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Hello

:sing: Register form -

Good grief that was like filling in a tax form but harder !

I have been reading message board for ages - you are all mad !

I am an older ( slow ) rider and have had my 851 for 8 years.
Wife wanted baby - I wanted 851 - negotiated settlement - bike now paid for - daughter still costing fortune - short straw anyone?
Have not been able to ride for a couple of years for medical reasons but am hoping to start again at end of July.

Have fired her up every 3 months or so but have been reading about belts going hard if left standing. ( Are they made from Viagra? ) Woods in Abergele have said not to ride her until belts are changed - Is this right ?

Welcome to the message board Philth....pint of Stella, with a gin and tonic, and a bailey's chaser please.

:devil:

Oh...and yes...after 2 years...I would get the belts changed whatever

[Edited on 26-6-2005 by Harv748]

All in the same glass?:barfy:

Welcome Phil a 851 classic bike, yep I would deffo change the belts first, sons are cheaper to:lol::lol:

Ah ill habe a guiness:D

[Edited on 26-6-2005 by Lee1980]

with blackcurrant?

:frog:

yep, get those belts changed ...

and at this hour I'll havea hot chocolate please ..... with a shot of JD ....

and welcome ...

Welcome Filthy

What part of the UK/World are you from?

Welcome on board, and with a proper ducati, too.............

Am from the Wirral ( Between Liverpool and Chester )

Love my 851 - Tried out a 916 but felt like I was hanging out over the front wheel. The 851 riding position is not as radical, and the sound of it gives me goosebumps still.

Have fitted high level Termigoni exhaust to improve looks / sound but have kept the standard pipes.

Tried out a Firestorm a while ago and thought it was a good bike and felt secure - got home and went out on the 851 , it felt like a 250 - really nimble compared to the Firestorm.

I can't imagine ever selling her - what else would you get for 2 thousand quid? :rolleye:

Two grand would buy you the biggest pipe od Smarties.............:bouncy::bouncy: