What a day. 600 km, perfect weather, very little traffic. Confidence in the bike and myself. Ultimate. Possibly the last of the season for me, so dammit, O deserved that.
What a day. 600 km, perfect weather, very little traffic. Confidence in the bike and myself. Ultimate. Possibly the last of the season for me, so dammit, O deserved that.
I am the third owner, about 18,000 on it. Got it from the general manager of the old Cliff's Cycle Revolution in CT. He adopted it after a customer did a trade back some time.
Down here in the Blue Ridge Mountains it is a very happy bike with a very happy owner. Love the torque, love the Desmo sound thru the Microns, love the jangle through the open clutch cover. Sooo....Ducati.
Thanks. It was a crashed trackday bike when I got it. I wanted CR fairings, but they were too expensive so I cut the wrecked stockers with my angle grinder. I tried to match the frame line.
I'd cut them a little differently if I was to do it again, but it came out OK.
Thanks BB, that's a beautiful view there out over the water...coast looks mighty nice for a ride on your SS.
I've been up on the Blue Ridge Parkway for rides last couple days. Supersports are ideal here in the mountains, lots of usable power and torque where and when you need it.
Just finished a make over. Termis & FCRs installed. Pulled out the simple green and AP brush for that badly needed degreasing... Stopped for a hasty photo shoot.
Just finished a make over. Termis & FCRs installed. Pulled out the simple green and AP brush for that badly needed degreasing... Stopped for a hasty photo shoot.
Just finished a make over. Termis & FCRs installed. Pulled out the simple green and AP brush for that badly needed degreasing... Stopped for a hasty photo shoot.
I love the seat... rode on a 1500 mile road trip last summer with it and it wasn't unbearable. I believe it is supposed to be close to stock height, however it has less give than stock. I only have a 1/2 inch pad on it, plan to upgrade to 3/4 inch.
I'm not running a stock tail light, so no cutout. It wouldn't be hard to cut it out for the factory tail light, however the seat is designed to be used without the grab bar, so you would have to modify it or make a custom bracket to keep the stock tail. Also, when removing the grab bar, you have to make some brackets to attach the seat in the rear. I did so with dzus fasteners for ease of removal.
You've seen this before. I just got a new camera and was playing with it. Been wanting a DSLR for a long time but too cheap to pay. Nikon is running a promotion that I couldn't refuse. They lose a little resolution when resized for the web. The bottom one isn't a Ducati but it is a SuperSport and its mine.
Some pics of the Beartooth Highway/Chief Joseph ride this weekend.
Waiting to meet up:
Another, in the sunrise:
A fellow with a real nice "modified" ride:
...and that's it. I was busy riding, not taking pictures. There is video floating around somewhere.
Any reason these don't seem to exist for steel swingarmed Supersports? The few places that sell them have most combinations and axle diameter and swingarm material, but nothing for steel SSs.
Ok... if you've been following my rants about setting up the FCRs, here's the next chapter. I got the EMR needles in the mail a couple days ago. I pulled the stock EMT needles and held them next to one another... you'd probably need a microscope and an engineering degree to tell the...
And so it begins. This is a thread away from my bike rebuild one that has been going on for...……. well too long. So this is the beginning of a new thread toi specifically cover off the building of the first of what I hapoe will be many, Carbon fibre swing arms to suit the 91-97 Supersports...
OK guys I am sure this is covered somewhere but may be of interest to crazy people like me who like details---Other then the plaque on the upper triple clamp what are the differences between the bikes, just as an example the SL started in 92-from what I have seen in books the difference between...
After finding a serious crack in the frame of my 900ss I have decided to bring my plans to strip and rebuild the 900ss forward some what. The crack was in the frame when I bought the bike but on a ride into town yesterday the bike started acting strange when going around corners at speed and...
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