Ducati Monster S2R1000 (2004-2008) Maintenance Schedule

This is the maintenance schedule and service intervals for the Ducati Monster S2R1000, made between 2004 and 2008.

The S2R1000 was a dramatically improved re-styling of the Ducati Monster 1000 S, but kept the same engine, a fuel-injected 992 cc air/oil-cooled desmodromic SOHC 2-valve L-twin with belt-driven cams.

In the S2R 1000, the engine makes peak power of 70 kW (95 hp) at 8000 rpm, and peak torque of 94 Nm (69 ft-lb) at 6000 rpm — a lot of twist in a naked bike — and slightly more than in the Monster 1000.

The S2R1000 is a bigger sibling to the similarly-styled Ducati Monster S2R800, which also comes with reduced spec ride gear.

The Ducati Monster S2R1000 was discontinued in favor of the Ducati Monster 1100, an iconic bike.

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Ducati Monster S2R1000 Service Intervals

Like many Ducatis of its day with slightly extended service intervals, the Monster S2R1000 has 7500 mile / 12000 km or annual service intervals. At every service, change the oil and filter.

At the 7500-mile / 12000-km interval (but not necessarily every year), you also need to check the tension of the timing belts and to check / adjust the valve clearances. This is the so-called “Desmo” service. The S2R’s engine is a two-valve-per-cylinder motor, but with Desmo valves it can be quite an involved job.

Ducati also requires that you change the timing belts every two years, regardless of mileage. These days, people tend to leave belts in place for four or five years. But the manual definitely says two years.

Make sure to also regularly refresh the brake and clutch fluid — every two years. But there’s no coolant to change!

What you need to service the Ducati Monster S2R1000

Servicing the Ducati Monster S2R1000 is much like servicing any of the earlier air/oil-cooled fuel-injected V-twins.

Apart from normal motorcycle maintenance tools, here’s what you need.

Regular maintenance for the Ducati Monster S2R1000

This is maintenance that you can do yourself (though the manual says you need a dealer to do it).

Every 1000 km / 600 miles or 6 months:

Ducati Monster S2R1000 Maintenance Schedule Table

Below is the maintenance schedule for the Ducati Monster S2R1000. We’ve put the schedule in a simplified form, with the main items in the first table, and a “standard service checklist” below, separately.

Notes:

• Follow the earlier of the time-based or distance-based maintenance intervals.
• Keep repeating the maintenance schedule in the pattern shown.

Standard inspection checklist

This is the standard inspection checklist to follow at every service.

About the Ducati Monster S2R1000

The Ducati Monster is a dramatic re-styling of the Ducati Monster 1000 S i.e. — but keeping the same Monster roadster/streetfighter spirit.

It’s still a standard/naked sportbike with great handling, a characterful and revvy engine (tuned for slightly more power), and sporty but not too aggressive riding position.

But the Ducati Monster S2R1000 gained a lot more bling. It got a single-sided swing-arm, a seat cowl, a front fly screen, and white coloured wheels. It has a lot of the style of more powerful sport bikes like the Ducati Monster S4R, but with more regular cruiser specs rather than superbike specs.

To help keep the S2R1000’s beautiful rear wheel exposed on the side with no swingarm, there are vertically stacked twin exhausts, snaking up beside (but not underneath) the seat.

The Monster S2R1000 keeps the trellis frame and of course the basic engine from the Ducati Monster 1000.

Cycle World calls it a “stripped down, big-time fun motorcycle” and at one point was a great used bike to buy. These days, they’re thin on the ground!

The engine in the Ducati Monster S2R1000 is a 992cc 90-degree “L” twin (a V-twin but canted forward) two valves per cylinder, driven by belts. The belts have to be changed every 2-5 years (depending on how aggressively you follow the demanding schedule).

The Ducati Monster S2R1000’s engine makes a peak of 70 kW or 95 hp at 8000 rpm. You may notice that it’s the same basic engine that was in the Multistrada 1000DS as well, but in the Monster S2R it has different tune.

The front suspension of the S2R1000 is a fully adjustable Showa upside down fork, the same as those on the S version of the Ducati Monster 1000.

This fork is an upgrade over the S2R800 (which had no adjustability), a bike that you otherwise might be tempted to think is just the same but with a smaller engine.

At the back there’s a progressive Sachs single shock with adjustable damping and preload.

Braking is also very capable on the Ducati Monster S2R1000, with twin 320mm discs and 4-piston Brembo calipers.

The S2R1000 was in the market at the same time as the Ducati Monster S4R — a bike with even more awesome power from the superbike water-cooled motor, and which shared a few design cues like the single-sided swing-arm.

One thing to bear in mind is that Ducati changed the service intervals of the S2R1000 during its lifetime without any internal engine changes.

Early models of the S2R1000, as well as its cousin the Ducati Monster 1000, had 6000 mile / 10000 km service intervals. These were expanded to 7500 miles / 12000 km by 2007 in the S2R1000.

This could be for a number of reasons, but the important thing is that the service interval depends on more factors than just distance travelled or time elapsed — pay attention to noises, leaks, looseness, and so on.

Ducati Monster S2R1000 Owner’s Manual

The above info was sourced from the owner’s manual for the Ducati Monster S2R1000 in 2007. You can download it here.