Ducati Streetfighter S

[bass gt3]

Fleegle said:

Rawwr said:

Ok, list your reasons why I shouldn't. Go!

Would this purchase sit next to the Blade that never gets used or instead of?

Ouch!!

[Fleegle]

bass gt3 said:

Fleegle said:

Rawwr said:

Ok, list your reasons why I shouldn't. Go!

Would this purchase sit next to the Blade that never gets used or instead of?

Ouch!!

Oh, whoops, was meant to be toungue in cheek

[Rawwr]

Feel the burn!

The Blade does get used, honestly! I've nearly done 2,800 miles on it now, which is perhaps not so great in 9 months.

Shocks me to think I did 16,000 on the GSX-R600 in 17 months and 15,000 on the GSX-R750 in 20 months. At that rate, by the time I'm your age, I'll be doing about 2 miles per year :P

[Fleegle]

I've done about 60 miles this week already you cheeky fker. And the age thread is a different one.

Mind you that 60 miles is 60 more than I did last month.

One of the reasons I've not bothered chopping mine in is the limited use it gets. Too much time spent in the garage fixing things.

[rsv gone!]

Mr E Driver said:

evo stu said:

you shouldnt because its a Ducati so will be as reliable as a choccy ashtray and sound like a big bag of nails when its running

If you had owned a Ducati you wouldn't have written that.
You are just perpetuating the myth borne out of a period in the in the 80's when the electrics were not that good. Ever since the mid 90's when the build quality was improved they are now as good as anything if they are looked after and serviced.

I don't know. My late 90s Ducati perpetuated those myths...

And my friend with an early 748 used to carry a spare regulator under his seat, just in case.

But they are supposed to be better now.

[bass gt3]

Fleegle said:

bass gt3 said:

Fleegle said:

Rawwr said:

Ok, list your reasons why I shouldn't. Go!

Would this purchase sit next to the Blade that never gets used or instead of?

Ouch!!

Oh, whoops, was meant to be toungue in cheek

So was mine!! Still having trouble with all this smiley face stuff/emoticons etc!

[redtwin]

My early 90's Ducati didn't so maybe the older ones are better?.

[Fleegle]

bass gt3 said:

So was mine!! Still having trouble with all this smiley face stuff/emoticons etc!

That's for the kids

[Rawwr]

Fleegle said:

I've done about 60 miles this week already you cheeky fker. And the age thread is a different one.

Hah! I've done 68 miles this week!

[Graham]

Mr E Driver said:

You are just perpetuating the myth borne out of a period in the in the 80's when the electrics were not that good. Ever since the mid 90's when the build quality was improved they are now as good as anything if they are looked after and serviced.

I always find the dodgy electrics on older ducati's slightly amusing, when you consider ducati started out as an electronics company... although maybe thats the reason they moved into bikes !!!

[Mr E Driver]

The electrics improved when they were bought by the Texas-Pacific Group in 1996 and they changed/improved the way they manufactured the bikes as well and reliability improved.

[evo stu]

Mr E Driver said:

evo stu said:

you shouldnt because its a Ducati so will be as reliable as a choccy ashtray and sound like a big bag of nails when its running

If you had owned a Ducati you wouldn't have written that.
You are just perpetuating the myth borne out of a period in the in the 80's when the electrics were not that good. Ever since the mid 90's when the build quality was improved they are now as good as anything if they are looked after and serviced.

but still looks like the frame was home made out of a few offcuts of tube
i borrowed my mates for a weeks and really really hated everything about it

personal taste i guess but ill stick to my jap IL4`s

[Mr E Driver]

FWIW I think the Streetfighter looks the dogs dinner and I think they must have had a load of 1098's and couldn't afford to pay the people who make the bodywork so they 'streetfightered' them.
I think an 1100 Monster is a much better bike.

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

I sat on one a while back and was struck by how uncomfortable they were for a naked bike, mainly due to the fact that the flat bars are still about as low as a set of clip-ons. Looked like it had been thrown together from the parts bin too.

[papercup]

Because the KTM Superduke is the better bike.

[Mr E Driver]

I read a review of it in Visordown and he said that when he got to about 70-80mph it got very uncomfortable and a struggle to hang on to.

[MC Bodge]

Mr E Driver said:

about 70-80mph it got very uncomfortable and a struggle to hang on to.

Real Men don't need fairings though. I've found that in still conditions hanging on only becomes an effort at around 110mph ...where laws allow.

Edited by MC Bodge on Friday 9th April 09:22

[Andy OH]

Have you considered an Aprilia Tuono R or the Tuono Factory. You can get a cracking bike for less than half the cost of a Ducati Streetfighter S.