Hello all, I'm a 24 year old motorbike lover and brought myself a ducati st2 as a second bike on saturday and absolutely love it! Had a few small little issues with it at the moment, it wont rev past 6000rpm but it has been sat for 6 months with the same half a tank of fuel as it had now! May be the issue maybe? And struggles starting even with a new battery but seen this is quite common on the st2. Any other issues I should be looking out for and anyone else have an st2?
Welcome to the Forum Dean I too just bought an old ST2 it’s a bit like an agricultural, but comfortable version of my 748. Not sure what Im gonna do with yet, probably cafe racer it Re the starting issues, yeah I noticed that. First thing is to look at Exactstart.co.uk and get some new, thicker starting cables, they improve the starting of those era bikes no end. @Exige is your man for these. Put a thread in the Technical Help section re the ‘won’t rev past 6k’ someone will help out edit: just seen you’ve done that already
Welcome aboard Dave.... That looks in really great condition I’d definitely be looking at draining the fuel system and refreshing, hopefully will sort things out
It was always my dream bike a Ducati and lucky enough I picked this one up for £800 with full service and original bill of sale and books as well
Nice one. They are great bikes to own, ride and enjoy. When I was your age the cost of a Duc (relatively speaking) would be many many times that sum. There really is a wealth of experience on here and, in the main, we are a friendly bunch. The wanted section is also a good place to post for any parts you may need. A subscription (£15 I think) will pay for itself in discounts at Halfords, especially on oil, some tools and batteries.
Welcome to the Ducati forum got my first Ducati at the tender age of 26 a paso 750 beautiful looking machine but proved very unreliable so not a good first experience enjoy your first Ducati
Hi Dean, welcome and have fun. I think I would definitely get rid of the fuel, stale unleaded can be a pig for clogging jets, etc.
