Ducati's Suck

Whatta ya mean....there are only 199 Ducati's for sale on TM....they're just mass produced consumables these days.....unlike when I got Darmah in the 80's and people said "Dukewhati?"

At least Moto Guzzi have resisted the gimmicks that Norton started in 1929 of overhead cams... : lol:

I used to think they were rare too, until about 1989 when I knew 3 guys with S2's.
Kinda like the fully faired S2, it must be the 80's graphics or something?



Rode with another guy who had one of these:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-271857752.htm

It must be rose tinted glasses but I like that, my mates one never looked as good and was shockingly unreliable...

Originally Posted by DodgyKraut

Last time I didn't have a runner Diggers, was when I emphatically said to Max "I'm through with riding" as he loaded the crumpled remains of my R90/6 in 'back of van mumbling something like "I'll get this going for my Mrs" and took it to some Bemuda Triangle for BMW's where it has never been seen since.

Heh, heh, heh, those crumpled remains are still in the shed, and will form the basis of my track-day bike . . .

Tui ad in the making Max...

I'll rebuild it - yeah right

Maybe . . . but after the "rider training" at Hampton Downs last November, I've been steadily accumulating the bits for the track-day bike. I have about 90% of it already, and have access to the bits I don't yet have. Hope to make a start on it later this year.

Hey...this is thread devoted to the suckyness of Ducatis....not 1/2 VW engines...... ....thats a thought you could fit a 1600 Type 1 to Dodgys old R90/6...

Problem is Volty, everyone I think at some time has admired a Ducati and didn't think it sucked.
So many different models I have admired through watching them win races

so true Dodgy. Even I had hankerings after a duc at one stage.

cant even recall the model now..might have been something like an sd900? does that sound right? but i was a lot younger then

Sd...what like this?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=168581

So perhaps we could summarise this thread with the following statement:

"Gravity-fed carberrytooters don't suck."

P.S. Nice work on cleaning up the tank.

damn you to a cold, bike-free place Volty...yes, that is indeed the beast I drooled over as a youngun

I was going to take it to the HB but years of neglect caught up with it.....However with the sale of Toasty...its getting a long deserved makeover.
I lived on a cold bike free place called Ireland once.....not so much cold as wet....the BSA didn't like it much.