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Post by Yogi on Sept 9, 2024 15:11:44 GMT 1
It’s an itch I have to scratch  Gets delivered next week Matt 🐻🐶🐶🐻 |
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Post by arrdy350 on Sept 9, 2024 17:42:12 GMT 1
Cool scrambler Matt😎
I keep looking at one of them. Let me know how you get on with it please 👍
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Post by Yogi on Sept 9, 2024 17:47:46 GMT 1
Cool scrambler Matt😎 I keep looking at one of them. Let me know how you get on with it please 👍 Will do mate 👍 |
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Post by andy748 on Sept 9, 2024 17:59:38 GMT 1
Like it Matt, love an air cooled duke motor. Andy.
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Sept 9, 2024 18:04:14 GMT 1
That actually looks great fun 👍
Steve
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Post by Yogi on Sept 9, 2024 18:10:57 GMT 1
Cheers chaps I just fancied something on the button that I’m not too
bothered about riding in winter 🥶
Hopefully fits the bill
Matt 🐻🐶🐶🐻
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Post by Tobyjugs on Sept 10, 2024 13:41:48 GMT 1
Cheers chaps I just fancied something on the button that I’m not too bothered about riding in winter 🥶 Hopefully fits the bill Matt 🐻🐶🐶🐻 You might be a bit surprised about winter running. Ive use an 888 and one of the 1st gen Monster 900's and they both suffered from the carbs icing up. Still ran but very rough. |
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Post by Robbieben on Sept 10, 2024 13:55:44 GMT 1
Cheers chaps I just fancied something on the button that I’m not too bothered about riding in winter 🥶 Hopefully fits the bill Matt 🐻🐶🐶🐻 You might be a bit surprised about winter running. Ive use an 888 and one of the 1st gen Monster 900's and they both suffered from the carbs icing up. Still ran but very rough. I used a Bandit 1200 for a few years, in the winter I had the same problem and used pipe insulation stuffed round the carbs to prevent them freezing up, left the gap between the rear of the cylinder open to radiate heat to the insulated area. It worked well as a bodge job  |
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Post by mouse on Sept 10, 2024 15:44:41 GMT 1
Nice Matt!
I have a 900 Monster 2 valve and love it. You'll find it very different from anything else, lots of grunt and no need to rev like an LC!
Mouse
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Post by Yogi on Sept 10, 2024 17:38:43 GMT 1
Cheers Tobyjugs,Robbieben and mouse
Fingers crossed my carbs don’t turn into ice cubes 🥶
Gotta love a monster, my missus does 🤣
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Post by rinkydinky on Sept 10, 2024 18:31:12 GMT 1
20 odd years ago I had an itch for a Duc, just had never had one. Bought a 1991 900SS from a bloke locally, it was brilliant, loved that thing so much I didn't get round to selling it until last year, then realised I should probably have kept it.
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Post by dusty350 on Sept 10, 2024 20:30:12 GMT 1
Looks a fun bike for sure. I had a 900SS for a short time. It was like a turbo tractor, and great fun, but just too uncomfortable to enjoy for any real distance. This looks much less painful ! Enjoy mate  |
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Post by billbott on Sept 10, 2024 22:44:28 GMT 1
My mate took his street fighter s in for service a few years ago and they gave him a scrambler as a courtesy bike. He let me have a do on it and I wouldn’t give it him back, what an absolute hoot! He then traded in his for one shortly after but I’ve never dared buy one myself… yet…..
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Post by rinkydinky on Sept 11, 2024 0:18:49 GMT 1
Looks a fun bike for sure. I had a 900SS for a short time. It was like a turbo tractor, and great fun, but just too uncomfortable to enjoy for any real distance. This looks much less painful ! Enjoy mate Funnily enough, I'm a big lad but found the comfort no brilliant but ok, and was much improved with a Corbin seat, went a couple of longish camping trips on it and it was fine. Mine had Keihin flat slide carbs which gave it a bit more oomph, would lift the front wheel in first and second under power. Doing the belts on sohc motor is a breeze but the valve clearances are a bit of a faff. Yeah the scrambler does look like it would be a right hoot for sure  |
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Post by JonW on Sept 11, 2024 1:21:49 GMT 1
I do love the look of these, it was certainly styled with the XT500 in mind. In fact the early Desert Sled models even used the colourway etc.
I keep wondering if i should buy one... the belts services are a bit too frequent for me tho really, but I do love the look.
So Matt, whats the review? like a motard? better with a hypermotard for city work? great for days out/touring instead?
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Post by Yogi on Sept 11, 2024 6:12:11 GMT 1
Cheers for your input chaps
I haven’t got it delivered yet so can’t comment
Just waiting excitedly 🤪
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Post by donkeychomp on Sept 11, 2024 21:10:58 GMT 1
Oh it's a Ducati! I really like them...
Alex
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Post by steve h on Sept 11, 2024 23:14:47 GMT 1
You shouldn't scratch itches, thats how you get skin infections. Use germolene or summat similar....or you could just sit on yer hands and save on the expense of the germolene....
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Post by Tobyjugs on Sept 12, 2024 19:36:43 GMT 1
Nice Matt! I have a 900 Monster 2 valve and love it. You'll find it very different from anything else, lots of grunt and no need to rev like an LC! Mouse I looked after a few Ducatis, that included a 916. 888. Monster and my favourite was an old 750 F2. The best bike I've driven fast over all the crappy dijke roads near me was without doubt the Monster. One anecdote, a friend brought his 916 to me and said take it for a ride, which I did. When I come back he said no not up and down the road drive around the outside of the village. I replied with I did, he said ohh and went a bit quiet. |
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Post by badger1 on Sept 20, 2024 19:09:02 GMT 1
Did you get it??
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Post by Yogi on Sept 23, 2024 14:46:27 GMT 1
Yeah I’ve got it but my mums in hospital so no time to ride 🫣 |
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Post by JonW on Sept 23, 2024 14:53:45 GMT 1
Sorry to hear that Matt, hope your mum gets better soon.
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Post by badger1 on Sept 23, 2024 17:22:50 GMT 1
Yeah I’ve got it but my mums in hospital so no time to ride 🫣 Sorry to hear this Matt hopefully she’s on the mend. |
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Post by Yogi on Sept 24, 2024 13:25:23 GMT 1
Cheers chaps, she had a massive stroke so might be a long road back
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Post by dusty350 on Sept 24, 2024 17:11:42 GMT 1
Sorry to hear about your Mum Matt.
Modern meds are great - hopefully she will recover well.
Good luck mate
Dusty
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Sept 24, 2024 17:52:10 GMT 1
Wishing her well mate
Steve
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Post by donkeychomp on Sept 24, 2024 21:25:39 GMT 1
A full and speedy recovery.
Alex
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Post by Tobyjugs on Oct 4, 2024 16:09:59 GMT 1
Wishing your mother the best for the future Matt
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Post by ian0 on Oct 5, 2024 10:58:58 GMT 1
It’s an itch I have to scratch Gets delivered next week Matt 🐻🐶🐶🐻 I have the "Icon" scrambler, similar to this but less scrambler and more road bike. Its great fun and easy to ride. I like the contrast of it with my 250LC - a lazy ride in comparison. |
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Post by veg on Oct 13, 2024 21:26:24 GMT 1
That is so cool I looked at them did think of one but would want an 1100 motor.
I’ve owned loads of Ducatis and the ac motors are fantastic but they don’t like salt the engine finish deteriorates at the drop of rain.
Enjoy.
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