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Old 25-Mar-2006, 19:45
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Very bad man....

Today I set up my 800ss on the dyno, played with the Power Commander and got an extra 5-6bhp all the way from 4.5k to 8k which was nice & handy.

Now, I've been having a bloody bad week for one reason or another so, despite resolving to wait until 01/04, I went out on the bike to Teesdale via Barny to get some fresh air.

I'd forgotten how good a Ducati is when on song. My 800 might not be very fast (140 at best) but, between 70-115 it is awesomely quick, short-shifting at 6-6.5 it is very impressive and faster than my Triumph by a fair margin I reckon. It has loadsa grunt. I couldn't hammer along too fast on new tyres but, it was so easy tooling along at 110 down to Middleton and beyond. I can see this bike is gonna make me misbehave a bit. Roll on warm days and dry roads.....oh and the exhaust note and induction roar through the open airbox lid is to die for.



[Edited on 25-3-2006 by twpd]
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Old 26-Mar-2006, 09:43
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I culd only think of VPL when I saw the VBM headline

I didnt notice anything bad in the post at all - it read very well; Great work!!!

I look forward to seeing her/him being hammered around Croft sometime.

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Old 26-Mar-2006, 10:53
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Bad cos I was gratuitously busting the limits immediately I got on it.

VPL? Must have paper thin leathers!
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