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    Quote Originally Posted by rocketman1 View Post
    Maybe I will keep the SV and buy a Ducati as well. $$$$ ouch
    Forever a V-twin Fan.
    Good call Is this your lucky day - I just happen to have a rather tasteful 1098 for sale to the right owner!

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    Quote Originally Posted by johan View Post
    Oh yes Ducati ve-twin!

    But I am, what you may call... 'biased'
    Hmmm me too!!

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    Dunno why I thought of DeMouNTeD when I saw this?
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    My Suzuki dealer said he heard a rumor of a 1200cc V-twin HONDA.

    My Honda dealer knows nothing of this.

    My Honda dealer is also a Ducati dealer. He has lots of v twins. Heaps actually of preloved ones as they do not appear to be moving.

    The SV has been dumped due to it not meeting some tree-huggers gas emission standards. VTR will follow - I suspect NZ is cleaning out the Honda warehouse.

    As to replacements - that depends on how well these two sold on the global market - went well in NZ but thats not enough to support a model.

    It will be a dam shame if they do not keep a V-twin in their line-ups.
    But then Honda could pull out a V-5 or get that VTR up to 1000-1200cc

    Hey you could always buy a Harley - I understand that they make a couple of tidy V-twins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMNTD View Post
    Cruise over one day(Tauranga) and I'll send you out of several differing Duc's and shall give a straight up opinion on what may suit your needs.
    Hey buddie I may take you up on that, thanks for the offer

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    V-twin HONDA

    I have heard this before but I cannot believe, that Suzuki cannot meet the same standards for emissions as Harley and Ducati, KTM etc this must be bullshite
    Ive heard about a 1200 Vtwin Honda too, maybe to match the 1200cc Ducati 1098, but it is only that some made up rumour..

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    Quote Originally Posted by rocketman1 View Post
    I have heard this before but I cannot believe, that Suzuki cannot meet the same standards for emissions as Harley and Ducati, KTM etc this must be bullshite
    Ive heard about a 1200 Vtwin Honda too, maybe to match the 1200cc Ducati 1098, but it is only that some made up rumour..
    Every Ducati I've owned, three different bikes now, have been running crazily lean when using the factory tuning. They have been spitting, popping and coughing. They are also very high geared.

    From what I understand, this has to do with meeting the emission and noise standards. After you richen them up and gear them better, they are very smooth and nice to ride.

    I doubt a properly tuned Ducati will meet any standard.

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    All Ducati's sound good to me, dry rattly clutch and lots of growl = perfect combination

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry74 View Post
    All Ducati's sound good to me, dry rattly clutch and lots of growl = perfect combination
    Yeah! I've fitted an open carbon clutch cover to mine.
    The engine now sounds like someone is shaking a metal tin of marbles at idle!
    People have come up to me with looks of horror on their face, thinking the motor is ready to explode.

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    Ducati's have the best sound. I don't know how they do it but they sound better than the rest............ So based on sound get a Ducati, otherwise take some for a testride.

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    Ducatis Sound Music to my ears

    Quote Originally Posted by lanci View Post
    Ducati's have the best sound. I don't know how they do it but they sound better than the rest............ So based on sound get a Ducati, otherwise take some for a testride.
    Yeah I agree, but all Ducati's it depends on the exhaust system, I have heard some Duc's that sound like shit, My SV with Yoshi's has a pretty nice sound, so all the others say, but the new Ducati's have a sound that is absolutely music to my ears, it is a sort of muffled sound without being raspy or crackled, I wonder if I put Ducati mufflers on the Suzuki SV1000S whether it give the same sound, after all it is still 2 / 500cc cylinder banging away in the same format, with different pipes.
    I must say the more I listen to V twin sportsbikes the more I dislike the sound of the Harley V- twin cruisers, yet I used to like the Harley sound, it some sounds very agricultural in comparison.
    I have put my baffles back in my Yoshis, not quite the same sound but keeps the neighbours happier.

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    Hahaha I have Yoshi on my Kawasaki and it really pisses the neighbours off.

    How will they cope when the Termis are on the Ducati soon.

    P.S Get a Ducati you can't go wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post






    10fchar

    He don't say a lot but he's got a point, dem buells is mighty fine twisty machines.
    Oh bugger

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post

    My Honda dealer is also a Ducati dealer. He has lots of v twins. Heaps actually of preloved ones as they do not appear to be moving.
    There are a lot of Ducatis for sale in NZ or so it seems when browsing Trademe. I assume that the imports from Japan are building up in the market. They still sell at a higher price than Japanese marques. Maybe buyers hesitate because Ducati used to have a reputation for being expensive to service and temperamental.

    DMNTD - any thoughts?

    Anyway all good if you are looking to buy one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dooly View Post
    Yeah! I've fitted an open carbon clutch cover to mine.
    The engine now sounds like someone is shaking a metal tin of marbles at idle!
    People have come up to me with looks of horror on their face, thinking the motor is ready to explode.
    "Your clutch cover is broken son" .... bwhahahahha .

    Umm....considered a Honda SP2 or a V4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johan View Post
    I doubt a properly tuned Ducati will meet any standard.
    That sort of matches what I've read in the Brit bike mags. The testing authorities in Bologna are not too ummmm demanding(?) of Ducati. Ducati are regarded with something approaching reverence on their home turf.

    There was one interview with a Ducati factory rep and when asked the question about how they got their bikes through the testing, he just smiled...

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