Hi

[Screwy]

Hi guys just a quick hello .

Well after many years away from biking ive finally decided to get another . After looking at a shed load of Japanese techno marvels and being totally underwhelmed :puzzled: I thought back to to the fun i had in the early 80,s on a Ducati SD900 sport , To cut a long story short I ended up buying a 900 Superlight :cool: its arriving Tuesday cant wait :D

[webbyc]

Welcome and enjoy your duke, you made the right choice. Not sure who the regional organiser is in Yorkshire, but I'm sure you'll know soon enough.

[keefer]

good choice mate and welcome to the club.
my first ducati was a 900ss couldn't quit stretch to the SL
Enjoy your new found friend

[Ian900SLV]

Welcome mate,
Good choice of bike, be sure to post some pics when you get it, nice to see another SL owner on the board
Ian

[Iconic944ss]

Well done Sir....good choice.

Get signed up for your membership and come out and to play on track sometime - you know you want to :devil:

Welcome on board !

Frank

[SSTU]

Welcome to the board and welcom to the ss/sl side of things. You will find this site very helpfull should you have any probs and Frank is a bottomless pit of information.
Iv just got back on the board after a long break but the spring is here and its time to start haveing a bit of fun.
Check out the North west Mega Meet in the DSC Events section.

[Iconic944ss]

Cheers Stu....thanks to some sort of flu at the moment, I just feel plain bottomless actually :o

But yes - just check out the posts in the 'SS' section and there are always things to keep you amused for hours....

p.s. Compulsory reading is all posts by Nelly and Shaazam - you will be tested later - LOL.

Good luck - Frank

[Screwy]

Well the bike was dropped off Thursday :cool:

But unfortunately the previous owner broke the top sidestand mounting lug when he hit a pothole (it was in a trailer) :( He knocked £100 of the price though and it was easily fixed with a small bracket using a rather handily placed spare threaded hole so i bought it anyway . Is the sidestand a weakness on modern Duke's , or am i just unlucky ?

Ps. I,ll post a few pics if it ever stops raining :rolleyes:

[andys 900ss]

A very warm welcome from me too, Screwy.

I cant say I've heard of anyone having problems with the side stand. Mine seems to hold well as I'm always sitting on the bike with the stand down pretending to be Rossi:lol:

I like the idea of it returning automatically that I'm trying to modify my jap track bike to do the same.

Enjoy

Andy

[ali]

Welcome to the board Screwy! Just covered another 270 miles on my superlight today with the BHC rideout (bunch of slave-drivers!) and loved every minute of it. :D:D:D

I know they're just a lightly modified SS, but for me the difference is worth having. The SS engine is a (lumpy) gem capable of keeping up with supposedly much quicker rice-rockets, and the handling seems unflappable despite being thrown at some bloody horrible surfaces! I love mine, and she seems to love being caned all the time. As I rode back today I could only think 'she's a keeper'.:D

Cheers,

Ali

[Ian900SLV]

Couldn`t have put it better myself Ali, think you just summed up SL ownership, and mine too is a keeper:D:D:D:D

[Derek]

Originally posted by Screwy
Well the bike was dropped off Thursday :cool:

But unfortunately the previous owner broke the top sidestand mounting lug when he hit a pothole (it was in a trailer) :( He knocked £100 of the price though and it was easily fixed with a small bracket using a rather handily placed spare threaded hole so i bought it anyway . Is the sidestand a weakness on modern Duke's , or am i just unlucky ?

Ps. I,ll post a few pics if it ever stops raining :rolleyes:

Congratulations on the new bike Screwy, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
My SS had had the sidestand broken off and the repair made in the way you describe before I got it. I have heard of this repair being done elsewhere but I don't think it is very common. I can take a pic of it for you if you need to see how it goes together.

[Screwy]

Thanks Derek , its all sorted now and seems fine

http://www.screwcutter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/duk3.jpg

I might just skim a couple of millimetre of the back of the stand casting though as the stand is a tad close to the gearchange lever though it does'nt seem to catch when changing gear .

And for any thats interested here's the bike in full


http://www.screwcutter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/duk1.jpg

and another


http://www.screwcutter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/duk2.jpg

Btw ignore the 944 decals they will be going sometime in the future as the previous owner assure's me its a standard engine , just ashame there laquered over :(

[Edited on 29-3-2005 by Screwy]