Buddy had a Thruxton years ago. Beautiful bike but said it was horribly uncomfortable on anything over an hour.
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5k limit....what would YOU get?
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bigpoppa
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yeah, gorgeous, but those clipons dont look comfortable
What does M have to do with anything lol?
If you mean trails like the Ganny, yes. But you would need a green plate and insurance. Trials bikes are more people friendly than a pure dirt bike. The tires aren't knobbies that leave a scar and they are a lot quieter. They are NOT trail bikes.A year ago or so @Trials said I could come by and check it out...but COVIDI assume these can be ridden on normal trails but can't be overly comfortable over extended periods as the whole 'no seat' thing.
And I'm not sure if there any left, but Lang's was selling new TW150s at $3500. You can get an optional seat for them also.
So much misinformation about Ducati belts and valves. Horror stories about engines self destructing. Lol. They are always the same."i checked my belts after 30k and they were a little loose, so i snugged them up......boom".
"I couldn't get the timing mark exactly the same, but it was close.....boom".
"I looked at my belts, they weren't worn.....boom".
"I couldn't get the timing mark exactly the same, but it was close.....boom".
"I looked at my belts, they weren't worn.....boom".
Something like this thing?
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Relax
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Worth reading, along with all his other blog postings:
Ducati timing belt failures and replacement intervals
. I thought I’d do a piece about belts as there’s a thread going on MS at the moment with responses from people who weren’t there when t...
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Interesting read. (but nothing new) I change mine every 2 or 3 years. And thoroughly inspect the belt rollers/tensioners.I use the allen key/twist method for tension. I have checked tension with a tuner app and it's always spot on. The only special tool i have is a crankshaft turning device.Worth reading, along with all his other blog postings:
Ducati timing belt failures and replacement intervals
. I thought I’d do a piece about belts as there’s a thread going on MS at the moment with responses from people who weren’t there when t...
To the op, is this going to replace your bike or be a second one?
When I was shopping, some gravel riding was on my wishlist, and several people recommended a KLR or Vstrom. Distance touring and commuting ruled in a different bike for me, but either would have been a fun ride
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When I was shopping, some gravel riding was on my wishlist, and several people recommended a KLR or Vstrom. Distance touring and commuting ruled in a different bike for me, but either would have been a fun ride
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I find it a LOT EASIER to "do" ducati valves than any shim on/under bucket setup.
There is nothing special about the belts on a Ducati, other than the price.
Timing belts are a fairly normal thing. Screw up the valve timing on an "interference" motor and... YEAH... you're bouncing valves off the top of your pistons. True for your Desmo doooouchie or your '86 K car.
I think the reputation came from the Bevels.
on a normal motor, if you screw up the valve timing, you have to turn the motor 720 degrees (at most) to get back to where you were.
On the early bevels, if you screwed up the timing you might have to turn the motor 12 crank shaft rotations to get all the dots on all the gears to line up.
If you changed the cam, you had to shim the bevel gears, so they line up. There's three shim stacks on each cam drive.
A modern rubber ducky has none of this, and it's not THAT complicated.
Shims in motors of that era are pretty common . Norton, Guzzi, Triumphs, Yamaha and BSA all have shims in their motors (I'm sure others did but I am familiar with these motors). Pretty well every motor before 1970 had vertically split cases, so you HAD to do something to account for heat expansion and it was cheaper/easier to shim the case than try to machine all those parts to a tolerance that wasn't really possible at the time.
Again... it's NOT that complicated. Just SOLID 1950 technology.
But I'm fairly sure EVERY Ducati tech wants you think it's that complicated.
Norton had a "desmo" motor in 1927, 40 years before Ducati.
Lot's of people are afraid of Norton motors.
A Briggs & Stratton 5 HP lawn mower motor is more complicated. The Norton was designed in 1947, the Briggs was designed in the 1970s... and it shows.
Sold my last bike in 2019. Looking for a new toy. I've considered the VERSYS and VSTROM but just didn't do it for me.
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Trials
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I ride all day no problem. ymmvA year ago or so @Trials said I could come by and check it out...but COVID
selling one in the spring for 5k, it's already spoken for.
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Are there any tricks if you plan to put your bike to sleep for a while (eg. back off tension if you are parking for a few years), or is it just replace before you fire it if it's more than a few years old.
Hookers and blow are not on the list?
There really isn't a lot of tension on the belts when cold. They tighten up a lot when the engine heats up. So much so, that i found the vertical cylinder on my track only Duc was too tight because with track bodywork you lose the ductwork to that cylinder.I replaced the belts on it every year.
When i buy an MTS V4 i won't miss belts changes
bigpoppa
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For 5K? That's not much of a party.
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