Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > 749 dark-any good?

[Nick Pavey]

Have u seen the 749 finance deals on at the moment mate? Ducati pay £500 of your deposit,launched it a couple of weeks after i financed mine

Saw a dark outside Harrods recently and have to say it looks awesome in the flesh,on a par,and maybe a bit more,than/with my gloss black 749.

[KeefyB]

Drop a line to KB,....not me,the better looking one.
Marko and I had a little chat with her about a 749 Dark.She was'nt convinced at first,but now I think we can safely say,..."told you so!"
Great bikes,... and very underated.

[misterpink]

Originally Posted by KeefyB

Drop a line to KB,....not me,the better looking one.
Marko and I had a little chat with her about a 749 Dark.She was'nt convinced at first,but now I think we can safely say,..."told you so!"
Great bikes,... and very underated.

can't find a KB on the board. I think the resale is going to be rubbish, but if i hold on to it for 3 years and buy cheap enough the 3 years of fun will be worth it - i am on my second 748 now and fancy a change - multistrada is also possible but every secondhand one i have seen has got rusty fixings where the disc bolts to the wheel which puts me off - cheap fixings ! the MS 620 is different and weathers better by the look of it.

[900MAN]

KB is kwikbitch.

++++ Go for it, I love my 999 and I'm sure you would enjoy the 749 in any variety.
Put it this way, I bought my 999 secondhand a few months back and already fancy getting a 999s, very addictive machines IMHO

[bolds]

I think it makes good sense-you can get the panels laquered (did that on a Monster Dark) and they look great.
Also heard there are deals on new ones at the moment at around £7000

[Twinfan]

Is the LC/RC "Left compression, right rebound"? i.e. one adjust on each? My 749S has rebound and compression on each fork.

The '06 model does have the new swingarm and the '05 will have the old cast type.

I think the base 749 (and therefore the Dark too) are fairly stall free. The S and R have more agressive cams which seem to contribute to the problem.

Differences between the 749 and Dark are obviously cosmetic and the quality of the forks. I'd go for the 749 purely for the forks. I chose the 749S over the base model for the higher quality suspension, even though I'm a pure road rider.

[Nick Pavey]

Now i was told by Will @ Moto Rapido the s and base have exactly the same suspension,bar the gold nitride coating on the S,and the 1 degree rake adjustment on the front forks.

[misterpink]

[quote=Twinfan]Is the LC/RC "Left compression, right rebound"? i.e. one adjust on each? My 749S has rebound and compression on each fork.

Mmmmmm - now that is interesting ! and weird, not sure if i like that idea as i like a trackday or two and my 748 suspension was set up by moto louigi and i did notice a big difference. I was wondering what the front fork difference was.

[moto748]

Originally Posted by misterpink

can't find a KB on the board. I think the resale is going to be rubbish, but if i hold on to it for 3 years and buy cheap enough the 3 years of fun will be worth it - i am on my second 748 now and fancy a change - multistrada is also possible but every secondhand one i have seen has got rusty fixings where the disc bolts to the wheel which puts me off - cheap fixings ! the MS 620 is different and weathers better by the look of it.

With respect:
I can't believe anyone would be put off a bike because of corroded disc bolts!

If it bothers you, then a few stainless bolts would cost pennies relative to the cost of the bike. Anyway, I doubt the disc fixings are much different between different Ducati models.

That's like dismissing a second-hand car because the ashtrays were full!


PS I think the KB referred to is kwikbitch, or some such.

[galaxy]

The standard 749 nor the dark either one have adjustable rake. The 1 deg adjustment is only on the S/R. The stalling issue is also only on the '04 and older bikes from my research. I'd bet you could get a VERY clean used '05 749 for the price of a brand new dark. Might could even find a S if you were patient and looked hard enough.