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Lightcycle said:
If you're not going off-road, cast wheels are lighter. Are your spoked wheels tubed or tubeless?
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True for bicycles, and motorcycles fitted with tubed spoke rims and steel rings (cruisers, heritage designs).

Scrambers and Vstrom laced wheels are tubeless with aluminum hoops, the solid types are are cast aluminum with heave hoop and spoke webs. Laced are a bit lighter.
 
mimico_polak said:
Yes.

It got sold. I reached out…still sold.

Kept on Kijiji and FBMP and saw the accessories getting posted by new owner. Next day bike shows up, and a video on owners FB of her dropping it. Thankfully she installed sliders and they took all of the drop.

So I emailed her, got a deal and picked up and registered today. Insurance tomorrow. Bike is at a friends house as I have no space in the garage so hopefully it’ll be fine until tomorrow.
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That's awesome.
Totally adds to the character of the bike.

How did she manage to film herself dropping the bike?
 
Congrats on that beautiful new ride. I have to agree with other and say stick with the spoked wheels, that was a main factor in my decision when I considered the HD PAS.
 
mimico_polak said:
And here come the doubts….was the Icon the right call? Should I have gone with the 821 instead? DAMNIT.

Heated grips are Ducati and apparently in the menu on the dash. I reached out to owner before the lady I bought it from.
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It should not be too hard to figure out. I have the Ducati heated grips as well.

Just play around with the dash.

There is no perfect bike. You made the right choice.
 
mimico_polak said:
And here come the doubts….
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Ha! I'm in the same boat, but there is no perfect bike, just the perfect bike for right now...
I am sure you'll love it once you riding it, I felt the same way with my choice, but riding it changed my mind. While a VERY different experience to what I am used to it was nice to see I'm still adaptable and can learn and change..
 
You'll love it. Don't mess with it. Don't be tempted to put a pile of accessories on it. Maybe a 14t countershaft sprocket to make it easier to ride in urban settings.
Just ride it. :)
 
Wingboy said:
You'll love it. Don't mess with it. Don't be tempted to put a pile of accessories on it. Maybe a 14t countershaft sprocket to make it easier to ride in urban settings.
Just ride it. :)
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Going 14/39 seems like the trick on my monster. But, I read that the scramblers come with pretty aggressive sprockets already, 15/46 or near that.
 
Congrats ... I guess I got you hooked on a bike of the same year and colour too huh? :)
 
Wind Shear said:
Going 14/39 seems like the trick on my monster. But, I read that the scramblers come with pretty aggressive sprockets already, 15/46 or near that.
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If the motor handles a 90 deg right turn in second gear without stumbling, it's fine. They usually don't. Ducati gears the bikes high to keep sound levels low.
 
LBV said:
Congrats ... I guess I got you hooked on a bike of the same year and colour too huh? :)
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Yes! Honestly it wasn't even on the radar at the start of this thread...and then you did your 'shameless plug' post and I started digging and digging.

Will see how it goes. Just need to find some time to ride it and get used to it. Will check the battery tonight/tomorrow for voltage.

Just got it insured so it's ready to roll.
 
mimico_polak said:
And here come the doubts….was the Icon the right call? Should I have gone with the 821 instead? DAMNIT.

Heated grips are Ducati and apparently in the menu on the dash. I reached out to owner before the lady I bought it from.
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I have always found doubts following every bike purchase. You did your homework, you made your call -- start taking that thing out so you can fall deeper in love with it. You've had the Honda romance, now you're going to get the Ducati romance.

So forget about the doubts, go for a romp then report back your smiles per gallon.
 
Mad Mike said:
I have always found doubts following every bike purchase.
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True words ... I may eventually start another thread (ya know to join the ballers club) but I traded in the Scrambler 800 Icon that MP test rode and my Scrambler 1100 Sport on a new Monster thinking a water-cooled engine has got to be cooler than an air-cooled one, right? The heat was my biggest gripe on both bikes.

WRONG!

But I've learned to spread my knees out a bit as I ride (I'm used to hugging the tank trapping all that heat against my legs) and to stand up every now & then and the bike's an absolute riot that no regrets now ... and I'm still in the break-in stage keeping the revs below 6,000 rpm.
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