Overated bikes, or ones that you just dont get

Dukes on full chat sound good. Dukes bimbling along or idling do not sound good. Why have a dry clutch? And while I'm on the matter I'll go back to the cam belts. Why? why belts?

The dry clutch does make sense upto a point. As far as I know they offer better friction so ofcourse you can put more power through one without having to have super strong springs... that makes actuation of it easier.

That is a complete guess so correct me if im wrong.

I think all of it comes down to tradition at the end of the day... which is a fairly cool thing, not many other companies do it, and very few to the extent of Ducati.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Zen Beetle

No other name evokes the sound of what a bike should sound like as effectively as a Ducati. Repeat the word Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, or Kawasaki.
Now do the same with Ducati. Dacati, Ducati, Ducati, Ducati, Ducati. Say it faster and faster, in rapid detached staccato notes and you'll begin to appreciate just what makes a Ducati so special.

OK they sound 'orrible. We get it.

Having followed Pete and Lissa around a bit this weekend, I'm even more convinced they sound 'orrible when rattling. Sound pretty good when in gear and not rattling though.

I like dry clutch noises.

I appreciate different bikes do different things.

some people might want to open their box of hate a little more.

going back to lukemillar - I've got friends that use the likes of busa's and zzr1400's to eat up miles - sometimes 400 at a time. They have the legs on distance with an effortless ease - low revs and good aero packages make for quiet comfort.

I rode the zzr1400 through some twisties and it was very very nibble. Comparable to a GSXR750 I had (SRAD one) in the feebback it gave. I was so shocked.

p.s I once thought an a ducati behind me was an air hammer in the road works in front!

Nasty noise that takes away from the exhaust burble that I like so much on tick over with the SV.

claiming an SV vee twin sounds better than a ducati....... Of any sort.

get yourself down the quacks for an assesment. Your going mad, Mad, MAAADDDDD i say......

Read the post village idiot (meant as a joke)

I said the dry clutch noise means you can't hear the lovely ducati burble at tick over - its good on my SV (new cams, dyno etc) so imagine what a tuned duke would be like if you didn't have a building site on the side of the engine.

Village idiot, be carefull newbie wippersnapper....

Dry clutch means you know you've got a fully equiped bike underneath you. Smile beneath your helmet when others look in a "that sounds broken" face, and laugh at their lack of knowledge as to what you've got.

All you would hear is thump thump thump.... Theres more to the noises a bike makes than simple "exhaust notes"...

Take a triple, mid range revs, for example. Nothing to do with exhaust note at all :P

Dry clutches sound awesome. Proper bit of kit.

wippersnapper . . . is that a chat up? I know I'm only a few posts in so not looking to have any battles - I'd rather find a riding buddy, preferably female, fast, tight fitted leathers, in kent but I digress


I see you point - how often are you sat idling in neutral. . . .


There is something reasuringly mechanical about a dry clutch sound. Plus all those people who have see thru crankcases - ducati wins that battle!!


A few friends with them said the build quality is not great though. One sold his and bought a yamaha.


What do people think about the new backwards spinning, cross plane rossi esk yamaha sound?