Frank's new track "butter knife"

[Slide Panda]

Shims are more costly? Or?

[Speeddog]

Shims are more costly? Or?

Yes, and the original dealer procedure required head removal.

They're a tapered collet style on the closers, not half rings

[tocino]

I'd hit it like an epileptic blacksmith! 

i'm having a little trouble picturing this
please explain the concept in detail
(with pics if possible)
 

Yes, I am confused too. Are you saying if you were an epileptic blacksmith you would hit it, or you find epileptic blacksmiths appealing and would like to "hit" one? Or do you not like blacksmiths with epilepsy?
And this isn't a Harley site, so I'm not sure where smithing comes in at all. I thought Ducati frames were all chromoly and/or aluminum?

[ducFrank]

I pretty much agree with what Randy said about track bikes.

But a 749S at that price ... I'd hit it like an epileptic blacksmith! 

I've seen this in that movie Miss March... painfull...

[ducati culture]

where the heck are the pictures.... 

[venomousr1993]

could have bought my bike and been riding it right now

[Slide Panda]

Someone was playing to villain and riding his bike around the hood. Sounds bad ass...

[ducFrank]

where the heck are the pictures.... 

Pics must have expired... uploading more

[ducFrank]

Someone was playing to villain and riding his bike around the hood. Sounds bad ass...

Did a few laps with the fairings off to test the clutch and get a sence of the riding position, etc...

OMG!!!

...I finished...