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From: saddlebag on 7 May 2010 15:17
On May 6, 11:23 am, Tim <tomorrowerolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, I've been looking for months on eBay and various Ducati forum
> classified ad sections, and finally today it arrived - my 1999 model
> year Ducati sidestand and mounting boss to replace the oem 2000+
> sidestand and mounting boss on my ultra-lightweight 2000 750SS.
>
> In a cost (if not price) cutting move in 2000, Ducati replaced the
> lightweight, all-aluminum (hollow!) sidestand and the equally
> lightweight cast aluminum mounting boss on these bikes with an ugly,
> heavy, painted, cast steel sidestand and even uglier and heavier cast
> steel mounting boss.  

They did it to help you trip traffic lights without wearing an iron
ankle bracelet.
From: don (Calgary) on 7 May 2010 19:10
On Fri, 7 May 2010 05:34:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim
<tomorrowerolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On May 6, 11:49�pm, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older
>Gentleman) wrote:
>
>> That's neat. Only mod I really made to the Ducati was attaching a remote
>> release to the seat lock mechanism after the original key-operated lock
>> detached itself and bounced away down a motorway...
>
>You left off "in Harley-like fashion." ;-)
>
>Speaking of which...
>
>My friend Tom, who at age 62, decided he was finally old enough to
>gracefully ride a Harley, and bought a used Electra Glide classic
>earlier this year, called me the other day to tell me that the bike
>had "declared itself." I asked him what the hell he was talking
>about, and he said "It has let me know in no uncertain terms that it
>is a Harley.... the heelpad on the heal/toe shifter just rattled
>loose, fell off, and bounced off the highway into the weeds!"

Hell that happened to my bike, "The Venture", a few years back.

I guess Yamaha copied Harley in more ways than cosmetics when they
designed that bike.

From: S'mee on 8 May 2010 00:02
On May 7, 12:23 pm, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> Tim <tomorrowerolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > My friend Tom, who at age 62, decided he was finally old enough to
> > gracefully ride a Harley, and bought a used Electra Glide classic
> > earlier this year, called me the other day to tell me that the bike
> > had "declared itself."  I asked him what the hell he was talking
> > about, and he said "It has let me know in no uncertain terms that it
> > is a Harley.... the heelpad on the heal/toe shifter just rattled
> > loose, fell off, and bounced off the highway into the weeds!"   I had
> > a simple one word reply for him:  "Loctite!"
>
> A *real* bikehead would have said: "Loctite AND Lockwire!" ;-)

fixed that for you.
(ED)
From: The Older Gentleman on 8 May 2010 17:03
Tim <tomorrowerolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

<snip>

> Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30673776(a)N04/4589393747/sizes/o/

Ugly as a hatful of monkeys' arseholes, but is probably quite fun.

> Photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30673776(a)N04/3652761056/sizes/o/in/set-7215
7620183405599/

No, sorry, I just dn't like the FI S models' styling. I prefer mine.


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