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« on: June 26, 2012, 07:37:37 PM »

Is Ducati making any consumer ready bikes with Dry Clutches anymore?
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2012, 08:44:05 PM »

  Streetfighter S, hyper 1100 S, last of the 1198's? Next year who knows if any will have a dry clutch.

 Never owning a dry clutch, I always wanted one so I could mod it out, I think it looks really cool and i feel it's the center piece to an already beautiful engine.
 The first time I herd one in person, clanging and jingling, almost louder that the exhaust, I thought to my self it sounds like something is broken, which my friend that was with me said something to that effect. Guess I wouldn't miss that so much.

 What will be next on the choping block? Will there be a time when a Ducati will just be the name and some red paint?
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2012, 09:15:19 PM »

  Streetfighter S, hyper 1100 S, last of the 1198's? Next year who knows if any will have a dry clutch.

 Never owning a dry clutch, I always wanted one so I could mod it out, I think it looks really cool and i feel it's the center piece to an already beautiful engine.
 The first time I herd one in person, clanging and jingling, almost louder that the exhaust, I thought to my self it sounds like something is broken, which my friend that was with me said something to that effect. Guess I wouldn't miss that so much.

 What will be next on the choping block? Will there be a time when a Ducati will just be the name and some red paint?

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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2012, 10:24:00 PM »

They can take the belts for all I care and fit gear driven cams, but I like the dry clutch.
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2012, 02:05:37 AM »

Plenty of famous Ducatis didn't have a trellis frame or a dry clutch.  It's only relative nostalgia to what you remember as being the identity of Ducati.

When fuel injection and disc brakes started becoming prevalent on Honda autos in the late 1980s die hard moaned and those changes as well.

Progress makes machines obsolete which makes it increasingly apparent of our own mortality.
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2012, 02:11:49 AM »

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« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2012, 02:34:26 AM »

They can take the belts for all I care and fit gear driven cams, but I like the dry clutch.

Maybe some sort of bevel drive, that would be something special.
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« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2012, 02:40:43 AM »

Maybe some sort of bevel drive, that would be something special.
They were 'special' alright.  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2012, 05:26:04 AM »

 waytogo I love gear driven cams! I fitted them to my LeMans and to my FXDX Harley. And of course, MV's had them as standard. I wish Ducati's had them as well!
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2012, 05:34:15 AM »

waytogo I love gear driven cams! I fitted them to my LeMans and to my FXDX Harley. And of course, MV's had them as standard. I wish Ducati's had them as well!

they do on the Desmosedici and the 1199
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« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2012, 05:39:28 AM »

Ducati didn't invent the 90 degree twin, the desmo valve, the dry clutch or the trellis frame.

If anything, it has been a 50/50 proposition for them to market those things as "religion".. because it has stifled creativity and development.

Guzzi had dry clutches before Ducati did.  Benz had desmo valves on some of their earliest cars. 

Let them innovate.  I'd love to see what they could do with a parallel twin, or even a triple.  They made a triple in the 1950s (it was a diesel water pump). 

They made their bread and butter off springhead singles for nearly 30 years.
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« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2012, 06:14:37 AM »

  Streetfighter S, hyper 1100 S, last of the 1198's? Next year who knows if any will have a dry clutch.

 Never owning a dry clutch, I always wanted one so I could mod it out, I think it looks really cool and i feel it's the center piece to an already beautiful engine.
 The first time I herd one in person, clanging and jingling, almost louder that the exhaust, I thought to my self it sounds like something is broken, which my friend that was with me said something to that effect. Guess I wouldn't miss that so much.

 What will be next on the choping block? Will there be a time when a Ducati will just be the name and some red paint?

I ride with a few guys who have older Ducatis and a couple of them have open clutches.  I've heard a couple people tell these guys that there is something wrong with their bikes at some point or another.  I like the looks and the sound, I get that, but at the same time I have to say I'm completely satisfied with the wet clutch on my bike.
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« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2012, 06:27:52 AM »

If you're not racing and dont need access to the clutch without draining... from a practical perspective I believe the wet clutch is the better option. If you're riding a Ducati though... aside from wanting a quality motorbike you obviously also appreciate the attention a Ducati gets which a dry clutch would increase. They look cool, they confuse people and people who know bikes are fascinated by them. Therein lies the appeal.
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« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2012, 06:36:30 AM »

so.... What makes a Ducati a Ducati?  Huh?
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« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2012, 07:25:00 AM »

so.... What makes a Ducati a Ducati?  Huh?

Let's see ... No sealant on the left engine cover, radiator hose blew off, front plug wire
Fell off.  And don't forget the flaking rockers, the fly molded into the gas tank or the infamous
'flip the switch when the broken tail light bulb kills the entire electrical system'. 

Must be the Italian charm.
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