Ducati Belts, for the Ducatisti
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From: SteveH on 30 Mar 2010 18:04 Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > > This one's read a few magazines, failed to spot the mistakes, and > > assumed everything printed therein is Gospel. > > > I wonder if they wander in from one of the web forums where we get > re-posted. I suspect Jack Butler, sock puppet spotter extraordinaire may > well be something similar. http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=8996535 He could out-swear Nige.... Conspiracy theory: that's a Yid forum, so it could be Des.... -- SteveH
From: Shaun on 30 Mar 2010 18:16 On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:08:14 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Shaun <shaun.jamesonspam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> I claim VFR750s had gear driven cams apart from the later ones. > >No, you claimed they stopped making them 25 years ago: > >"Expensive solution that was tried and abandoned 25 years ago." > >Dear me, you're not very good at this. > I claimed the solution was abandoned 25 years ago. Now remind us when the VFR was designed ?.
From: Shaun on 30 Mar 2010 18:52 On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:08:14 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Shaun <shaun.jamesonspam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:14:20 -0700 (PDT), Steve >> <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >On 30 Mar, 08:13, shaun.jamesons...(a)ntlworld.com (Shaun) wrote: >> > >> >> Compared to a chain which effectively lasts the life of the bike and >> >> doesn't snap destroying the engine. >> >> >> >> Oh and the replacement period is rubbish as the ones in cars last 4 >> >> times as long and probably cost less to replace than your Ducati >> >> dealer would charge. >> > >> >Not quite true - the ST1100 belt requires changing every 90,000. >> > >> But its basically designed to be so lowly stressed its effectively a >> car engine in a bike frame. > >So? > Pointing out that engines in a low state of tune last longer that engines in a high state of tune is part of the engineering principle called "stating the bleedin obvious" >Um, what cars use the ST engine, then? > The key word being "effectively"
From: SteveH on 30 Mar 2010 18:59 Shaun <shaun.jamesonspam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >Um, what cars use the ST engine, then? > > > The key word being "effectively" I look forward to you showing us numerous examples of 1.1 litre V4 car engines.... especially ones of all alloy construction with 100bhp. -- SteveH
From: Shaun on 30 Mar 2010 19:01
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:59:55 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Steve <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On 30 Mar, 08:13, shaun.jamesons...(a)ntlworld.com (Shaun) wrote: >> >> > Compared to a chain which effectively lasts the life of the bike and >> > doesn't snap destroying the engine. >> > >> > Oh and the replacement period is rubbish as the ones in cars last 4 >> > times as long and probably cost less to replace than your Ducati >> > dealer would charge. >> >> Not quite true - the ST1100 belt requires changing every 90,000. >> >Gold Wings have long change intervals too. > >He's wonderfully ignorant, isn't he? > > I would imagine if I defended the cambelt life of Ducati sportsbikes by quoting touring bikes made by Honda I would look pretty stupid.... |