Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ducati Hatred

[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

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by Wave

MY duke gets called a penis extention all the time

So what we could all do with a little more.lol

[Loz]

Originally Posted by Wave

MY duke gets called a penis extention all the time

People get that all back to front, you know.

A penis is simply a Ducati-substitute. No more, no less!

[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...