I saw....

**James Deuce** · 11th November 2005, 07:26

Something fantastic in the latest edition of AMCN. Alan Cathcart said, and I quote, "former styling director Pierre Terrblanche", in reference to Ducati. YES!!!!!! The blind South African is gone!! No more ugly Ducatis styled to look like garage doors or car accidents! YES!!!

**snuffles** · 11th November 2005, 07:35

Originally Posted by Jim2

Something fantastic in the latest edition of AMCN. Alan Cathcart said, and I quote, "former styling director Pierre Terrblanche", in reference to Ducati. YES!!!!!! The blind South African is gone!! No more ugly Ducatis styled to look like garage doors or car accidents! YES!!!

Yay! you can now buy one and spend all your time stopping for gas and massaging your sore arse

**Paul in NZ** · 11th November 2005, 07:52

Originally Posted by snuffles

Yay! you can now buy one and spend all your time stopping for gas and massaging your sore arse

Yeah! I'd heard all Ducati riders were petrol sniffing homos !

Paul N

Moto Guzzi - The way the V is meant to be...

**Bartman10** · 11th November 2005, 07:59

Originally Posted by snuffles

Yay! you can now buy one and spend all your time stopping for gas and massaging your sore arse

True about the gas. Yesterday I picked a guy up on the motorway... He ran out of gas, on an older 900 Ducati. Said he'd only just bought the Duc.

**Paul in NZ** · 11th November 2005, 08:03

Originally Posted by Bartman10

True about the gas. Yesterday I picked a guy up on the motorway... He ran out of gas, on an older 900 Ducati. Said he'd only just bought the Duc.

ha! Just like in the old days, when a bike shat itself in F1 due to a crappy design it would be described as having an electical fault etc etc.

It probably dropped a crank or something and he just assumed it ran out of gas!

(oh I am being naughty this am)

**Coyote** · 11th November 2005, 08:40

So you mean no more of this?!

**juzzer** · 11th November 2005, 08:59

Originally Posted by alarumba

So you mean no more of this?!

Fuck me...that's ugly....

**kerryg** · 11th November 2005, 08:59

Originally Posted by Bartman10

True about the gas. Yesterday I picked a guy up on the motorway... He ran out of gas, on an older 900 Ducati. Said he'd only just bought the Duc.

Ducati electricals are....very Italian, specially the older ones. Two I've owned both had the same annoying features: the idiot lights can only be seen in pitch darkness with the aid of strong reading glasses (so you are just guessing if you're in neutral or you headlight is on, you never know for sure) and the low petrol idiot light comes on, intermittently, when the tank has still got plenty left (as in more than half-full) and there's no reserve, so you just have to kind of guess...

Just some of the endearing little quirks that give them character...

**juzzer** · 11th November 2005, 09:03

Originally Posted by kerryg

Ducati electricals are....very Italian, specially the older ones. Two I've owned both had the same annoying features: the idiot lights can only be seen in pitch darkness with the aid of strong reading glasses (so you are just guessing if you're in neutral or you headlight is on, you never know for sure) and the low petrol idiot light comes on, intermittently, when the tank has still got plenty left (as in more than half-full) and there's no reserve, so you just have to kind of guess...

Just some of the endearing little quirks that give them character...

And dont stand next to one and start it with the little green light glowing with the clutch out...