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How many here use the dealer to service their bikes?
I get it, but there are lots of people here that send their engines/bikes to someone to have them rebuilt, and unless whoever you send your engine to has experience with the Desmodromic Valve train, that might be a bit risky. There aren't enough of them in the market for an aftermarket motocross engine builder to have become an expert at this point. I honestly don't know anything about it. That's why I asked. I've done top ends on plenty of four stroke motocross bikes, but know nothing about the Desmos.
I agree with you for sure. I would be interested to see some input from the go to hop up shops to see what they think of them and how they respond.
The major difference maintenance wise is that you have to set valve clearances for both the opening and closing. Get the closing valve clearance wrong and you can destroy the top end. They're quite picky about the clearances too....gotta have them right on
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Welcome to the present. Ducati is considered one of the least reliable new motorcycle brands available today. Facts matter.
U should see what he bought his wife’s boyfriend!
For sure but people buying dirt bikes is what keeps this sport ticking. As long as he's happy, good for him and Ducati!
He was seen riding it down to the local coffee shop and sitting outside for 3 hours.
The Ducati passed a pretty good reliability test last weekend. Winning the Mint 400.
So about the same as American built cars then?
Now that I think about you’re right. I’ve never heard followers of other bike brands make unfounded claims about the weight and/or power of their favourite bike.
Huh?
She needs to tell the Doctor….
Hey, I gotta say that if he is in fact a great Doctor, and he is doing right by my wife regarding her health care, who gives a fuck if he thinks his Duck has 200 horsepower and weighs 103 lbs. Pay attention to the medical care, and I will listen to any stories you wanna tell me.
1 race, factory support. Not the same experience your average schmoe racing local motocross will have. Look, I think it's very cool that Ducati is getting into motocross. I wish them well. But the FACT remains that Ducati, as a brand, is among the least reliable motorcycles on the planet.
My brother is an ER doctor. We both bought new 1975 Suzuki RM125s when we were kids. He never raced and sold it after a couple of years when he went off to college. On the other hand, that bike launched a lifelong obsession with motorcycles and motocross for me. I've raced motocross most of my life since then and have logged well over 100,000 miles on street bikes (crotch rockets), but he didn't ride again until 6 years ago, at the ripe old age of 60. He bought a 2020 KTM 300XC and a Yamaha MT10 and has been riding the wheels off both. He even tried an enduro race, but it went about as expected for a 60 year old who hadn't thrown a leg over a motorcycle since 1977. But, to your point, his enthusiasm (my brother is very vocal about his passions) for motorcycles has caused some of his colleagues in the ER to start riding. The more medical professionals with a positive attitude towards motorcycles, the better.
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