Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > whats your worst ever bike.

[DAVE HARRIS]

Like john my worst bike was a t110 triumph. It used to leave a trail of bits behind it and an oil slick, the clutch dragged when in and slipped when out, it blew head gaskets with monotonous regularity (possibly because it had had been tuned by a moron) handled like a pig and took half a mile to stop from 30mph.
Mind you due to my impoversihed state when younger I have had an amazing number of sheds, a nsu quickly moped (siezed due to my inability to get to grips with a twist grip gear change 3rd to 1st at max speed), my mothers puch maxi moped (touched the pedal down and rode throu a wood), a triumph t140 which was so highly tuned it used eat barrells every 1500 miles and bottom ends at least once a year, a honda cbx 1000 with 3 gears (rebuilt it with a replacement gearbox and the b*stard snapped its cam chain all 24 valves bent, had the crank reconitioned by a firm in the north at the same time, rebullt it and the shells they supplied had incorrect clearences stripped and rebuilt again and sold on) I could go on and on but I would end up in an asylum.

dave

Has anyone else noticed that ducati owners who have ridden heaps think they are reliable and owners who previously had hondas etc think they are unreliable??