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Old 03-22-2012, 03:57 PM   #1
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Old 03-22-2012, 04:01 PM   #2
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Old 03-22-2012, 04:14 PM   #3
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Saw this over on the Ducati forum, they were getting a kick out of it.

I have never actually heard their dry clutch in person, but I found a high quality sound clip of it online just today. I think they sound cool.
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Old 03-22-2012, 08:43 PM   #4
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They do sound cool... have always loved the ducati clutch rattle...
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:26 PM   #5
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lol..

Never understood the appeal of that noise..

IMO the only reason people claim they like that noise because it's something that makes Ducatis unique from other bikes........and allows them to justify their aloof attitude.

If you took a newbie who had never ridden before, and played a clip of that noise, he wouldn't go "That's a cool noise, I want to buy a bike that makes that noise".........He'd go "WTF is wrong that that bike"

Aprilia > Ducati

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Old 03-22-2012, 09:53 PM   #6
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That is kinda true... but being different is one of the things that make lots of bikers...
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Old 03-22-2012, 11:23 PM   #7
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That is kinda true... but being different is one of the things that make lots of bikers...
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Saw this over on the Ducati forum, they were getting a kick out of it.

I have never actually heard their dry clutch in person, but I found a high quality sound clip of it online just today. I think they sound cool.
One of the coolest things I've heard is standing at the exit of Ducati World at Turn 1 for the Indy Gp and hearing all those bikes leave one by one after the race was over.
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Like those asshole motards.
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Old 03-26-2012, 01:14 AM   #10
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When Suzuki came out with their GSXR's in 85 or 86, they had a "750 Limited Edition" with a dry clutch: http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...mb=tU0PKU1pTRk. This is how it sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKZwxAJUng
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