Paging the Ducati-isti

Well no I was making a side comment and anyway Ducati is completely
mainstream now

 

And I was thinking I can't see myself ever owning a Jap. inline-4 again.

Mind you, I was never that interested in them anyway.

 

Oh if I could buy a gixxer thou with the comfort and fairing protection of
my Ducati I would have it tomorrow.

 

I might. But for now I've got a British in-line triple.

 

As I believe I mentioned to WUN at the weekend, for me the minimum
number of cylinders for a motorcycle engine is three. Four and six
are also acceptable.

 

"...eight is right out"

 

Le Fri, 01 May 2009 05:41:19 +0000, Dan L a écrit :

It is too early to buy a Guzzi with 8V engine: they are plagued with a
lot of "youth" problems.
A friend bought a 8V Griso one year ago, it rode it only 5 months of 12.
the remaining 7 were spent wainting for parts from the (closed) factory...

He just get bored and swap it at the same dealer's for a Ducati HM.

It is rather sad because the Griso is a really fine bike, and Guzzi
seemed on the good way to recovery since making the first V11 back in
1999.

 

And rather too late to buy one with a V8

 

Le Tue, 05 May 2009 08:56:59 +0100, Champ a écrit :

I saw one at Trofeo Rosso several years ago: it is a real wonder on a par
with the V6 laverda (also seen at Trofeo Rosso) and Honda-6 that I saw
and heard at the 1997 TT.

 

<jealous>

I've only seen and heard the last of those three.

 

you know nothing.

 

"for me..."

hth

 

well, OK.

Why have you ruled out 5?

 

I'd like to try one first, and I'm not aware that any 5-cylinder
production [1] motorcyle has ever been produced. But I'm sure someone
will be along shortly to educate me.

[1] there is of course the 5 cylinder 125 that Honda raced briefly in
the late 60s:

 

oh, production, schmuduction.

but I'm sure you'd enjoy riding an RC211V.

 

I'm sure I would.

MCN have floated the story about a proddy version, on and off, almost
since the bike first appeared. If Honda follow the lead they set with
the NR750, I expect to a proddie version of the V5 in about 2017.

 

Le Tue, 05 May 2009 09:57:12 +0100, Champ a écrit :

The 750 LaverdaV6 was run by Piero Laverda for 3 sessions before binning
it.

http://www.laverdamania.com/images/vigeant04_V62.jpg
http://www.laverdamania.com/images/vigeant04_V64.jpg
http://www.trofeorosso.org/photos/affimage.php?image=Photos2004/paddock-
pierolaverda-jpp.jpg

He then pushed it to the paddock, dumped the trashed fairing and return
for 3 more sessions. As it was one of the 3 remaining factory V6, the
mechanics were not too pleased.
Nice fun-loving bloke, and his sister is stunning.

A friend tried to follow him on the straights with his race bike (950
LeMans) with mixed results:

http://www.bete-des-vosges.org/Visible/B.Collin/Cylindres.jpg
http://www.bete-des-vosges.org/Visible/B.Collin/Pistons.jpg
http://www.bete-des-vosges.org/Visible/B.Collin/Carter-bielle.jpg

It didnt like to be run at 9500+ rpm repeatedly.

 

That's proper fucked, really.

--
Dan L

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