Ducati 750SS

Or the loss in power.

 

Bear wrote:

I can honestly say that in the year you've owned your bike I've ridden
it harder and faster than you ever did.

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

The Doctor and I used to go to their annual V-Twin Rally at Shaftesbury,
and it was *always* a splendid and civilised do[1].

It's open to 'other' V-twins, and the Duke qualifies. I might go again.

I recall one year when a lovely Vincent Black Shadow won the Concours
d'Elegance, only to be supplanted by a different winner, announced over
the Tannoy, a few minutes later. Turned out the Vincent owner wasn't
actually attending the rally, but had taken the Shadow to Shaftesbury in
a van, and slipped it into the C d'E as an exercise in pot-hunting.

I promise I'm not making this up. Honest.

I've never regarded Vincent owners in quite the same light since.

 

Having owned several[1], I will own another. What I actually want is a
Le Mans Mark Two, and I've bid on a few on Ebay, but never won one.

[1] Two Spadas, a V50 and a V50 Monza. The Doctor has owned a couple,
too[2]
[2] V50 and V50 Monza.

 

It's not. hth

 

I may have mentioned that, one day, I will own a Guzzi.[/QUOTE]

Wish I'd kept mine. It was a box of bits in the end.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

How many did she reverse into?

 

ISTR that at the V-twin rally, other bike owners were alowed to attend,
but anything other than a forked pair of cylinders had to park outside
the main field.

Fairy nuff, I thought.

 

Eh?

How does a K&N crankcase breather filter produce more power?

 

The SV650 boys (and girls, of course) are actually a sterling bunch, if
a little thin-skinned and liable to fall off at the slightest
provocation (such as a long, well surfaced straight).

--
ogden

sv650 (sold)
gsxr750 (coming soon)
rgv250

 

<looks in garage>

Er, just how loose is this whole "V-twin" deal?

--
ogden

sv650 (sold)
gsxr750 (coming soon)
rgv250

 

I'd go along with that, every one of them I've met has beeen a top
person in their own right.

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

Well, I contemplated moseying along on the Drifter.

 

As loose as your morals, really.

Only 180 degree vees don't count.

 

hint : back pressure.

 

K&N crankcase breathers lead to a drop in power as they vent
to atmosphere rather than into the closed-circuit oil vent
system that is used as standard.