GoogleBerg should be along any minute with a cut and past series of quotes on how that works
Actually Desmo's are only complicated for people who can't use tools and measuring equipment.
I've done my bevel a couple of times and a aircooled 900 once, not interested in liquid cooled 4 valve complexity.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
I personally find Ducati servicing and internals to be a lot more straight forward than a lot of people who have never owned or worked on one have told me.
Clever design should achieve the design requirements without needless complications and expense.
My ideal requirements are Small light and powerful.
Maybe all that valve malarkey can be dispensed with entirely and replaced with some cleverly positioned holes in the cylinder and suitable tuned resonance extraction system.
Think how much lighter that would be. Next thing is to question is why all the stuffing around waiting for the power Cycle every 4th stroke?
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
perfectly said. I say that to all my mates who like "false" (eg four) strokes and why do they need all that clutter and extra parts and still way off on the power production per cc. They try to deflect with either:
confuse the issue with power bands which is pointless as I'm usually making similar torque values with 60% or less of their capacity, and they separate the men from the boys anyway.....
They then hit me with "but there's no engine braking". So I ask them so why do most modern bikes have slipper clutches......
My 2015 has standard service intervals at 12,000 or annually - price no different to any other motorcycle I've owned. Usual stuff - oil/filters and too much oil applied to the chain!
Valve gear and belts at 24,000 or five years (belts). Going by indicated price it's about the price of the belts only more than the valve check on my old Honda Hornet at the same kms.
The newer Ducati engines have 15,000/30,000 intervals.
It will only get better and better with access to the VW Groups technology.
Tell you what though I'd not be keen on funding the valve servicing on the new V4.....
Do Suzuki NZ still mandate 6k servicing intervals?
Yeah... it's all the ongoing repairs between the servicing that wears you down. Shuddering brake discs? Oh, they all do that! Reluctance to start, esp in winter? Welcome to the brotherhood, here is a red white and green t shirt!
DAMHIK, but fun to ride and with an irresistable growl? You bet!
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Turn over to start is fixed by decent sized cables apparently. Fucked if I know why the factory don't just upsize the cables - Jesus XXX thousand bikes at a extra 75c each or something.
There is a crowd in the UK doing upgrade cable kits.
That was one of the oddities I found after years of Jap bikes - I had a Honda Hornet 900 for eight years that I swear from cold fired up instantly on half depression of the starter switch. Hot you just had to tell it - "Honda start' and it ran. Ducati from cold - I can picture the crank doing a revolution and a half then it makes loud noises.
No issues with the Brembo disks yet ..... I probably don't ride hard enough. I notice they are thinner from standard than the Honda ones - obsession with making things lighter?
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