotivated. We grabbed breakfast by the river where I noticed a turtle crossing the entrance to the restaurant. Moments later, a very long moment later might I add, the turtle turned around and headed back to where he came from. My only guess was he didn’t find anything interesting, but I’d have to ask if turtles find anything interesting at all…