Ride it home or?

[Speedbag]

If you are posting the question, it will be on your mind, so either have them replaced, or trailer it home.

I would ride it myself.  Even with brand new belts, you have a slight chance of having a belt break due to wrong tension, an idler pulley going bad etc.  Your risk with Ducati motorcycles is never Zero, so take that for what it is worth.

Another question is, when did the original owner buy it and put it on the road?  Even if it is a '06, it might not have been bought till end of '06 season, or '07.

mitt

+1

[He Man]

Personally, id ride it, the new belts are kevlar reinforced, and it aint gonna snap on you for no reason, though part of it might round out from sitting for a long period of time, i would just stay away from smashing the throttle.

i have an 06 S2R1000 at 10,000 miles and im just changing my belts now.

[wllgmr]

RIDE IT

[ghostface]

Ride it home.

[LA]

Ride it home hell?  I'd ride it for something approaching 13000 mi. and change the belts.

But then of course that's me and YRMV.

LA

[trpletme]

You guys are great.  I think the survey says ride baby ride. I will let you know how it turns out.  I'm anxious to see how this feels compared to my Thunderbird Sport. Thanks!

[amcloud]

ride it home...those belts are far tougher than Ducati gives them credit for. 

[toaster]

if it makes you feel any better, my bike (04 m800) was showing around 13k when the gauges quit working the last time and im still on the stock belts.  i check them all the time and they look fine.  i plan on replacing them sometime in the next year or so though.

[bluemoco]

Ride it home hell?  I'd ride it for something approaching 13000 mi. and change the belts.

But then of course that's me and YRMV.

LA

I feel the same way.

My 2004 M800 was 2 years old when I bought it, and it had 400 miles on it.  I soon had a 600 mile service done (without replacing the belts) and rode it without worry for another 1.5 years until I hit the 6000 mile service.  At 6k I had to have some cylinder head porting work done () and I had the belts replaced at that time.

After almost 4 years and 6k miles, the original timing belts in my Monster looked fine.  They probably could have gone another 6k, but I chose to replace them anyway.

[CETME]

Don't worry about it,

Ride it home. You'll be completely fine.

[ArcDeDucati]

Ride it home.  Don't be a girlymon. You'll be fine.

[trpletme]

For those who said "ride it home" Thanks!  Having never ridden a Duc before, I had no idea what to expect.  But, then again,that's the way the first you plant your a.. on anything.  137 mile ride home and it was a blast!  Compared to my '99 Thunderbird Sport. None...  The S2R rides better, seat is much more comfortable, handling: no comparison and it is allot of fun. It is absolutely beautiful to look at.  Course the wife was not to impressed when I told I had finally found the Monster I was going to buy. She doesn't understand why I need two bikes.  They (some)just Can't Understand Normal Thinking. But,what's normal? Not me......And I got my Monster!!!!!!
Thanks for input.       

[gh0stie]

sweet! enjoy!

where are the pics, man? sheesh

[trpletme]

As soon as I can. It's been raining all week...

[gregrnel]

Why do auto manufacturers recommend 5yrs./60K for the timing belts on a car? The duc belts are made of the same material, so why can't they get the same lifespan? Because Duc dealers want to take $3-500 out of your pocket every 2 years. I'm changing mine at 5 years, well actually 6 years as I will be doing it at the end of the riding season. I've talked to several non duc  bike and auto mechanics and they agree that the belts should be perfectly okay for at LEAST 5 years.