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Ducati - no more dry clutch?

Archimedes said:
Haven't ridden any of the new Ducati's have you? They probably have the best overall lineup of interesting, high performing street motorcycles of any manufacturer in the world right now. You might actually go ride some of them instead of just parrot the same old stupid generalizations.
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You get out of here with your common sense and logic.
 
I've ridden the gooder and slower ones made int he last few years.
Since they don't have a dry clutch and I've got no interest in paying $5k over msrp I'm not gonna go ride the two new models I like. I thought I was clear that I believe their bikes are/were very interesting and high performing.
 
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theAmazingKickstand said:
I've ridden the gooder and slower ones made int he last few years.
Since they don't have a dry clutch and I've got no interest in paying $5k over msrp I'm not gonna go ride the two new models I like. I thought I was that I believe their bikes are/were very interesting and high performing.
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Sorry I was referring to the comments you made about them selling due to being fla$hy and sexy, the old reliability comment, and the fact that you said they're slower than Hondas on the racetrack (which I find strange given the fact that Checa has more wins on the Ducati in WSB this year on a 4 year old bike than anyone on a Honda has...)

Ducati is making amazing motorcycles right now, the dry clutch is a relic and the trellis frame is dated. I couldn't imagine a moto company navigating from its past to the future better than Ducati is at the moment. Audi just needs to not fuck it up.
 
also its not like they are retroactively installing wet clutches on the ducs that are already out on the street. if you really have to have a dry clutch duc, theres plenty of them around your nearest starbucks.
 
xgambit said:
also its not like they are retroactively installing wet clutches on the ducs that are already out on the street. if you really have to have a dry clutch duc, theres plenty of them around your nearest starbucks.
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Problem is you have to filter through all the Jap literbikes before you find the Ducati.
 
I'm no fan of dry clutches, I much prefer Ducati's hydraulic APC slipper clutch... but the steel trellis frame is great for road bikes.

They're rugged, reasonably light, Ducati can design in exactly the desired amount and direction of rigidity and flex, they're easily repairable even when all smashed to hell and they make for some great handling bikes.

The main reason the Japanese don't use steel trellis frames is because they have to be assembled by craftsmen, they can't just make thousands stamping them out of recycled Budweiser cans. :twofinger
 
DucatiHoney said:
Personally I think Ducati has hung onto some of the old ways for far too long, but I guess it's been lucrative to market them to a select group of folks for so long. I would have liked to seem them push the envelop more and break ground on cutting edge ideas during the past couple of decades. I think they're capable of it, but they haven't lived up to their full potential with this latest round of bikes.
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Well, that strategy has made a lot of money for HD, so I guess in many ways Ducs are the HDs of the sportbike world. :laughing
 
TTTom said:
The main reason the Japanese don't use steel trellis frames is because they have to be assembled by craftsmen, they can't just make thousands stamping them out of recycled Budweiser cans. :twofinger
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:thumbup

GoNotShow said:
Well, that strategy has made a lot of money for HD, so I guess in many ways Ducs are the HDs of the sportbike world. :laughing
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And here the thread had us convinced that Moto Guzzi's were the HD's of Italian motorcycles too. :laughing
 
theAmazingKickstand said:
MG parts fit and finish and performance is a bit too high to be the HD of Italy.
They're more like the Victory or Yamaha Warrior of Italy.
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Ouch!

I will say for the most part the fit and finish of Tixen's Norge has impressed me. It survived a tip over after she'd not ridden it in 2 weeks (waiting on parts) and she had been riding my Multi a lot with a few scratches and no cracks or anything. Which I found fucking amazing for a 600lb plastic covered beast.
It's also the only bike in their current line up that is light for it's class.
It's like a more pretty, more fun but slightly less comfortable and complicated RT. Plus it sounds like sex with a Mistral pipe on it, unlike the RT.
 
What next? They'll be ditching their Carbon MotoGP frame soon at this rate :rolleyes
 
dry clutches are cool but realistically they didnt have much reason to be on a bike, and were service heavy.

I love ducati, my favotire maker, but I dont need them to stray stagnent.

the panigale is aperfect example. trellis frames are fuckig cool, but so is not having a frame at all
 
15mns to change a clutch by in the Starbucks parking lot is pretty neat. It's baddass as hell to have the part of the bike go CLACKY CLACKY CLACKY other than an obnoxious exhaust pipe.
 
theAmazingKickstand said:
15mns to change a clutch by in the Starbucks parking lot is pretty neat. It's baddass as hell to have the part of the bike go CLACKY CLACKY CLACKY other than an obnoxious exhaust pipe.
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lol I dont know dude, I like the sound. I always have.



LOUD CLUTCHES SAVE LIVES BRAH
 
haha i have a loud clutch but i think its just cause something is weird on mine lol
 
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