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http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/10/26/flying-the-rsd-dirty-duc-coming-in-hot/ (http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/10/26/flying-the-rsd-dirty-duc-coming-in-hot/)

hmm, not for me.  I much prefer the original or the NCR.

I like it.  [thumbsup]

Impressive, but doesn't really do anything for me.

Sweet mother of god. I looooove that thing!!!!!!

Yes, please.

Paint it all black and put spoked wheels on it and I'm there.

the 2 things I personally would change....with that much 1 wheeled potential...BIGGER REAR BRAKE....and I would have kept the front dual disk, even though I realize that doesn't coincide with the look of a traditional flattracker...then again, this thing is far from traditional...

I love the exhaust though!!!

I seem to remember at one point during initial tear down/mock up it had a set of spokers on it...I wonder of the torque from the rear affected the spokes in keeping an airtight seal?!?!?!

I would want a standard DESMO before I'd want that. But I want both. fair?

this

I never ride in the dirt.

tis a lot of fun and a great learning tool!!!

Nothing exceeds like excess.    :P

That answered the question "I wonder what it would be like to...".  Tremendous work and end result.  But I think I would still prefer the original D16.

i'm reasonably sure the guy that owns that one has a handful of them and one is "more regular"...

FWIR when the origional undertaking started, an interview with him....it was mentioned this was the 3rd one of his fleet of 'Sedici's...he had a stock one and one that was a track bike as well...

yup, this was a 0 mile one that he had extra... sigh, extrs sedici's lying around must be awesome.

I'll give it a spin with a smile from ear to ear until the "oh shit" wall moment approaches.

Months ago, I read an article in Bike UK where Chris Carr went to the UK and taught flat track technique.  The sidebar article was about him riding a special built bike with the Suzuki TL1000 motor.  He said it was too much.  Too much power for the tires, too much power for the dirt. 

I don't know off the top of my head what a TL puts out in power, but take than and multiply it by 2 or 3x and you get the Desmosedici flat track bike.  I guess the question I'd have is how big is the track they'd be racing on? 

TLR's are listed at 135hp which I think is at the crank, which'd be probably around low 120-ish at the wheel...before mods for getting any more go-go out of it of course...and big tracks would be where you'de get the real juice out of it....half and full mile....

Too be sure this thing has way too much power for the dirt but it is soooo cool anyway.  Super nice workmanship, as always, from RS.  [thumbsup]

...and it still has that make the beast with two backsin' Shell sticker on the case?!  Aaargh!

Yeah.  All black or all red and that'd be bad ass.

I really like how they kept the 'sedici shark mouth at the front.

It probably even wheelies.

Agreed.  I think a lot of dirt riding or not dirt riding may be location specific.  Some of us have 500 billion square miles of public  land right in our backyard and others might have to trailer bikes for hours to get to a place where they can ride in the dirt and that goes a long way to explain why some don't ride in the dirt.

Back on topic, I like the exhaust and I like the wretched excess of the bike.

Bob

See it in action...


Riding Roland Sands Design's Desmosedici Street Tracker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvppp4RN5k&feature=player_embedded#)