03-23-2012, 09:10 AM | #11 |
Hold mah beer!
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The noise is just kind annoying for me now. It was different and cool when I first started riding, then the sound just got annoying, but Ducati isn't something mystical and not seen for me. They are just as abundant as Honda and Suzuki at the gap.
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03-23-2012, 12:04 PM | #12 |
Elitist
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Location: SF Bay Area
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The funny thing is that Aprilias are rarer than Ducatis, and just as expensive, yet Ducati is seen as "the gold standard of bikes" for some reason
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03-23-2012, 12:53 PM | #13 |
token jewboy
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Nope the ducal dry clutch sounds like shit, makes me think that there are a bunch of little horney garden gnomes with steel condoms on trying to fuck their way aground your engine. Its cool their first time you hear it, but after 5 minutes it gets annoying
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03-23-2012, 01:52 PM | #14 |
Hold mah beer!
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03-23-2012, 02:01 PM | #15 |
Geek
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Some of the 2012 models have a wet clutch now.
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03-23-2012, 10:28 PM | #16 | |
Virtual Machine
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My local KTM dealer is the biggest prick in the world. Went there to possibly buy a super duke, and he spent too much time micromanaging my experience that I told him to fuck off and left.
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03-24-2012, 09:25 AM | #17 |
AMA Supersport
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yes they are rare, though there is an RSVR at my office, older fella, duc owner, euro, former racer
yeah, they blow them out after a few yrs. great vid.
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03-25-2012, 03:03 AM | #18 |
Viff6N Mutated Warrior
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03-26-2012, 01:14 AM | #19 |
Keyboard Racer
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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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