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For a lot of years I would never recommend a Ducati to anyone. I figured if you had to be convinced to buy one, you shouldn't. And if you were already truly bitten, nothing I said would matter anyway, so why bother? ;-) There are quite a few horror stories out there about them. Some deserved...

Too much????

In '91 when I bought my 907, Ducati was relatively unknown. Multiple people asked me who made it while they were staring at the tank... which had "DUCATI" written on it in two inch tall letters. Even some guys who knew about Ducati were surprised they were still in business. From the AMA's...

I've got some Brembo parts floating around if I want to get real serious about braking... ;-)

Since I had been away from the track for about 20 years I decided to start over in the novice group. The track was wet in the morning so the more experienced riders I was with sat out the first session or two. But I'm out there buzzing around, catching people, and I start to think... either I'm...

Yep. The RSV wasn't ready so the 851 stepped in. Wet track, 30 year old bike, first time on the track in ages, what could possibly go wrong??? (Nothing did)

I had a 996 Monoposto. Absolute worst streetbike I've ever owned. I kept it for 17 years and it's the only Ducati I regret selling. These things defy logic... I bought an '91 851 Strada. Drove five hours into Canada to get it. Maybe a month later I found an SP2 for about what I had into the...

I was trying to do a free body diagram in my head to work out how different a drum would be to a caliper, but I keep getting distracted (aka I'm retired and lazy now) so figured I'd just post a question instead. ;-) Thanks for all the comments. I keep going back and forth between wanting to...

Motorcycles? Yeah, I suppose you could say I've had an interest over the years. I really did name my dog "Desmo".... I was a little touched from about 1990-2020 but have turned it down a few notches since then. This was my garage a couple years ago, and I have always had a couple projects in...

A question for the masses... Is putting a drum brake on the front of a Schwinn Typhoon a recipie for disaster, or is the fork sturdy enough to take it? The pessimist in me envisions a shuddering front end under braking, but I'm no expert on this stuff. The fork in question:

I bought a Rockhopper Comp back in 1988 when I used to be a bike mechanic. I had just been out in Aspen with my previous bike and decided it's frame was too big so I sold that and picked up this. I then got a new job shortly after and never rode in the mountains again... and in fact stopped...

I had to go back and look at the pics to see what clued you in. First off, it's not a desmo. But it IS a Ducati. A somewhat condensed version of the story; YEARS ago, when the chopper craze was huge and everyone was building huge, over tired, over engined, over priced, under braked POS "bikes"...

Oh man, a build contest. Cue flashbacks to a guitar forum I used to frequent and the annual build challenge there. I entered a few. And in a few weeks I'll be putting the motorcycles away for the year so will have a little more time on my hands... Yeah, that might work. Though it won't be an...

Greetings, New guy here. When I write intros on forums they're typically very short or very long... and I'm guessing this one will drone on so here we go. In high school I started working as a mechanic in a Schwinn shop, and worked there for about ten years. Then I got a job in another...