Ducati Engines... are f'd up

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:17 pm

Ok, this is after a group ride out to the city with some other guys and gals, there was a few ducati's there, and i must say i think theyre fucked

they sound absolutely BRILLIANT and orgasmic... unless theyre not being thrashed....

this one starts up and its just idling, and sounds like a diesel truck running rough, with pre-detonation and being hit with metal bars

very very horrid idle noise... but then lovely running note.

oh! i almost forgot *edits it in* whenever they turned the handlebars it made an awkward whining sound.

bonester · Post by **bonester** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:42 pm

Probably the dry clutch rattling- normal duke behaviour!

Kawasakis are hardly the quietest bikes too! I rode a ZRX1200 the other day with 4000km on it, and it had a camchain rattle, not unlike the typical Kwaka rattle my ZZR has too.

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:46 pm

whats the camchain rattle like? cause like all kawasaki's mine rattles, i just thought it was noisey lifters, but meh...

still not as horrid as that ducati >_>

bonester · Post by **bonester** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:57 pm

Light rattle from the top end of the engine- usually camchain.

Doesn't really matter- they all do it. My GT has a bewdy of a top end rattle that comes and goes, and a primary chain rattle, and something loose in the fairing rattle,and a front brake pad rattle, and a fuel tap rattle (!) etc

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:08 pm

Well every bike has its downsides, when doing about 110-120 on the RF the fairings resonate slightly. Unfortunately that goes when you wind it on harder, so it just encourages you to go faster

r.e. the camchain noise, seems that kawa must have had the same guy designing their camchains and tensioners for the last 50 years, shouldnt they put him out to pasture or somethin by now?

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:52 am

It was definiitley the dry clutch.
Duc's kick ars, but then anything costs twice as much should.

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:22 am

frogzx12r wrote:It was definiitley the dry clutch.
Duc's kick ars, but then anything costs twice as much should.

Tend to break down a bit too!!

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:45 am

mike-s Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject:

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Well every bike has its downsides, when doing about 110-120 on the RF the fairings resonate slightly. Unfortunately that goes when you wind it on harder, so it just encourages you to go faster

At least you won't need to worry about the rattle for a while now

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:50 pm

Ducati reliability is one of those things that got blown out of all proportion.
The early 860's (Darmahs 900SS etc.) had to have the bevels and all the other mechanical shit in there "just so". IF it was set up right they wre reliable as anything else (even more so). BUT when set up by a jappa mechanic (or me

) they got a bit cranky.
"She'll be right" doesnt work with Italians....
The early ones had design faults everywhere but so did the same era japs.
Nuts. bolts and electrical connections had to be checked constantly and if it rained you stopped. CRC/DWF works but constant vibration means even its charms are limited.
Get em right on a good day and they will keep a modern bike honest.

888's 916's and 999's are sex.

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:55 pm

Duane wrote:
frogzx12r wrote:It was definiitley the dry clutch.
Duc's kick ars, but then anything costs twice as much should.
Tend to break down a bit too!!

Ducatis require a service every 10,000km while your Kawasaki requires it every 6,000km - Ducatis are unreliable?

some people hear of things from a long time ago and take it as gospel! let me guess ... you don't Drive a Japanese car 'cos they are "Jap Crap"?

I've done 25,000km on my 749 now and have just had to change my Low Beam Headlight 'cos it blew! Oh My God! that is so unreliable I think I'll sell the Duck and buy something reliable like a Kawasaki that apparently NEVER has issues!

and YES I am sick of hearing jealous people waffle on and on about Ducatis breaking down and the cost of working on them!

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:39 pm

wait... your on a kawasaki forum and your called ducati paul

.... what do you expect.

how are you linked to the mighty kwaka?

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:46 pm

I love the way ducatis look and sound except for idling.... Those dry clutches sound so horrible....

But that is the price you pay for having style I guess

By the way, I dont like the new 999's I think they dont look very nice personally... I like the older 998's better... they look hot....

In any case, the 999 should be mega reliable.... Ducati have just finished outfitting their entire factory... In fact the 999 and all the new models have about 38% less parts than previous models...

But yeah, Kawasakis have really noisey engines.... Get my 03 ZX6R and start it.... then switch it off and start up my wifes gixxer and you hers pers like a kitten where mine sounds like a truck engine.... My CBR sounded nowhere near as noisey either...

Neilp · Post by **Neilp** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:26 pm

Duane wrote:
frogzx12r wrote:It was definiitley the dry clutch.
Duc's kick ars, but then anything costs twice as much should.
Tend to break down a bit too!!

Like anything mechanical if it is maintained properly will work properly

Neil

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:49 pm

WRT_GPX wrote:wait... your on a kawasaki forum and your called ducati paul .... what do you expect.

how are you linked to the mighty kwaka?

A friend of My Girlfriends brother has an Uncle that married a woman whos younger sister goes to a hairdresser who was sitting in traffic at the lights when a Kawasaki rode past going the other way!

.... or was it a Honda?

oh! and I have a ZZR600 track Bike

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:24 pm

zzr's are good track bikes? i thought they were more a sport tourer. either way i didnt say i hated ducatis, infact i thought it was mighty cool, but it sounded like ass idling...scary ass