Opinions on Ducati ST3

Tosses coin...... tails! whichever that means.

Theo

 

Sniff, sniff. Do I smell hydraulic valve lifters?

Theo

 

And now that I think about it I didn't ride them back-to-back at all.
I didn't ride the Divvy until after I'd sold the XJ and was riding the
R1100GS.

I rode it again on Thursday and jeezuz it felt buzzy after the K75.

 

The K75 may not have huge horsepower, but it is a nice feeling motor isn't
it


G-S

 

Yeah; it's growing on me.
Another 100,000 or so and I'll know whether I like it or not!

 

pffft, try a 60cc duc

 

Hmmm, that surprises me a little. I used to get a 5k oil change (just oil
and oil filter) done for $60 at a dealer (Northside in Artarmon before Phil
left and the boss tried to screw me over).

The Ducati service schedule for my monster has a bunch of things that get
"checked" at the 10,000km service in addition to the oil/filter change and
the valve clearances, including the wonderfully specific "General testing"
and "Torque of nuts and bolts"... Thats what ends up costing ~$700 at a
dealer.

big

 

To my way of thinking, a major service should also include replacement of
brake fluid, fork oil and coolant, check and adjust steering head bearings,
replace spark plugs and replace air filter but my local dealer doesn't
include any of these.

What's worse than paying $400 for an oil and filter change and a valve
adjustment is the poor standard of their work.

Can't beat DIY...

 

The cam chain's still good too!

 

Cam chain? what is this cam chain you speak of? Modern bikes still
have cam chains? how quaint!

Johno

Beer mate?

 

The Guzzi does, but maybe it's not modern, and it's the only chain.

Theo

 

Modern bikes??? Remind me again which century VFR's last came with gear
driven cams???

big

 

Many years ago, as part of my job, I bought six Toyota Coronas. They had a
belt which required changing at 100,000 kms. Fortunately when the belt
failed there was no catastrophic damage to the engine. One was replaced at
100,000. One failed at 100,090 (obviously my fault). One failed at 97,000. I
had the other three replaced that week. They even tried to convince me it
wasn't necessary on one vehicle as it had only done 85,000 kms. As these
were simple in-line engines it was actually possible for a mechanic to
change the belt on the roadside. When we next bought Camrys the belt
replacement was a six hour workshop job.

Ahh, progress.

Theo

 

and our company has bought a few of said camrys.....................one of
which had a timing gear failure at 1500 kms

ck

 

**** Pete fix your clock. Silly comp reckons this was posted at
8.44am!!!!!!!!!

 

<puzzled look>

But it's only 3am!