Yes it’s hot. It my first Ducati so I can’t compare it to other models of Ducati, but compared to every other bike I’ve had it’s the hottest by far. I’ve had 15 other bikes too! Still I don’t find it unbearable at all. It’s actually useful when it’s colder lol. Everything else about the bike makes up for the heat. I live in Tennessee, it get hot here in the summer .

 

Thanks man!

So you would say you feel it, but not to annoying?

Is it more like the legs or the seat area?

 

Right knee area to be exact. Right behind your knee . Top of the engines right there .

 

Thanks man!

 

i actually burned my pant leg on the exhaust side while riding. but that was the exhaust. but yes, it does get warm on hot days. still worth it.

 

Thanks man!

Is it annoyingly warm for you, or just warm.

 

I´ve had a couple..of 900 cc. and my 937 is quite normal...all of them remember you in red lights of their high cc...and this front oposite type cylinder engine is quiet narrow and comfortable.....when you unleash ....you wont feel nothing but
the breeze🥰

 

My 1200 heats up my right leg at a stop light.
Wearing leathers makes it barely noticeable.

 

Thank you guys!

 

Bringing this thread back to life as I did my first ride on my new 2023 and even though the temp outside was 22-23 C (72 F) and I was moving my butt and top of legs were still feeling like a pizza slice under the heat lamps!

And I traded in my 2019 air-cooled 1100 Scrambler thinking a water-cooled Ducati has got to be better - wrong. The Monster is definitely worse than the Scrambler when moving but might be a bit better when sitting at a light although the verdict's still out on that.

I see that ducatispacers.com makes a heat shield kit to stick to the underside of the seat for a few other Ducati models but not for the Monster. I've contacted them about making a kit for our bikes so if anyone else feels the same way, message them.

I guess all Ducati's run hot but man this is nuts and I'm in Canada lol.

 

SoCal here, and I rode my 937+ yesterday with ~90F+ temps. Yeah, it gets hot and especially at traffic lights. Heat shields will deflect the radiated heat, not stop it, so I'm not sure how much will help.

 

As long as the heat is being radiated away from my body, it's a plus.

I dread riding it when it gets that warm here ... did yours get any better as the miles racked up at all?

 

As long as the heat is being radiated away from my body, it's a plus.

In general, I agree with the statement, but if the heat doesn't radiate upwards or sideways, it will move backward, and then my naive question is, "How much heat can the rear tire sustain over time before things start to deteriorate"?.

I dread riding it when it gets that warm here ... did yours get any better as the miles racked up at all?

Yes, but not considerably. I still awkwardly move over the bike at the traffic lights.

 

i consider it more of a feature on cold morning than a problem on hot day. outside temp has nothing to do with it, engine will idle at ~100C if given enaugh time at stoplight

 

So, I just returned from a ride, with temperatures (SoCAL) around 93F, and while cruising at about 60mph, the engine's temp was around 185F - 187F. It wasn't bad at all.

 

Just to be clear, I'm complaining about the heat the bike gives off to the rider as being excessive not the temperature of the coolant but yes it becomes a positive on cool morning rides although I'd happily trade that off.

 

I live in the city so it does get hot under my butt in stop and go traffic. Once I get moving on the backroads it does not bother me. Try riding a Streetfighter V2, that gets hot

 

I'm not sure if it's just my bike then or maybe because it's brand new but I get the heat even when riding at road speeds, not just when stopped. I'll give it some more time to see if things improve as the engine breaks in. Otherwise, I'll fab up some underseat heat reflective material like ducatispacers.com has for the V2.

 

take off the cat. one heat source less and more vent room when driving

 

Already done as I have the race Termi system on.

 

does the heat transfered via seat bothers you or the one transfered by air on your upper part of legs?
because i can barely feel anything transfered by seat itself. only heat i get is at long stops on legs when driving in shorts, and even then if the left leg gets heat i can lean bike a bit to the left side and heat goes to the right side.

 

Good question ... I've only ridden it once but I'll have to pay attention to that. I know for sure it's coming from the sides but I'll have to see how the seat actually feels next time.

 

Soooo, this is my 2nd year on the Monster and it's one HOT bike! Figuratively and literally. I actually don't ride it to work anymore or anytime the temps are 90+ and I avoid traffic, this is not a comfortable stop and go machine but that's not what I bought it for. Luckily for me I can ride my son's Ninja 400 to work or around town, 1000x cooler.

Did some research and came up with:

1. Ducati's run hot in general
2. All modern bikes that are Euro5 compliant run hotter than older bikes as they run so lean. This would lend me to believe that a new MAP and CAT delete should help
3. V-Twins, especially bigger V-Twins are hotter since the top of the back cylinder is so close to the seat/tank
4. Some bike mfg have figured out ways to blow the heat away from the rider but not Ducati yet. Kawasaki figured out a way to blow the heat down at the ground on the Ninja 650, genius!
5. The Monster feels like it turns on a heat gun on my right knee and summer mesh pants are the worst since you feel it all.

All of this has given me pause for whether I'd ever get another Ducati. I love my Monster and I'm keeping it for years to come but summer temps have gotten to the point in MA that it's just an uncomfortable bike for me to ride the majority of July into early August. My son may make out in all of this as I may trade his Ninja 400 up to a Ninja 650 to appreciate this new heat disapation design and not have to redline the 400 constantly to go anywhere at a reasonable speed

I figure I'll want a touring or Adv bike some day but it probably wont be the Multistrada due to this heat. Granted I hate the heat in general and would move to Northern Canada if I could. Like other's have stated that heat makes the Monster a great bike from Oct-April around here, rode every single month this past year.

 

Well said and I totally agree!

Interesting observation I made this weekend. The bike gives off more heat with the baffles out than they do in. The Termi race exhaust is shipped with the baffles in so I'm led to believe that the tune is made with them in as well.

When I pull them out, I'm guessing the tune leans out which means a hotter running engine as there's not as much fuel injected into the combustion chamber to cool it. In other words, a leaner AFR.

One thing I'm now doing is riding with my knees spread out a bit - I always tend to hug the tank but that just traps the heat against your thighs.

 

Well said and I totally agree!

Interesting observation I made this weekend. The bike gives off more heat with the baffles out than they do in. The Termi race exhaust is shipped with the baffles in so I'm led to believe that the tune is made with them in as well.

When I pull them out, I'm guessing the tune leans out which means a hotter running engine as there's not as much fuel injected into the combustion chamber to cool it. In other words, a leaner AFR.

One thing I'm now doing is riding with my knees spread out a bit - I always tend to hug the tank but that just traps the heat against your thighs.

Unrelated to the heat, but is there a huge sound difference with the db kilers out vs in? I just got my race system and installing it tomorrow.

 

Yes big difference. I ended up keeping the lower baffle in with the upper one out. It's likely how I'll keep it.

 

Interesting idea! Leave one in and the other out. I'll try that if both out are too loud for me.

 

You'll note that the exhaust path is more of a straight shot to the bottom muffler so if you want it a bit louder than how i have it take the baffle out of that lower muffler and leave the top one in.

 

I'm not so sure the dealer will load the tune if you buy the exhaust elsewhere but let us know if you do that and what they charge you for the tune.

 

My dealer in the United States would do it for me for free while I get my break in service done. Not sure about other dealers/countries though.

 

Good to know. I got 10% off the exhaust at the dealer so not sure if elsewhere is cheaper. Either way, too late for me.

 

I bought mine here. USA customers are not charge VAT so it is much cheaper for us.

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I bought mine here. USA customers are not charge VAT so it is much cheaper for us.

96481843AA TERMIGNONI PAIR OF RACING EXHAUST OFFICIAL DUCATI MONSTER 937 2021-2024

96481843AA TERMIGNONI PAIR OF RACING EXHAUST OFFICIAL DUCATI MONSTER 937 2021-2024

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ok so when purchasing online, you gave them(online store) your VIN and they unlocked upmap in ducati database. then you travel to any dealar and do the thing. right?

 

ok so when purchasing online, you gave them(online store) your VIN and they unlocked upmap in ducati database. then you travel to any dealar and do the thing. right?

If I was you, I'd be calling the dealer first to ensure they can do what you think they can do.