Ducati Riders

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by ayuluv@Oct 1 2005, 03:22 AM

haha.. sounds like ... me.. keke..

You're even worse lor, Phantom to Valkyrie Interstate!

[ayuluv]

Originally posted by nE0@Oct 1 2005, 03:31 AM

You're even worse lor, Phantom to Valkyrie Interstate!

eh... i got test ride @ carpark lo... biting point oso got use leh... haha...

[NoLogicOne]

Originally posted by Reddevil76@Sep 30 2005, 01:05 AM

Besides, I'm tired of hearing snide remarks about me riding a Duke...

Hey bro!!!

 

What I did MOST of the time is to directly told them the disadvantages of buying the duke, namely, the one which I own.......things like spare parts expensive, labour costs like mad, very hot to ride in town, sickening bike in traffic holdups, backaches, difficclt to U Turn, how the 04 and later Jap 600s are kicking my a55 on the straights even when they are newbie rider on track.

 

Common answer I get is "Then why you buy it???" And I would tell them it's a passion, and the desire to own and ride an Italian Marque for what the bike is as a whole. They would understand that they could never come on par for my passion for my Duke and stop naming me as "pouser", "Too much money", or whatever.....

 

Telling a Jap bike rider all the good things of our Italian toys seems to piss them off, thinking Italian bike riders are just plain stuck ups and showoffs. For such an experience, I recommend having a chat with Eug *cough* U know what I mean.

[redridinghood]

Originally posted by nE0@Oct 1 2005, 12:13 AM

Eh, using Ron's account again?

 

Anyways, I thought its more of your style to upgrade to something like an RS250 or RVF first... Going from a Mito to a 999 is quite a leap though...

ahaha.. lazy to delete post and log in using my own account la.. heh.. whenever u c ron's nick posting weird stuff it should b me..

 

was thinking of 250 at first.. buttt..... scared alot of probs cuz not many newer ones.. my bike so far in gd condition so think will just stick to it for the time being..

 

haha like the 999 cuz its italian.. and.. uncommon compared to some other cl2 bikes..

 

p.s u should c ron's face and hear wat he has to say when i said i was thinkin abt the 999.. he practically snorted in my face..

[redridinghood]

Originally posted by ayuluv@Oct 1 2005, 03:29 AM

haha... wah.. all fast fast upgradin ah...

the italians got hope le.. keke...

 

niwayz... all the way to ur 2A...

 

one shot one kill ok??

tks.. lolx.. if u dont c me posting here is the next few wks then the results are probably negative.. heh heh..

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by redridinghood@Oct 1 2005, 02:07 PM

haha like the 999 cuz its italian.. and.. uncommon compared to some other cl2 bikes..

 

p.s u should c ron's face and hear wat he has to say when i said i was thinkin abt the 999.. he practically snorted in my face..

Hmm, I think theres much more to it than that. But different people go different reasons for choosing their bikes, so I leave it to you.

[redridinghood]

lolx.. other reasons?? well.. mayb there's one or two..... heh.. *evil grinz*

[ayuluv]

Originally posted by redridinghood@Oct 1 2005, 02:11 PM

tks.. lolx.. if u dont c me posting here is the next few wks then the results are probably negative.. heh heh..

well.. dun tink of negative lah... juz do as per normal .. sure can make it de lo..

 

haha.. so dat means.. hope to c u post more soon rite? hhaha...

 

 

gd luck manz..

 

i mean gerz... haha...

[Guest Reddevil76]

Originally posted by NoLogicOne@Oct 1 2005, 01:32 PM

Hey bro!!!

 

What I did MOST of the time is to directly told them the disadvantages of buying the duke, namely, the one which I own.......things like spare parts expensive, labour costs like mad, very hot to ride in town, sickening bike in traffic holdups, backaches, difficclt to U Turn, how the 04 and later Jap 600s are kicking my a55 on the straights even when they are newbie rider on track.

 

Common answer I get is "Then why you buy it???" And I would tell them it's a passion, and the desire to own and ride an Italian Marque for what the bike is as a whole. They would understand that they could never come on par for my passion for my Duke and stop naming me as "pouser", "Too much money", or whatever.....

 

Telling a Jap bike rider all the good things of our Italian toys seems to piss them off, thinking Italian bike riders are just plain stuck ups and showoffs. For such an experience, I recommend having a chat with Eug *cough* U know what I mean.

No lah.. you and Ron got me wrong.

 

The snide remarks I get is from work... where riding a Duke is a conflict of interest.. haha..

[NoLogicOne]

Originally posted by redridinghood@Oct 1 2005, 02:07 PM

haha like the 999 cuz its italian.. and.. uncommon compared to some other cl2 bikes..

Consider the 749s...... I like it very much.....easier to be crazy with it and not get bitten as easily by the 999s

 

Sorry, I'm not riding a 749, but I'm hoping I get a chance in future.....

[NoLogicOne]

Originally posted by Reddevil76@Oct 1 2005, 10:26 PM

No lah.. you and Ron got me wrong.

 

The snide remarks I get is from work... where riding a Duke is a conflict of interest.. haha..

Well well.....work is work, passion is passion......you know I'm in RSAF, can't expect me to fly a chopper around town eh???

 

As long as you dun bad mouth your products without facts (though you still shouldn't, ha ha!!!), I think your boss have no rights to tell you what you wanna do with your money and life.......or you just make them feel stupid by saying "Oh, I bought this bike to find it's shortcomings over the Jap bikes so I can do my job better to promote our company's products....." That's good, so more ppl will buy Jap bikes, leaving us crazy Italian bike lovers alone

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by Reddevil76@Oct 1 2005, 10:26 PM

No lah.. you and Ron got me wrong.

 

The snide remarks I get is from work... where riding a Duke is a conflict of interest.. haha..

Just curious, what do you work as?

[Duke_Monster]

if i'm not wrong he works at mah motors rite? neo:i love vintage ducs...if i had no cash restrains as a NSF..(3 more mths to ORD LOH!!)..i'll do up my monster to sthm as close as this as possible !

but then again with sg's strict regulations...it's not gonna be possible !

 

 

ps:i'm sure some of u hav seen this bike...it was the winner of the "monster challenge USA" competition if i'm not wrong..

[-tRuSt-]

Originally posted by NoLogicOne@Oct 2 2005, 01:45 AM

Consider the 749s...... I like it very much.....easier to be crazy with it and not get bitten as easily by the 999s

 

Sorry, I'm not riding a 749, but I'm hoping I get a chance in future.....

wat u mean is the 749 is oso not a bad choice if we cant afford the 999 is it??? actually how much diff from the 999??? is the power n performance diff alot?

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by [-tRuSt-]@Oct 2 2005, 10:53 AM

wat u mean is the 749 is oso not a bad choice if we cant afford the 999 is it??? actually how much diff from the 999??? is the power n performance diff alot?

Its a case of less is more. It has the same chassis and geometry as the bigger 999s, but with slightly less power, so i'm sure the bike would be more fun to ride, esp on the track

 

The new 749Dark is a darn good deal.

[Kr0n]

espido: Hey are those front disc brakes rim-mounted?

[Guest nE0]

Looks more like he took off one brake disc.

 

The only Ducati with rim mounted brakes is the Multistrada.

[Duke_Monster]

yea neo's right he took it off...only for the photo-taking...looks asthetically better? notice the 2nd disc was there in all the pics..

 

http://www.ducatimonster.org/featured/2005...red-june05.html

[NoLogicOne]

Originally posted by nE0@Oct 2 2005, 03:31 PM

Its a case of less is more. It has the same chassis and geometry as the bigger 999s, but with slightly less power, so i'm sure the bike would be more fun to ride, esp on the track

 

The new 749Dark is a darn good deal.

Neo got it right in a nutshell.....a bike with a tad less power does train the rider with less fears.....and in the hands of an expert, the 749 should not run much slower than the 1000cc at a track like PG......I yet to see a 749 in PG. Anyone did???

 

I only know a fren of mine clock high 50s on his 748 (Only brake hoses and magnesium rims mod). Not very fast, but fast enuff to kick some 1000cc still. The feeling is like beating a 600cc using a PGM. I know this feeling.....the feeling of getting beaten Kana makan by a RVF and CBR400RR in PG for a few laps.....they (riders) are damn fast, riding their 400s to the max while I'm only tapping less than 50% of my bike.

[Guest nE0]

Hmm, off topic abit, you guys wanna try Apple Strudel at Bugis this Saturday? Quite a centralised place. If we're all cool i'll go and ask the manager whether we can get some good discounts, and reserve parking lot + tables for us.

[rotary79]

Originally posted by Reddevil76@Oct 1 2005, 10:26 PM

No lah.. you and Ron got me wrong.

 

The snide remarks I get is from work... where riding a Duke is a conflict of interest.. haha..

Think is time for you to give up your Duke for an Aprillia... Ha ha

 

ooppsss..

[ayuluv]

Originally posted by nE0@Oct 3 2005, 01:53 AM

Hmm, off topic abit, you guys wanna try Apple Strudel at Bugis this Saturday? Quite a centralised place. If we're all cool i'll go and ask the manager whether we can get some good discounts, and reserve parking lot + tables for us.

can gib d/c one meh?? my mummy used to buy kinda alot... but price still same wor...

[Guest nE0]

http://www.futurescootering.com/gallery/sepang/images/IMG_1349_jpg.jpg

 

What would I give to have a ride on one of these......

 

Interestingly, look at the lower right fairing, seems like the forward cylinder's exhaust ports are there, not routed to the underseat.

[Guest Reddevil76]

Originally posted by NoLogicOne@Oct 2 2005, 01:48 AM

Well well.....work is work, passion is passion......you know I'm in RSAF, can't expect me to fly a chopper around town eh???

 

As long as you dun bad mouth your products without facts (though you still shouldn't, ha ha!!!), I think your boss have no rights to tell you what you wanna do with your money and life.......or you just make them feel stupid by saying "Oh, I bought this bike to find it's shortcomings over the Jap bikes so I can do my job better to promote our company's products....." That's good, so more ppl will buy Jap bikes, leaving us crazy Italian bike lovers alone

Haha.. imagine going for dinner in a helicopter.

 

Well, true lah what you said... In fact, some who know that I ride a Duke, I'd tell them for a fact that the maintenance for a RSV is gonna be much lower.

 

In fact, sometimes I wish the Duke has something like the Aprilia (pneumatic clutch) or the TL1000R (back torque limiter).

 

Well, I've always wanted to ride a Duke since I got my license. So it's just kinda just to fulfill a wish before I get old. In time, maybe I'll change over to a Triumph if budget allows. Really smitten by the Thruxtons and Bonnevilles.

[ktkt]

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