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Old 03-23-2012, 08:10 AM   #11
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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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Old 03-23-2012, 11:04 AM   #12
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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.
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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Old 03-23-2012, 11:53 AM   #13
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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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Old 03-23-2012, 12:52 PM   #14
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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
Definitely like the Prillers better than the Ducs, they are rare around here as well.
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Old 03-23-2012, 01:01 PM   #15
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Some of the 2012 models have a wet clutch now.
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Old 03-23-2012, 09:28 PM   #16
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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
My local Aprilia dealers has bargain basement prices on all of his stock because he barely sells any of them.


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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Old 03-24-2012, 08:25 AM   #17
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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.

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Old 03-25-2012, 02:03 AM   #18
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That is kinda true... but being different is one of the things that make lots of bikers...
Like those asshole motards.
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Old 03-26-2012, 12:14 AM   #19
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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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