twpd
25-Mar-2006, 19:45
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. :D 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.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/niw_uk1964/files/800ss250306-1.jpg
[Edited on 25-3-2006 by twpd]
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. :D 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.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/niw_uk1964/files/800ss250306-1.jpg
[Edited on 25-3-2006 by twpd]