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Re: Ducati
Reply #30 - Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 9:55pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 5:44pm:

aquascoot wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2022 at 6:27am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 21^st, 2022 at 8:27pm:

aquascoot wrote on Mar 20^th, 2022 at 7:19pm:

i have owned lots of bikes.

honda, yamaha , suzuki and kawasakis.

they are all bulletproof and a joy to own.

i would never by a bike from anyone but the japanese

I've had Honda, Triumphs and a Harley.
Rode a Ducati.

The Ducati was smooth, refined, sounded beautiful.
Honda was ......... a honda.
Trumpy was great fun.
Harley was a serious mans bike.

Best bike I had was a Harry Quinn.

Which Honda did you have sprint

CB750, lovely revver.
Bit heavy, smooth

I rebuilt a Honda CB 750 -
that included a rebore and oversize pistons.
It was a fun bike to ride although it had nowhere near
the power of the Kawasaki H2 750 that I had.
In fact my Kawasaki H1 500 was quicker than the CB 750.
But - you could easily get 100,000 miles
out of a CB 750 motor - they were bulletproof.
Many are still on the road to this day after nearly 50 years.

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Re: Ducati
Reply #31 - Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 10:39pm

I rode a mates custom Harley with a 2200 CC engine. That thing had so much grunt off the line in first gear with a long wheelbase no wheelie dramas it would leave everything off the mark. A seriously fast bike with no handling or brakes to match the power.

Older bikes are probably better for most to play with. Modern bikes have too much electronics for ABS engine modes wheelie control etc you need specialised electronic scanners to diagnose problems.

I am seriously considering a new GSXR 1000 i would have to take it out to Eastern Creek. If you're happy to ride at speed limit on way home you know you have done enough laps. If you're speeding on way home you should have done more laps.

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Reply #32 - Apr 20^th, 2022 at 12:44am

A V12 motorbike. Shocked

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Homebuilt Kawasaki 2300cc V-12 Motorcycle | WILD FILE

Mad scientistic Allen Millyard keeps grafting more displacement and cylinders together. This siamesed 2300cc Kawasaki V-12 motorcycle his his latest wild ride.

The 41-year-old nuclear research engineer from Berkshire, west of London, has good reason to be pleased with his unique, hand-built machine. At first glance it looks almost like a standard version of the gigantic KZ1300 six that Kawasaki released in 1978/1979 in the rush toward ever larger and more powerful superbikes. But this particular machine is considerably bigger; it includes two complete KZ1300 cylinder blocks grafted together to make a 70-degree V-12.

If you know anything about Millyard and his history of building bikes, especially old-style Kawasakis with more than their original number of cylinders, the V-12 Kawasaki won't come as a complete surprise. After starting this wacky process by creating Honda V-twins using a pair of C90 and then SS50 cylinders, he produced a string of Kawasaki two-strokes with four-, five- and even six-pot powerplants based on the old air-cooled triples. Then he built an even more ambitious special, a 1600cc V-eight compiled from two four-cylinder KZ1000 engines (which we profiled in September '02).

Looks production, no? Millyard is an absolute rocket scientist (literally), doing much of the actual problem-solving in his head before getting out his various hand tools. You heard that right; he uses hacksaws and hand files to do a significant amount of the work. The resulting 2281cc 70-degree V-12, which melds nearly two Kawasaki KZ1300 mills, is an absolute engineering masterpiece.

"Modern, attention-grabbing style coupled with the street credential garnered by the name KZ1300 and you've got yourself a real...." Seriously, though, the big V-12-powered Kawasaki moves out nicely and effortlessly thanks to copious amounts of torque from the depths of the tach. And like all V-12s, it sounds sweet!

More here- https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/wild-file-homebuilt-kawasaki-2300cc-v-12-moto...

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Re: Ducati
Reply #33 - Apr 20^th, 2022 at 2:28am

Baronvonrort wrote on Apr 20^th, 2022 at 12:44am:

A V12 motorbike. Shocked

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Homebuilt Kawasaki 2300cc V-12 Motorcycle | WILD FILE

Mad scientistic Allen Millyard keeps grafting more displacement and cylinders together. This siamesed 2300cc Kawasaki V-12 motorcycle his his latest wild ride.

The 41-year-old nuclear research engineer from Berkshire, west of London, has good reason to be pleased with his unique, hand-built machine. At first glance it looks almost like a standard version of the gigantic KZ1300 six that Kawasaki released in 1978/1979 in the rush toward ever larger and more powerful superbikes. But this particular machine is considerably bigger; it includes two complete KZ1300 cylinder blocks grafted together to make a 70-degree V-12.

If you know anything about Millyard and his history of building bikes, especially old-style Kawasakis with more than their original number of cylinders, the V-12 Kawasaki won't come as a complete surprise. After starting this wacky process by creating Honda V-twins using a pair of C90 and then SS50 cylinders, he produced a string of Kawasaki two-strokes with four-, five- and even six-pot powerplants based on the old air-cooled triples. Then he built an even more ambitious special, a 1600cc V-eight compiled from two four-cylinder KZ1000 engines (which we profiled in September '02).

Looks production, no? Millyard is an absolute rocket scientist (literally), doing much of the actual problem-solving in his head before getting out his various hand tools. You heard that right; he uses hacksaws and hand files to do a significant amount of the work. The resulting 2281cc 70-degree V-12, which melds nearly two Kawasaki KZ1300 mills, is an absolute engineering masterpiece.

"Modern, attention-grabbing style coupled with the street credential garnered by the name KZ1300 and you've got yourself a real...." Seriously, though, the big V-12-powered Kawasaki moves out nicely and effortlessly thanks to copious amounts of torque from the depths of the tach. And like all V-12s, it sounds sweet!

More here- https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/wild-file-homebuilt-kawasaki-2300cc-v-12-moto...

Should have enough torque, I guess

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Captain Caveman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6211 Gender:	Re: Ducati Reply #34 - Apr 29^th, 2022 at 7:58pm Ridden bikes my whole life. Raced MX for a few years as well. Never owned a harley. Probably never will either. Ducatis are lovely. My brother had a diavel carbon a few years back. Pipes, chipped up. Absolute weapon.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Ducati Reply #35 - May 7^th, 2022 at 10:02am I rode a 50cc Suzuki while at Uni. Very cheap transportation. If there was a headwind I wound up having to push the damn thing.
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Re: Ducati
Reply #36 - May 7^th, 2022 at 4:58pm

Jovial Monk wrote on May 7^th, 2022 at 10:02am:

I rode a 50cc Suzuki while at Uni. Very cheap transportation. If there was a headwind I wound up having to push the damn thing.

That would have to be one hell of a headwind. I rode my mountain bike to and from university. The moderately steep hills getting there and a headwind in combination would not deter me from getting to the top of the hill on the bike. Perhaps the 50cc Suzuki you rode was just that piss weak.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Ducati Reply #37 - May 8^th, 2022 at 11:11am Well, it was an old bike. . . I think petrol for a weeks transport to/from Uni cost me 20–50¢ in the late 1960s.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25301 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Ducati Reply #38 - May 8^th, 2022 at 12:19pm I drove a 1983 Daihatsu Handivan in the late 1990s. It cost $16 to fill (back when it was 80c/L for leaded fuel) or $38 today. Sometimes, with Dai having a two-cylinder engine, I could not get the car up certain hills.
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