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Title: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: monsta on July 25, 2015, 03:41:31 AM I tip my hat to this bloke!
anyone know him? http://ducati.kontain.com/ducati/entries/124828/phil_boncer_has_243000_miles_and_counting_on_his_m900/#tracking=/email/friendUpdate (http://ducati.kontain.com/ducati/entries/124828/phil_boncer_has_243000_miles_and_counting_on_his_m900/#tracking=/email/friendUpdate) Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Howie on July 25, 2015, 04:22:50 AM Good ole' PhilB! Never met him in person, but he is quite a legend.
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Mhanis on July 25, 2015, 04:29:55 AM Meh......
That is only 200,000 more than I have and he has had his bike about 16 years longer. If he doesn't ride today I'll be 10's of miles closer to him. Saddle up "Phil" I am coming...... Seriously, that is very impressive! Mark Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: lobsta2 on July 25, 2015, 08:12:53 AM His tank is signed by Galluzzi !
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: krolik on July 25, 2015, 02:57:44 PM This is one of the examples I point out when people ask if Ducatis are reliable. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: DarkMonster620 on July 25, 2015, 03:30:50 PM mine only has 16 000miles and it's 10yrs old :-\
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: ab on July 25, 2015, 09:50:16 PM Amazing.
Mine after 10 years of ownership (2004 620M - 57K miles) is running like shit now. Considering having her engine rebuilt. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Grampa on July 26, 2015, 07:02:17 AM I'm going to kick you in the nuts Joel. :-*
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Grampa on July 26, 2015, 07:02:40 AM And tin foil.
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Monsterlover on July 28, 2015, 12:43:18 PM Geez, I think I can remember when it turned 200k. . .
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Duck-Stew on July 30, 2015, 12:31:19 PM I tip my hat to this bloke! anyone know him? http://ducati.kontain.com/ducati/entries/124828/phil_boncer_has_243000_miles_and_counting_on_his_m900/#tracking=/email/friendUpdate (http://ducati.kontain.com/ducati/entries/124828/phil_boncer_has_243000_miles_and_counting_on_his_m900/#tracking=/email/friendUpdate) Yes. I've met him twice. One of the nicest people... I'm sure Ducati will do something for him when (if) he hits 500K or some other insane milestone. I remember him saying his daughter was trying to 'help' and dropped some sort of bolt or washer into 1 of the mufflers. It's still in there... [thumbsup] Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: koko64 on July 30, 2015, 03:24:11 PM 388,000 kms! [thumbsup]. Sounds even better.
Ducati should do something for him at 500,000 kms being a metric company an all. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: SDRider on July 31, 2015, 06:43:53 PM [thumbsup] I think of Phil every time I see a clean late 90s or early 2000s Monster show up on craigslist and I toy with the idea of buying it.
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: Scooter Montgomery on August 04, 2015, 10:03:42 AM I met him once overheated on RT3 around Chelmsford, MA. Stopped to see if he needed a hand.
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: MendoDave on August 04, 2015, 01:54:58 PM mine only has 16 000miles and it's 10yrs old :-\ Mine only has about the same as yours and is 14 Yrs old. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: IZ on August 22, 2015, 08:36:56 PM [clap]
What happened to PhilB anyway? Haven't seen him on here in a few years. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: MendoDave on August 22, 2015, 08:58:02 PM Coincidentally We were wondering what happened to you oven in TOSAT
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: lawbreaker on August 23, 2015, 07:50:22 AM Mine only has about the same as yours and is 14 Yrs old. Privateer will surpass that at the rate he's going [thumbsup]..... and if his Monster will hold up that long. Mine is 9 years old and has 68000 miles, bought her new as well ! Hopefully mine will last that long also.. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: IZ on August 23, 2015, 10:26:11 AM Coincidentally We were wondering what happened to you oven in TOSAT Just having fun raising my son before the endless summer actually ends. Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: dankatz on August 29, 2015, 07:07:59 PM [clap] What happened to PhilB anyway? Haven't seen him on here in a few years. He is probably out riding :-) I have seen his bike many time at the Larz Anderson Museum Italian bike shows. It looks like it has those miles on as well ;-) Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: vw151 on September 09, 2015, 05:23:54 PM he was in Ohio for a little while. I met him a few times when he came around the Desmohio group and went to some races with us. Pretty wacky guy. You'd have to be. I have a feeling he gets asked the same questions a lot. Apparently the motor settled in after 30-50k miles, valves didn't need adjustment nearly as often after that.
Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: hbliam on September 11, 2015, 07:16:24 PM Title: Re: 243,000 miles, owned for 21 yrs... Post by: ducpainter on September 11, 2015, 07:47:45 PM Understatement. [laugh] [laugh] [thumbsup] |