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ducpainter

#170850
June 12, 2015, 04:10:30 PM
Quote from: Needle99 on June 12, 2015, 04:01:01 PM
Usually not....
This is a weekend maintenance weekend....
We get to work when no one else is here....

Sorry to hear about the 996...

So no cheap easy good replacement motors around?
Lucky you.

No...and the 996 SBK motors, different cases from the ST's and Monsters, are getting kind of 'long in the tooth' so anything you buy would need to be gone through, or take a chance.

This bike is on it's 4th owner and didn't see a lot of maintenance from a couple of them.

I just have to start cruising ebay and see what things are worth and decide if it goes down the road in parts or gets fixed.

I really like the bike, but I'm feeling a little let down by my Duc trackbikes.  :-\
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Popeye the Sailor

#170851
June 12, 2015, 04:27:07 PM
While I do enjoy a good duc...from an engineering standpoint I find them pretty much inferior.

If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

ducpainter

#170852
June 12, 2015, 04:36:32 PM
Quote from: Satellite smithy on June 12, 2015, 04:27:07 PM
While I do enjoy a good duc...from an engineering standpoint I find them pretty much inferior.


All you BMW nerds say that. :-*

Have you ever ridden a Duc SBK...fast?

You'd forget about some of the engineering shortcomings.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Popeye the Sailor

#170853
June 12, 2015, 04:41:11 PM
Not unless an S4R counts. I've never considered myself fast though.

I guess you can say I road a monster marginally competently.

I'm over the BMW thing too-the only decent ones they made are either older or don't have a final drive. Lifetime fluid my ass.

There's an XT225 in the garage that can sit for six months and just start and run fine every time. I kinda like that.

Not the sitting part.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

DarkMonster620

#170854
June 12, 2015, 04:49:36 PM
evening from home . . .

wonton soup and pork chow mein for dinner
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

ducpainter

#170855
June 12, 2015, 04:59:21 PM
Quote from: Satellite smithy on June 12, 2015, 04:41:11 PM
Not unless an S4R counts. I've never considered myself fast though.

I guess you can say I road a monster marginally competently.

I'm over the BMW thing too-the only decent ones they made are either older or don't have a final drive. Lifetime fluid my ass.

There's an XT225 in the garage that can sit for six months and just start and run fine every time. I kinda like that.

Not the sitting part.

The SBK chassis is very different from the Monster. It is very truck like at slow speeds and gets better the faster you go. My bike didn't have any issues from sitting. It had issues from lack of maintenance fro previous owners.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducpainter

#170856
June 12, 2015, 05:56:30 PM
quiet
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Needle99

#170857
June 12, 2015, 06:14:03 PM
Kinda working  ;D

I quite like the tech in the s1000r....
Could be a fun next bike. Or the Super Duke R, or the new Tuono.

I need an old man riding position so rules out all the superbikes.....
2004 S4R, Full Termi Kit, marving midpipe, DP Clutch pressure plate, Rizoma Open Clutch Cover,  Ducabike Slave Cyl and some tasteful carbon blingy goodness

ducpainter

#170858
June 12, 2015, 06:17:41 PM
I wouldn't want an SBK for the street.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Needle99

#170859
June 12, 2015, 06:25:34 PM
I love the look, but super impractical...
Would love a 1299  ;D

I do not need the power of any modern bike...
2004 S4R, Full Termi Kit, marving midpipe, DP Clutch pressure plate, Rizoma Open Clutch Cover,  Ducabike Slave Cyl and some tasteful carbon blingy goodness

DarkMonster620

#170860
June 12, 2015, 06:41:53 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on June 12, 2015, 05:56:30 PM
quiet
was around . . . but, my eyes were closed for an experiment . . . I saw NOTHING !!!
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

ducpainter

#170861
June 12, 2015, 06:42:45 PM
I agree...I can crash a 100hp bike just as easy as a 200hp bike. :P

Quote from: DarkMonster620 on June 12, 2015, 06:41:53 PM
was around . . . but, my eyes were closed for an experiment . . . I saw NOTHING !!!
odd that
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Bick

#170862
June 12, 2015, 06:44:08 PM
IF I were to replace Monster, it would be R Nine T.
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

the_Journeyman

#170863
June 12, 2015, 06:50:14 PM
I can't seem to part with my Monster.  That being said, I really wish I had picked up that 916 that needed a little TLC but I was afraid of the 4-valve motors at the time due to cost of maintenance (I do my own now) complexity of the 4V motors.  I'm sure I could learn to work on them now though.

JM
Got Torque?
Quote from: r_ciao on January 28, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
ADULT TRUTHS

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

DarkMonster620

#170864
June 12, 2015, 07:05:07 PM
well  . ..  I am going to continue the experiment upstairs on my bed . . .

tomorrow, another day at the office that is NOT my office . . [bang]
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
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