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Bodge
28th September 2004, 16:40
Anyone in the Wellington area with a good knowledge of 70's and 80's Ducati's able to help a newbie Ducati enthusiast buy his first classic?

jrandom
28th September 2004, 16:45
Oh dear.

It all goes downhill from here, you know.

Cajun
28th September 2004, 16:49
Oh dear.

It all goes downhill from here, you know.

no problems going down hill, its when they go its uphill where the problem is

vifferman
28th September 2004, 16:52
You're both wrong; it's when they're not going at all that there's a problem, or when they're due for a service.

Cajun
28th September 2004, 16:55
You're both wrong; it's when they're not going at all that there's a problem, or when they're due for a service.

thats more true really

Ghost Lemur
28th September 2004, 17:26
ZOMG This thread has existed for an hour and there's still no sign of Linda.

Her Duc raidar must be in for a "service". :ride:

idb
28th September 2004, 17:33
Anyone in the Wellington area with a good knowledge of 70's and 80's Ducati's able to help a newbie Ducati enthusiast buy his first classic?

Ignore them all Bodge, Ducati owners are above cheap mudslinging - have you got something in mind?

Eddieb
28th September 2004, 18:02
Anyone in the Wellington area with a good knowledge of 70's and 80's Ducati's able to help a newbie Ducati enthusiast buy his first classic?

When you find one send him/her my way to help fix mine. It's not actually broken but hasn't been on the road in 15 years, and it's a little older than that.


You're both wrong; it's when they're not going at all that there's a problem, or when they're due for a service.

An old one you should be able to do yourself, a newer one you're spot on, speaking as one who has just paid his servcing bill a few weeks ago.

TwoSeven
28th September 2004, 18:50
Ignore them all Bodge, Ducati owners are above cheap mudslinging - have you got something in mind?

given the price of a ducati - they'd have to be :shifty:

Anyhow - when is a duke not in need of a service and a complete makeover with a sledgehammer :)

Bonez
28th September 2004, 19:00
Anyone in the Wellington area with a good knowledge of 70's and 80's Ducati's able to help a newbie Ducati enthusiast buy his first classic?

Pete Sales (Total M/Cs) Palmy North may 06 3296868 Mobil 021-2102144. He races a highly moded bevel drive in Post Classic racing. His machanic mate specialises in Ducatis. Tell Pete Bonez sent ya and I may get a discount on my next chain :) HTH

Sensei
28th September 2004, 20:29
Make sure that it's had big end's etc checked or been done by someone that knows what they are doing .They usely need checking around 40-50k. Bevel drive's need to be setup right or will grind themselve's to bit's . There is a MINT Original black SS900 here in New Plymouth for sale Contact Craig Flood at Energy Honda NP you want be disappointed SENSEI

Mooch
28th September 2004, 20:52
Anyone in the Wellington area with a good knowledge of 70's and 80's Ducati's able to help a newbie Ducati enthusiast buy his first classic?

Bodge ,
IMOC or Ducati owers club could be a good source. (Don't listen to a word that PaulinNZ says though)
The IMOC website has a Ducati "Classic" for Sale at the moment.
http://www.bike-italian.co.nz/

As for the rest of the Duc knockers here.
Only bike of mine that's failed getting up a hill was a Jap 250. $3800 engine rebuild and 10 months later it was back on the road. :moon:

Cajun , You know you want one . This is a reply you sent me a while back . :yeah:
"and you got one of the bikes i wanted if is yellow?? or red?"

Paul in NZ
28th September 2004, 21:10
Bodge ,
IMOC or Ducati owers club could be a good source. (Don't listen to a word that PaulinNZ says though)
The IMOC website has a Ducati "Classic" for Sale at the moment.
http://www.bike-italian.co.nz/

As for the rest of the Duc knockers here.
Only bike of mine that's failed getting up a hill was a Jap 250. $3800 engine rebuild and 10 months later it was back on the road. :moon:

Cajun , You know you want one . This is a reply you sent me a while back . :yeah:
"and you got one of the bikes i wanted if is yellow?? or red?"

AARRGGHH!

Run you fool! For gods sake don't listen to this madman!! This mans wife sees his bike disappearing on the back of a pick up truck and thinks "oh, it's off to the shop again" instead of thinking it's been nicked.... He's on first name terms with the head mechanic (who has named 3 of his children after him)....

Lordy lordy... The wretched thing managed to wobble it's way throught the sprints last weekend and he is back in love with it and forgotten that he has spent the equivalent of the entire economy of a mid sized south american nation (not one of the poor ones either) just to get it to achieve a half mile under full throttle... Turgid kitten jugglers the lot of them, seduced by drug dealer wheels and mufflers up their arse!

Early Dukes are OK to look at and run up to the shop for coffee but you better be a brilliant mechanic (not to mention a rich one). I have mate in aussie that is a genuine hexpert but his wife thinks he is a nut job (she is a Guzzi fan)

Mate... Buy an old Guzzi!! It will add inches to your knob, seldom break down, cost peanuts to run and you can look forwards to endless fun composing emails like this!!

Paul N :cool:

PS OK. It cost $3,800 to rebuild the KR1 Mooch.... Lend me the 748 for an afternoon and lets see what THAT costs to rebuild?? :yes:

PPS Pantah pete is rebuilding his Pantah, stupid thing lunched a piston after a mere 190,000 km...

PPPS Just kidding, buy and run what you heart desires. When they are good they are VERY good, when they are bad.... (shudder)

idb
28th September 2004, 22:36
Heathens!!!
Living with a Ducati is not just a matter of ownership - its a commitment, a relationship, AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART DAMMITT!!!!
Every sense is engaged and heightened, every act of kindness is returned and when you jump on it, massage that beauty awake with your trembling thumb, knowing that you are about to receive your just reward for the love and affection you have showered on her, you can then....hold on......just about there.......aaaaaaahhhh...oh yeah!
Er..gotta go....

Blakamin
29th September 2004, 08:33
Still no Lynda????? must be somefing wrong with her 'puder

jrandom
29th September 2004, 08:52
massage that beauty awake with your trembling thumb, knowing that you are about to receive your just reward for the love and affection you have showered on her

And just like the other sort, she may or may not respond to the thumb. And you'll never know until you try.

:buggerd:

vifferman
29th September 2004, 09:25
Early Dukes are OK to look at and run up to the shop for coffee but you better be a brilliant mechanic (not to mention a rich one). I have mate in aussie that is a genuine hexpert but his wife thinks he is a nut job (she is a Guzzi fan)I've wanted a Ducati for years (like nearly 30), but the horror stories and servicing costs have put me off. I do have a Ducati keyring though...


Mate... Buy an old Guzzi!! It will add inches to your knob, seldom break down, cost peanuts to run and you can look forwards to endless fun composing emails like this!!Is that true, Mr Paul? Really?
Should I trade my FahrtSturm in on one?

Bodge
29th September 2004, 10:25
My thanks to the genuine offers of help.

To all the pragmatists and realists knockin the old Dukes - c'mon love requires some hard work but its all worth it in the end.... :love2:

Its not me buying it either - I can't afford it or the maintenance. But I am all for spending a friends money on a bike I might get to ride but never have to repair!!! ;)

Its a Pantah by the way with no where near 40-50k on it... mmmmmm

Mooch, Idb, PaulinNZ, Bonez - cheers
idb - Love the avatar by the way - can you PM me a larger version?
PaulinNZ - how do I get hold of this Pantah Pete guy?

Kickaha
29th September 2004, 13:47
What model Pantah?

I used to ride my brothers a bit and it was quite a sweet little bike,even crashed it for him as well

in 4-5 years of ownership the only problem he ever had with it was the ignition switch failing and it used to get hammered just about everytime he rode it,however after he sold it it broke a transmission shaft by this time it was up around the 75000km mark

At the same time I had a Darmah and despite all the bullshit stories about bevel drive unreliabilty from numerous tossers who have never owned a Ducati in there life,I covered about 50,000km in 6 years with the only problems being a big end which was replaced by V2 enginering under warrenty as the hardening wasn't up to scratch,the Japanese battery crapping out and the starter motor packing up

Yes they require more maintainence which is sometimes more expensive than a Jappa,but at the end of the day I always thought it was well worth it to be riding something slighly different than the rest of the crowd.

Pwalo
29th September 2004, 14:25
Ducati Pantah. Didn't Dallas Rankine crash one of those up with an alarming degree of regularity back in the early 80s?

Must admit that the Pantah was the only Duck of that era which even appealed to me, but it was ok because I had an RD400.

Good luck. It's always good to see guys looking after the older bikes.

LB
30th September 2004, 05:02
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Hi guys, I'm here.

Bonez contact in P/North knows heaps about older Ducs and also Michael Dobson at Bike Clinic is a guru on them too. One of my mates has an S2 and an MHR, and Michael is forever working on them (not a criticism, they are absolutely beautiful bikes and the sound of those Contis.....does things to a girl!!)

One question Bodge: does your mate live in Wellington? (I note you live in Auckland and couldn't figure out why you wanted to know about people in the Wgtn area.)

One of my mates has just bought a mint Darmah, and one of his mechanic mates works on it.

PM me if you want some contact details. If PaulinNZ hasn't gotten back to you with Pantah Pete's details give me a PM and I'll give you his contact details.

Bodge: Good luck to your mate - old Ducs are wonderful beasts. (And so are the new ones!!) Tell your mate to join KB and touch base with some of us Wgtn-ites so we can meet up and drool over his new baby!!
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LB
30th September 2004, 05:05
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Holy shit - I've just realised I said "Michael Dobson at Bike Clinic". I'm in a time warp!! Must be a Freudian slip harking back to the "good old days"......

Michael Dobson is at Motorad. (For non Wgtn-ites: sort of the same shop, now with a new name) (new name happened about six years ago......)
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Sensei
30th September 2004, 10:05
Well what do you know :Kickaha : 50,000 big end 's. Just as I said in my post funny that ! Some do alot more K's some less . Just the luck of the draw . Have owned 2 Ducati's & riden shit loads of old one's . A great friend rebuilds Ducati cranks & rod,s / Big end's & complete motor's for a living so seen heap's apart. My pick would be a "1984MHR 900" or a "750 round
case" .Seen one at the last Ducati Feast I had my 93 907ie at . A guy had owned it from brand new sweet .The so called Tosser's you talk of may have only heard about the problem's Ducati's have but all bike's give some trouble . Had none with either of mine SENSEI

Paul in NZ
30th September 2004, 10:25
Ducati always seems to insipire emotion, either way!

Every Duke i have ridden has felt pretty good to ride but they have a lot in common with Triumph twins... You love the ride but you just can't help feeling that the crank is about to explode or some other mechanical disaster is just a revolution away. You ride em with 2 fingers over the clutch... They just feel a bit brittle to me....

Guzzis (and some Nortons) have a more solid feel. The guzzi feels like it can be run harder and longer than a Duke BUT will probably have just as many incidents. With a Guzzi you can usually kick most of the bit's straight and keep going though! Parts are a bunch cheaper as well....

Anyway! That's just my opinion!! It's worth what you paid for it.

Once you know what you are doing with Ducatis they are pretty simple though a bit time consuming.

Out of politeness to Pete, please send me your details and I'll get him to contact you eh? Pete is a bit, erm, different shall we say (in a nice excentric mad as a box of frogs kinda way). Lynida might have to back me up here but he's not quite mainstream... In fact it would be fair to say he is so non mainstream he has forgotten what water looks like... Decent, helpful guy though!!

Up to you!

Kickaha
30th September 2004, 20:13
My pick would be a "1984MHR 900" or a "750 round



I'd agree with the roundcase but would go for the MHR 1000 they have a better bottom end :msn-wink:

gav
30th September 2004, 20:41
Wasnt there someone on KB that had a basket case 750 sport for sale, was selling complete or considering parting out? Actually a Pantah would be a good choice, but are you looking for a project to restore or ride straight away? what sort of money are you looking at spending?

LB
1st October 2004, 04:50
Out of politeness to Pete, please send me your details and I'll get him to contact you eh? Pete is a bit, erm, different shall we say (in a nice excentric mad as a box of frogs kinda way). Lynda might have to back me up here but he's not quite mainstream... In fact it would be fair to say he is so non mainstream he has forgotten what water looks like... Decent, helpful guy though!!


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You probably know him a bit better than me Paul, he is a bit different, but as you say a very decent helpful bloke. (and hey, wouldn't the world be a boring place if everyone was as perfect as me?? :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: )
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Bodge
1st October 2004, 10:22
Its a 650 SL Pantah - and he is looking for top condition. I believe he is committed to the maintenance but wants to start with the best example he can find ie. no restoration needed.

When I am wealthy enought to have a bike I don't have to ride every day I want a 900SS just like this baby...

mmmmmmmm

Sensei
1st October 2004, 12:15
There'sa Black one owned by Craig Flood the owner of Energy Honda in New Plymouth & it's Mint & for Sale :niceone: SENSEI