Ducati Monster 620...opinions?
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Haul'n the Family
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haha
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Hooligan
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plus 5million on that
but ducs service intervals are fukin rediculous if i had money though i would own one....but no thanks
but ducs service intervals are fukin rediculous if i had money though i would own one....but no thanks
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so when i went to get my bike from Daytona the guy who owned it and his roomate attended Wyotech. His roomate rode a brand new Ducati Monster. It was sick looking. Both of them were attending the Ducati program at the school. Well, for a class prject or whatev he was able to bring his Duc in for it's 5,000 mile service. What he had to tell me was astonishing.
Some of the things he found wrong were:
-The valves were way outta spec
-The cam chain tensioner wasn't very tight at all and he said he was within a C hair of throwing the cam belt off the teeth which would destroyed the engine.
-The timing was WAAAY off according to him as well.
Some other things he was talking about was that Ducati's original PCV system on the motor dumped right in front of the rear tire. Well the engine created significant blow by and dumped oil very nicely on the rear tire. AWESOME huh? Ducati's answer? A Y fitting that routed it back to the intake and the other side into the crankcase
From what this guy had to say, it sounds like Ducati's consumer production bikes are pieces of shit that require rediculous maintenance schedules.
Some of the things he found wrong were:
-The valves were way outta spec
-The cam chain tensioner wasn't very tight at all and he said he was within a C hair of throwing the cam belt off the teeth which would destroyed the engine.
-The timing was WAAAY off according to him as well.
Some other things he was talking about was that Ducati's original PCV system on the motor dumped right in front of the rear tire. Well the engine created significant blow by and dumped oil very nicely on the rear tire. AWESOME huh? Ducati's answer? A Y fitting that routed it back to the intake and the other side into the crankcase
From what this guy had to say, it sounds like Ducati's consumer production bikes are pieces of shit that require rediculous maintenance schedules.
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