no different than any other Italian machine. you own a Ferrati, you take the mechanic with you when you go out on a date. if i was a bike kind of guy, i would much rather own a Suzuki or some other straight 4 than the Aprilia; just the sound gets me lively. and they don't break as often.
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Anyone ship in a motorcycle?
no different than any other Italian machine. you own a Ferrati, you take the mechanic with you when you go out on a date. if i was a bike kind of guy, i would much rather own a Suzuki or some other straight 4 than the Aprilia; just the sound gets me lively. and they don't break as often.
they run all kinds of bikes. guys here have really big bucks, and you will be surprised at some of the machines you see there. i went to one race, and this team showed up with 3 brand spanking new Ducati 998s, just coming in from Miami about 2 days before.
I loved the "Dukes" and their Desmodromic valve system, sadly the 860 I had used springs Like all Ducati's it felt like you were on rails through the corners, beautiful sound with Dunstall pipes...if only it would have been dependable I was a college student so frequent repairs were not my thing, traded it toward a Z1
Promoters of the races must provide shipping and entry for the racers
No thanks, it went good in a straight line and killed the mosquito?s but other than that it was not so hot It was also out of production The Z1 was in a completely different class at that time
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the earlier versions also killed the riders. they could whup a 429 Mustang Mach1 in a straight line, but could not handle for anything.
The outfit I bought the Ducati from was aligned with Berliner who imported a variety of interesting bikes The upside to my Ducati’s frequent in shop experiences was that they gave me “loaner” bikes I got to experience many things from a 1000 Laverda triple, Moto Guzzi, John Player Norton to the very surprising Yamaha 350 damm Yamme ha ha tried to kill me, seeming docile little 350 cc two stroke until it hit about 6000 rpm’s and all hell broke loose
Never saw an Augusta in person, are they same company that makes helicopters?
I never had trouble beating the occasional H2 with the 900, the H2 was faster on paper but I don’t think many of them stayed in tune They handled so bad they were alleged to have a “hinge” in the frame Just an upgrade to famous 500, gas and oil swallowing oil burning straight line wonders
Have you seen any two stroke Kaws running around DR? They were something in their time, compared to todays' stuff........
i am not sure. a buddy of mine from Guyana who flew Hueys in Vietnam brought back an Augusta from Europe. even then they looked so different than the old Vincents, and Nortons, and Triumphs that i was accustomed to seeing.
never seen anything 2 stroke other than the 100 and 115 Suzukis and Yamahas here.
My dad owns one of these. Bought it back in the late 80's I think. Had it even all tuned up and ported and stuff. Rode it back from the shop that did all the work and he has never rode it since. The power band was way too much for him. It's been stored in his garage ever since. He starts it up every year though. The bike looks nice though but it 's more of a museum piece than functional.