This was my favorite Enduro - Name it:
I sold her $450 ;o( The engine was sick at the time and had plans of putting a 550 twin in her but never did.
I paint my Bikes Red with Big Head lights an loud horns.
Gonna look for those dog bones and see if it's something I can do myself and do it properly. I've been wondering why it always seemed like it was low. Its always harder to steer with clip on's anyway. I would not have bought it if I knew they changed the height of it.
Yep, I had to take a course before I could bring my motorcycle on base.... There are also a couple people who are contractors for the Navy and Marines who are paid full time to do nothing but train recruits on motorcycle safety which includes rider clinics. I know these people, they work hard and care about the people they are entrusted with. The military has a lot invested in this... why should civilians be any different?
BTW-That is your tax dollars at work. :sneaky:....
I've been riding a long time.I started off racing Moto-X bikes at 12 and have had quite a few road bikes since.
If you are careful(and not too unlucky) you can go a whole riding career on the road without a bad smash.
Ive broken my foot once and put a few bruises on hips and elbows over the years but nothing too serious.
So for me,the tradeoff between having a great time on sports motorcycles and risking the danger of a big crash has been worth it.:thumbsup:
Seeing Z15CAM and others are showing off their toys...I figured I'd join the party... Here's my current ride: 1995 900SS
What are those? At first I thought they were triple trees, then noticed the roller bearings, I'm stumped.
I'll need to check mine and see if they are stock or aftermarket. If it is lowered which it seems so then I bet they most certainly are aftermarket. My friend also has a Suzuki variant of my bike but its 750cc and he says his is lowered too.
I've been riding a long time.I started off racing Moto-X bikes at 12 and have had quite a few road bikes since.
If you are careful(and not too unlucky) you can go a whole riding career on the road without a bad smash.
Ive broken my foot once and put a few bruises on hips and elbows over the years but nothing too serious.
So for me,the tradeoff between having a great time on sports motorcycles and risking the danger of a big crash has been worth it.:thumbsup:
Seeing Z15CAM and others are showing off their toys...I figured I'd join the party... Here's my current ride: 1995 900SS
Almost all lowered rear suspensions use dogbones.
This usually makes the bike not lean over on the kickstand enough, so you might need a new kickstand as well.
As others have said, lowering the suspension is not the ideal way to lower a bike as it screws up the geometry. It's ok for a brand new rider who isn't up in the twisties, but you're much better off having an upholstery place shave the seat down.
I love seeing older Ducatis, they always look classic. Here is my 01 748:
I wouldn't trade it for anything; it's been a fantastic bike. It's also a great tool for learning how to be a mechanic I've had it stripped down to the pistons before for some maintenance (replacing flaking rocker arms) and I've learned quite a bit about it; doubt I'd ever sell it now, will always have a place in my garage.
As far as dangerous, I shattered my hip on another bike in 2007 when I highsided, my fault, but I was back riding after 3 months on crutches and wheelchairs and with new lessons learned.
The main reason why I dont own a bike:
I dont trust myself.
Self awareness is key.
Getting to 70 in a couple seconds with a flick of the wrist is freakin' awesome. I'm an adrenaline junky too, although never that fast on skiis or snowboard. Maybe bicycle.....done some hairy downhills. I've surfed in hurricanes, skydive, skateboard, etc. so I hear you loud and clear. But I predict that one day you might give motorcycles a shot. You are aware of the risks both external and internal. With age comes wisdom and bad knees. If you ever get to a location where traffic isn't a huge factor your gonna be trolling the craigslist motorcycle section.
Yea, pre 1996 models have good rocker arms, but then Ducati changed who made them and the chrome plating wasn't up to spec, so it flakes off. I believe they were fixed around the time of the Testastretta engine. It's a bigger issue on the 748s because they rev higher so the rocker arms take a little more abuse then the bigger brothers like the 916 and 996. 998 is good since they moved from the Desmoquattro to the Testastretta engine for that one. I had only a few flaking rockers, like 1 or 2 openers and 2 or 3 closers(out of 8 per head, total of 16 rockers), but I went ahead and had all them rechromed since the heads were already off and I didn't want to remove them again the future. The damn closer rockers are about impossible to reinstall with the heads on the bike. Even removed, they are still a tricky bit to get back in.
That's a good looking bike too. I love seeing the engines out in the open like that, they are beautiful. If I had a Monster and wasn't worried about my belts being damaged. I'd run it without the belt covers, but too much risk to me...