Ducati Belts, for the Ducatisti
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From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 1 Apr 2010 09:23 On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:45:11 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in <MPG.261c732fa0ff987398a122(a)news.eternal-september.org>: > SteveH wrote: >> Pointless comparison - compare the cost of a Ducati belt change with a >> Ferrari belt change and you'd be making a valid comparison. > Are you claiming your shonky old Ducati has the performance of a > Ferrari, or are you claiming it's the Ferrari of the motorcycle world? > Because for both of them you're having a giraffe. Why not? Only drag race I ever had with a Ferrari we were neck-and- neck until we were far enough above the speed limit to decide I might not be able to avoid a child running out of the tall grass bordering the lane, and backed off. ...and that was on my Swiss-spec GSX600FL! -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |