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[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

[antonye]

The funniest thing for me was going into my local dealer (before it closed!) and ordering some simple parts which they had in stock - shear bolt, seat pins, those kinds of things.

There was a guy in there picking up some parts for his Kwak (it was a dual dealer) and was signing a receipt for over £150, for not much really.

They rang up my parts and it came to about £3.

He looked astounded and said "I thought Ducatis were expensive!"

I just laughed politely and walked off.

The thing with Jap bikes is that they need servicing half as often, but cost twice as much when it does need doing. The average Jap bike owner never sees this because they don't put enough miles on it or keep it long enough to reach the big services. They are very much a consumable bike - throw it away when you're done - and don't get kept and cherished like a Ducati does.

Obviously there are exceptions, but you're more likely to find that Ducatis are owned for many years compared to one-or-two years for a Jap bike before it gets replaced by This Year's Superbike.

[Jools]

I wouldn't turn my nose up at a Japanese bike, I've owned them before and may even own them again one day. I would love a Gixer 750 (probably my favourite), wouldn't mind a big retro naked like a CB1300 or GSX1400, so I don't see myself as being superior to owners of Jap bikes.

It's just that once I'd ridden my first Ducati I was totally smitten and have been ever since. I might get my leg over a little Japanese number one day, but my smouldering Italian beauty still makes me go all goose pimply...

Time for a cold shower I think....NURSE...

[Sharpy G]

let the non-believers hate ! that what I say
I've always had Jap stuff before the duke,
RD50, AR125, 125LC, 350LC, 250LC, 350YPVS, CBR600, R6 & now the 749R

some love 'em.....guess most are on here LOL
some pooh pooh 'em......I'm just content in the knowledge that they obviously never rode one !

whenever I get to ride my Duke it makes me happy, thats enuff for me !!

no harm in being a little more exclusive either ! LOL

[fil2]

Originally Posted by antonye

The funniest thing for me was going into my local dealer (before it closed!) and ordering some simple parts which they had in stock - shear bolt, seat pins, those kinds of things.

There was a guy in there picking up some parts for his Kwak (it was a dual dealer) and was signing a receipt for over £150, for not much really.

They rang up my parts and it came to about £3.

He looked astounded and said "I thought Ducatis were expensive!"

I just laughed politely and walked off.

The thing with Jap bikes is that they need servicing half as often, but cost twice as much when it does need doing. The average Jap bike owner never sees this because they don't put enough miles on it or keep it long enough to reach the big services. They are very much a consumable bike - throw it away when you're done - and don't get kept and cherished like a Ducati does.

Obviously there are exceptions, but you're more likely to find that Ducatis are owned for many years compared to one-or-two years for a Jap bike before it gets replaced by This Year's Superbike.

6k service on the r1 = 160 quid approx......12k service = 160 quid approx ..valves checked at 20k miles..

Dont know where you got your figures from..?....

[antonye]

Originally Posted by fil2

6k service on the r1 = 160 quid approx......12k service = 160 quid approx ..valves checked at 20k miles..

Dont know where you got your figures from..?....

...and the price for the 20K service is.... ?

[Mr C]

Well i wouldnt have anything else

[Carbon749]

I've had 5 Ducati so far, all super bikes all post 1997 models. Only break down has been a snapped throttle cable on my first 748BP, thank fully this went on the yard before I went out for a blast.

I've had 2 x 749 (S & R), both have had niggling work done under warranty, but, neither let me down at the side of the road.

OK, Ducati have quirks and I accept these as the "price" to pay for owning an Itallian Superbike.

I'd rather put up with the the odd quirk and enjoy the reaction of the public and other bikers when ever I park up.

Before I got in to Ducati's I had a very nice, very clean Kwak ZX6. No matter how much I cleaned it or cared for it, I would be only 1 of dozens of ZX6 at any bike meet.

I pull up on the 749r and there may be 1 or 2 other Ducati's.

I like that kind of exclusivity.

[Fiver]

mine is my first bike.
Right on cue, it broke just after i got it and now i am kinda paranoid it will break down and i tend to guestimate odd rattles and noises in pound notes.

I have considered swapping it in for some kind of jap bike, and ive even been to look at a few.

However..i have resisted.

i love the way it sounds, i love the nice comments i get when its parked or i draw up on it, or how people quiety hang around until it starts up.
Its weird cos its not a superbike or one of the prettiest ducatis - its a 97 ss.

In a perfect world i would love a 749 and when i win the lottery i will get one.
The servicing still scares me, mostly with a bigger engined bike.
But as with any transport i own i am willing to learn how it works and do stuff myself.
I think if you have half a brain and a toolkit, youre silly not to learn about it when dealers are up in the £40-50 an hour region.

Cy