My first Ducati.

[Capt. Furious]

Picked this up today. Even though it is only a 1997 600cc and taps out at 180, I tested that today , it is my first Ducati and I love it. I am lucky and have a lot of twisty bits of road where I live and I had a ball wringing its neck.

[rharris]

very nice ,at a guest as to where you live tassie ?

[SP1RITED]

I had a 600M of the same vintage for a while, had its moments. That looks pretty smick, whadya pay?

[Capt. Furious]

I'm out near Bathurst in NSW.

I paid $4000 for it.

[potato]

sweet looking bike, dunno bout the glasses

[spudda]

Another NSW lad, im just over the ranges from you. Hope to see you out there soon.

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[duc13]

Nice lookin SS, C F . Enjoy!

[agrid]

Look out for some old guy on a MHR, tell him Agrid said gidday.

[monsta]

ahhh Bathurst.
I was born n bred in Lithgow, know the roads around there well!
enjoy them and ya bike mate!

[Uncle Flash]

Look out for some old guy on a MHR, tell him Agrid said gidday.

Ha! That would be all of them. When was the last time you saw a young bloke on a MHR?

[duc13]

Who you callin old Flash!

[Uncle Flash]

Anyone old enough to have bought one when they were new?

[duc13]

Anyone old enough to have bought one when they were new?

I must still be a spring chicken then Flash , first ones were out in 79 as you know .
JUST before my 1st roadie .
Apologies for thread jack C F .

[Capt. Furious]

Hehe, no worries. In between the bloody rain over here I have managed to get out a couple of times and am getting to know the bike. Needs some TLC on some bits but nothing too bad. The high rise steel clip ons that are on there need to go. I keep jamming my hands between them and the fairing when turning at slow speeds.

Other then that it is a fun bike to ride. Needs to be kept on the boil to get the most out of it but that just makes it more fun. Oh and it taps out at 190 ;-)

Hoping to meet up with some other riders and get out for some rides.

Cheers guys.

[Uncle Flash]

It's hard to tell but the bars look like the standards. If you loosen the clamps, you should be able to drop them down a fair bit. You'll be surprised how much difference a centimetre or two would make.

[Capt. Furious]

Hi Flash, they are the standard clip ons. They will be coming off and a set of alloy jobbies going on ASAP.

[RRossi]

Love the bike!

I'm looking for somthing similar after I get my R's for a bit of fun

The look has really grown on me, and yours looks in great nick, enjoy

RR

[whowalks]

Hi Ive a 96 900SS, with the same decal set looks heaps better than the pre 96 models IMO
well done, if you can get your hands on a cheap set of FCR's they make a huge difference the bike


I also like the title "my FIRST duke "

[Capt. Furious]

Well, damn. It died. Out for a ride last week and it just stopped. Won't start. I am waiting on a manual before I go looking for the problem.

[monsta]

did it chuc chug die? or just Die?
got spark?