Someone help with the Ducati dilemma...

**surfchick** · 21st April 2007, 19:17

i bought a ducati 996sps - cheers for the info crew - i knew what i was interested in & was keen to know in advance the nature of the maintance damage!

flew to hastings, picked up my beloved 2001 996sps & drove it to pauanui via taupo. magic magic bike.

**Her_C4** · 21st April 2007, 19:29

Woooo hooooo - CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That is great news. I lurve those Ducati's... I hope you have many happy k's of fantastic riding ahead of you

**LilSel** · 21st April 2007, 20:02

Originally Posted by surfchick

i bought a ducati 996sps

Awesome!!!

Piccys??

**HDTboy** · 21st April 2007, 20:33

That's awesome Alex, I'm back in Auckland now, will have to check out your bike. My number's in my profile

**Waylander** · 21st April 2007, 20:48

Congrats on the new ride Dr. Surfchick. Must take some serious getting used to after the SRV.

Ditto on the picks

**flame** · 21st April 2007, 20:51

Originally Posted by surfchick

i bought a ducati 996sps - cheers for the info crew - i knew what i was interested in & was keen to know in advance the nature of the maintance damage!

flew to hastings, picked up my beloved 2001 996sps & drove it to pauanui via taupo. magic magic bike.

Great choice chick

, a friend of mine let me (well I stole it actually) take his for a play.........it was a weapon

.......you'll be wheelie queen real fast methinks!

**surfchick** · 22nd April 2007, 16:30

yeah it's a bit of a different beast to the srv.
wihoo 3rd ride on the ducati in 3 days oh my... a weapon is right. the riding position on the 996 is absolutely perfect.
I'm pretty in lurrrve at this stage....

**flame** · 22nd April 2007, 18:08

yep....the lurrrvvvv will grow

, I think I have some spares in a buried box in my garrage for the 996 I used to have, probably nothing too exciting, some footpegs and a clutch cover and some other bits of stuff, I'll dig them out and if there's anything that maybe usefull to ya you can have it.

**Dooly** · 23rd April 2007, 16:03

Was that the bike on TM with all the extras on it?

If so, a guy I know is a mate of his, and we were talking about it the other week when I was toying with the idea of looking at it.
It sounded like quite an awesome machine.
But I went the SS1000 way.

Being a recent Ducati convert myself, I love them.
Love my Triumph too.

Enjoy it!

**surfchick** · 23rd April 2007, 16:20

cheers flame- i think the lurve is growing and growing for sure-i'll try and post a few pics- kittyhawk shot some of the 996 the other day on a ride so i might see if she'll share da pics!

classic that you have some parts left! - def keen if you don't need them anymore-god i hope i don't knock anything off it, but you never know...something might rattle off!

did you just find them to much of a bugger to maintain or you like the feel of the rsv better? i sort of toyed with the idea...

Originally Posted by flame

yep....the lurrrvvvv will grow

, I think I have some spares in a buried box in my garrage for the 996 I used to have, probably nothing too exciting, some footpegs and a clutch cover and some other bits of stuff, I'll dig them out and if there's anything that maybe usefull to ya you can have it.

**surfchick** · 23rd April 2007, 16:25

It was the TM one from hastings- the sps with a custom packrack and a few other carbon bits available by buying them seperate... i couldn't afford the carbon hugger so didn't buy it and kind of regret it now as I had a big section of road works that's now wedged variously by bits of tar in all the nooks and crannies round the rear shock. looking at any rear huggers made for it now...

but it's one uber precise machine to ride. oh baby.

Originally Posted by Dooly

Was that the bike on TM with all the extras on it?

If so, a guy I know is a mate of his, and we were talking about it the other week when I was toying with the idea of looking at it.
It sounded like quite an awesome machine.
But I went the SS1000 way.

Being a recent Ducati convert myself, I love them.
Love my Triumph too.

Enjoy it!

**surfchick** · 23rd April 2007, 16:27

Originally Posted by HDTboy

That's awesome Alex, I'm back in Auckland now, will have to check out your bike. My number's in my profile

yay back in ak - and a long time noe see...yo come for a ride out west sometime

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd April 2007, 17:05

yaaaaaaaaaa y'know. I was given the keys and took it for a blat - it was ok I guess...

SC you might want to ditch it though hun. Maybe swap it for a well loved RF - I know of one going spare (or it WILL be)

**surfchick** · 23rd April 2007, 17:17

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

yaaaaaaaaaa y'know. I was given the keys and took it for a blat - it was ok I guess...

SC you might want to ditch it though hun. Maybe swap it for a well loved RF - I know of one going spare (or it WILL be)

not on your nelly ned kelly

you will have to wait for another ducati rider to ditch theirs in order to trade up to the RF