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[Jools]

Originally Posted by gasmanrus

i guess there are just alot of uninformed riders out there...

Probably because there are lot of uninformed, lazy journalists out there who keep perpetuating the myth that Ducatis are unreliable and that they have **** electrics - the reg/rec situation was sorted years ago but I think that the Journos still have a bunch of stock phrases that get trotted out as a pavlovian response to the word Ducati.

I've got two bikes - and between them they've only let me down (to the point where I just couldn't get the bike to start) once in around 30,000 miles - that was a flat battery that was my own stupid fault for not plugging the Optimate in.

I have had two minor electrical problems that have caused the bike to die while out riding, one on each bike. One was a dodgy relay connection on my ST that was fine after it had been cleaned up by KeefyB's thumbnail, the other was a fuse terminal connector (for the fuel pump) that had worked its way loose and was only making intermittent contact. Neither of these breakdowns took much more than an hour or so to fix by the side of the road and in fact both times these breakdowns took place right outside a pub so we had chance to neck a couple of beers while doing the repairs.

[Loz]

There's plenty of doumentary evidence (photos) of both the ease in which Jools' T8 was fixed and the fact that said breakdown's are most likely to happen outside a pub.
There's photos of beer being consumed, too (yeah, like you needed evidence of THAT!).

[fil2]

they ARE expensive to run/service keep on the road compared to a jap bike.....and lets be honest alot of distate from Ducati owners is directed to people that own jap bikes...........................you/we/them whoever are as guilty as brand hatred as the jap owners.................

i should know LOL..i am now a Jap bike owner.................

[jeff st4s]

My Bmw is not far behind in the running costs, but at least it's a twin and not one of those 4 cylinder things!

[Wave]

Ive had 3 Jap bikes before i got the ducati, but it seems everything has to be compared when you have a duke.
its always Jap bike vs duke.

[jeff st4s]

My st4s ain't perfect but I don't care.
My BM is more comfortable, better panniers, better protection, pulls easier from lower revs and far quieter in the wind noise stakes.
But the Duke makes me happy every time I ride it.
I don't care about other bikes, they may have bigger willy extensions attatched to them, but at the end of the day they don't sound like my bike.

[Wave]

MY duke gets called a penis extention all the time

[ali]

Originally Posted by Wave

Ive had 3 Jap bikes before i got the ducati, but it seems everything has to be compared when you have a duke.
its always Jap bike vs duke.

Very true. I long for the days of my first 900ss, I remember with absolute clarity the day I picked up my 916, I love my current 900sl (especially the rear 3/4 view), and the little DD racer is an almost perfect trackbike.

I had a zx6r for 18 months, it was great, but all I remember was that it was bloody quick and built like a pizza box.....

If I need to spank a jap bike then I'll hire one for a day or two, but for the moment I'm a feeling seriously italian.

Ali

[ricco749s]

I say...just ignore the uninformed and quietly enjoy riding something that is a little more special than the mass-produced alternatives. If they don't want to listen, one has to merely feel sorrow rather than frustration! You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, as they say...

[webbyc]

Originally Posted by ricco749s

I say...just ignore the uninformed and quietly enjoy riding something that is a little more special than the mass-produced alternatives. If they don't want to listen, one has to merely feel sorrow rather than frustration! You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, as they say...

Very profound Richard