Ducati Monster Forum

WOW!  :o

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/mcy/1537764680.html (http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/mcy/1537764680.html)

You are all over the place.   It is fun to appreciate all sorts of bikes.  I forgot what you were originally looking for?   

As a life long HD guy, I've neve cared for these types of customs, yet this one does have some nice aspects to it.  The black helps of course.

However, I'll bet that the primary drive on that thing weighs more than the engine in my S4RS.

I was just lookin. lol. Not going to buy an HD for a very, very long time. I was first looking to buy an 03 M800 about three months ago. I found one, made a deal with the guy for $1500, had not brought cash and lost the deal when the uy backed out a week later and kept it to fix himself. I was so bummed(I fell in love), that I just bought the first bike I could find that I liked for $800(Yamaha Radian). It's a good first bike, but there are alot of things I'm not in love with about it. So I'm just looking for any Ducati in a low price range that I can find.

how do you turn left?

fyi, there's nothing "hd" about that bike.

Hah...

Will consider partial trades + cash:

heritage springer or a Prius or insight or BMW GS 1200 or 800

On the Prius forums, in an alternate universe, someone has posted a thread:
"Thinking of trading up, what do you think?"

And then there's that.

The Tiawan built RevTech engine is a copy of the HD Evo engine.  So the engine design is HD.

RevTech engines are built in Korea. afaik

that's just the way it is, all the old school designs are being picked up by foreign makers.  the AMC Powertech 4.0 I6 in all those Jeeps is now being made in China for the chinese versions of the Jeeps... and apparently is frigging awesome since they retooled everything with CNC lathes. 

it's a shame they are enjoying that engine and we can't get it at all.

That's like saying you can call the Hyosung a Ducati because they copied the design...

Is Batman selling his weekend cruiser?  Times must be rough...

Hardly a copy!  Watercooled, no trellis..

The RevTech engine's design is a copy of the HD Evo engine.  It can not be stated in any other terms without distorting the fact. 

very very slowly!  :D

Make three right turns.

Copy is a pretty strong word. Are the parts interchangeable?

Point taken, let's say it like this. Aftermarket engine builder puts their version of a Chevy 350 into some other car. Does that now make the car a Chevy because it has a copy of a Chevy engine in it? Of course not...

+1. Unless they ordered the engine from H-D, or removed it from an H-D, then its not an H-D. Its certainly a V-Twin. Or perhaps, H-D based, but not an H-D.

OK, I was just paraphrasing. Of course I know it isn't an actuall HD. But it is obviously HD based. Jeez  [laugh]

Not sure what you mean by that.  It is not an accusation that the RevTech engine's design is copy of the HD Evo engine.  It is a fact.  For that matter, S&S, Ultima and a several other companies produce engines which are copies of the HD Evo engine design.  How else should I word it?   I doubt parts are interchangeable from an 80 ci Evo engine and a one of the RevTech engines.  RevTech makes engines ranging from 88ci to 125 ci. 

I did not say anything derogatory about RevTech as a company.  I'm sure that has been covered plenty of times on Harley forums.

You're missing my point. Putting an HD engine, real or copy, does not make the bike a HD.

I think the phrase once used to describe these crate engines, like those from RevTech and S&S, is "clone".

But really, you guys are in danger of picking the fly shit out of the pepper here.

Having said that, I think it safe to say, univocally, that had this bike been built with an S&S X-Wedge mill it would have nothing HD about it.

In any event, Ben Hur coulda used that spikey primary cover-thingie in the chariot race.

 Yea, I'm not a fan of the primary cover. Sticks out way to far. The rest of the bike, the body and frame work I really like.

I get that.  I didn't realize I had made so many posts on this thread subject.  Sorry if I drew this out.  I thought you were missing my point. 

It's cool [thumbsup]

 Seriously? So what you're saying is you'd rather buy one right off the showrrom floor that they claim to be a new model when all it really is is old technology in a warmed over leftover that they threw the parts bin at and has is a different fender and a different paint scheme?

 Do I have that right?  [laugh]

 I'd rather have the custom. Take a good look. It has a lot of higher end components than the standard HD.

but it can't turn left...?

Here's my Chopper/Bobber. I'm at the wiring stage at the moment. I'm still waiting on some brake and clutch lines. Hope you like.  [moto]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsters4rs/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsters4rs/)

The bike and the garage are awesome.

If I was ever in the market for an HD clone/copy/similarity  [bang], that'd be just right.

Ah, do you have it right?  Not quite.  My FXDX actually handles rather well.  I was trying to be nice and find something positive to say about that custom, but the fact is that style of bike is (_!_) ugly; that particular custom just a bit less so.

Those types of bikes are made primarily to be seen, not ridden, and I don't care for what I see.  Sure it has "higher end components" but so what.  Components must also be evaluated for how that contribute to the whole; this one's a whole mess imo.

ICON's chopper comes much closer to what I would find interesting in a HD type custom.

Not really. You are correct to some degree that they mishmash parts for maximum bang for the tooling buck, but they constantly evolve the guts of the old air cooled engines while keeping an old-tech appearance. They still use pushrod actuated valves (for now) but they are a far cry from the old days. And for heavy bikes they handle quite well. Me, I'll keep my Street Rod.


+1

And here's a sneak peek of my Never Ending Project, to be done by spring, of which only a couple very select folks on this board have seen:

(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo118/Speedbag/Chop2.jpg)

Are you running some baffles in that exhaust sir. I was able to squeeze some in my after modifying them first. [thumbsup]

By the way, thanks for the kind words. The paint job will be very simple. All black with an Ace of Spades on each side of the tank and a tiny line coming down the tank and fender. Sweet and simple like my S4RS.

No baffles yet. I'll consider after the first traffic stop. Not much room for them though....

Maybe the pipe wrap will help.  [laugh]

might i suggest ensuring that it can turn left without dragging parts even at slow speeds, unlike the one above.

Icon and Speedbag, you do good work  [clap] I love me a bobber, and I love wire wheels - I am looking forward to seeing the finished product

Icon, I dare you to put an Ohlins sticker on your seat shock  ;)

cool looking bike, but it's a trailer queen.