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Hi all,

I just joined, thought I'd say hi. I'm located in Fremantle, Western Australia, and am the proud owner of a '93 Cagiva 900 Elefant, this one fitted with a 944ie ST2 motor and beautifully modified to some other nice specs.

I'll be posting looking for advice as it's not quite running right, and being my first Duke-engined bike, I'm a bit of a newbie on the subject.

I’ve just been sent the pictures of the final paint job on my 899 track bike. I absolutely love it and can’t recommend Justin Weall at Motomechanica in Elche, Alicante enough.

Hello, I am joining a couple of international forums to see if any are worth belonging to any more. I have been a member of many Australian Forums over the years but most have now dried up in activity or closed down. They have gone over to Facebook, which I don't like.

I live in Lensdale in the Adelaide Hills, close to my family's 160 acre apple orchard - the area is full of orchards of fruit and table grapes.

I bought my bike in 2002 from the original owner. It is number 514. My intention is to build a suitable garage for her as she is kept in a shed under a tarpaulin along with harvesting machinery at the moment. Here she is:

Alright troops Just got this bad boy delivered. It's literally like sitting on Kiera Knightly I am fully In love .Sorry for the light. Delivered at night time

Having been an avid admirer of the Ducati 916 since its release, today I find myself the proud owner of two of these iconic bikes in original condition, namely a 916 Strada and 916 SP1, both released new on 20th June 94.
2018 was somewhat of a difficult year for our family and it was looking inevitable at one time that the bikes would be sold. Life moves on and over the Christmas period the decision was to either sell up or do something drastic and move forward so here we are.... The New 996 project.

Starting with a twisted frame and a logbook things are moving forward at pace..

A brand new frame has been purchased and the kitchen has become an assembly line.

Here are a few pictures and Ill add more as the project progresses.

Enjoy....x

Just thought we would upload a photo of a project my son and I built.

Hope you people like the end result as much as we do.

First long term use of a Ducati has been a bit of a mixed bag. When its running and properly set up its great, but when its not its very frustrating! 6600 miles and 5 track days since new and its spent more time in the workshop than my Aprilia RSV Mille Factory has in 14 years! 9 recalls, new silencers due to a leak, new sump and clutch case due to warping from hot gases from silencer leak, new dash, and this week a failed rear hub. I thought Audi may improve QA from the bad old days, but it seems not.
On the road performance, handling (once the sag is put right) and comfort, other than heat, are brilliant. 400 miles in a day around Yorkshire, Northumberland and Cumbria and Lancashire quite doable with no aches and pains. On track its a bit of handful and demands much more commitment than my RSV4rf did at the same lap times. Hoping 2019 will be better with all the faults ironed out. Bought the bike with extended warranty as I loved the looks and concept and intended to keep long...

Mclaren 600Lt - arrived under covered transporter direct from dealer - Over 2 full weeks of 12-14 hour days on this vehicle alone ( 2 of us )....over 100 hours of machine correction to get the paint absolutely faultless.....vehicle is a one off with carbon all over and carbon Senna seats. Vehicle was then placed into surgery and we applied the Ultimate self healing film to the vehicle XPEL ULTIMATE.....this one nearly killed me.....then the F12 arrived! Enjoy peeps!

Ducati continues safety-related research and experimentation
Multistrada 1260 used in the first American demonstration of the ConVeX (Connected Vehicle to Everything) project at Consumer Electronics Show® 2019
Ducati, Audi AG, and Ford Motor Company together to set new bike safety standards

Borgo Panigale, Bologna, 8 January 2019 – Ducati continues its safety-focused research by taking part - together with Audi and Ford - in the first US demonstration of a communication system that interlinks vehicles, street infrastructure and pedestrians.

This test follows the one completed in Germany last July (here the press release). The latter saw the ConVeX (Connected Vehicle to Everything) project - a key part of Ducati's “Safety Road Map 2025” strategy which aims to develop new safety systems and technologies - showcased in Europe for the very first time. The initial stages of this strategy will see ABS Cornering extended to the entire Ducati range and the market launch, in 2020, of a...

A Car thread: Keep them special...

Ava Gardners 1958 Facel Vega Excellence – up at Coys soon! - one very cool car...

http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1958-facel-vega-excellence-ex-ava-gardner

Forgot I had these on an old SD card

This has taken a while, the tyranny of distance can be a bastard in Aust. (in this case 2700km).

The bike was first posted for sale in my FB group and after negotiations (aired elsewhere on here) and freeing up cash the deal was done.

Bike has been verified as one of the (MY2000) 690 made by Ducati. Hardly any came to Aust. This one has been laid up in a shed for about 3 years and needs a complete refresh and is unregistered. The owner has become , in his words, too old to ride it.

Located in Adelaide, which is neither here nor there in Aust there is a sole Ducati dealership. When I emailed them with a clear subject line to ask about a pre-purchase inspection they deleted it unread. So I found a reputable general M/C mechanic and asked a certain specialist ( @Android853sp ) for a few things the mechanic should look out for.

Happily, nothing turned up than what I already new. So the bike has a 45/50mm link pipe to the Termi cans and a UM241 chip. Showa front, Ohlins Rear, no...

This is Sam from Belgium, living nearby the race track in Zolder. I am a proud owner of a 748 from 1999. Bought it a few moths ago. It was a kind of gamble. No history, no maintenance book and the tires were ... raced. The engine looked clean, dry and sounded healthy. With 35000 km on the clock she was no garage queen. The overall outside look was a little messy. I was looking for a kind of winter project and this 748 is my dream bike. Combine this with a low asking price and you understand this was an offer I can’t refuse. I gave it a shot ! Since then I had a lot of fun in restoration all the broken, tired plastic parts, replacing worn bearings, checking and updating electro, studying the belt replacement and so on and on.... It’s not finished yet but I am in no hurry. My goal is to have it ready for some track days this summer and go to WDW in 2020. Thank you for having me. Looking forward to learn more from you guys
Include some picture of the project.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk1-Tran...443f5b21680ad4fa9227d3cffee04aa&ul_noapp=true

Got an email from Jess at Ducati Glasgow before Christmas telling me their Hypermotard 950 demonstrator was in the showroom.
So yesterday i put many layers of thermals on, and after 30 minutes of removing covers, locks and putting the rear wheel back on my hyperstrada i headed over to Glasgow.

There it was in pride of place right in the middle of the showroom as you come in the door.

After finally getting dragged off it by the misses i spoke with Martin(The Owner) and the deal was done. New 950 Sp arriving in April
Last order of buisness was to take the standard 950 demonstrator out a test. I was the first customer to ride it and even though the road conditions were a bit sketchy it was awesome, unfortunately didnt have the quickshifter fitted but it has definitely been brought up to todays technical standards, sounds brilliant with the twin pipes and some of the small niggles have been more refined.




Just need to sell the Hyperstrada now but will put a post up for...

Happy new year all the cool dudes and dudettes of the Best Ducati Forum in t' world!!!
May your 2019 be the most fantastic year yet

For the last 2 weeks or so I’ve been riding a newly purchased winter hack due to the roads being wet/dirty etc, EX650R , 2008 model, £1200, very impressed with it, goes well stops well, handles well, I was expecting it to be rubbish but its surprisingly good, but surely it couldn’t compare to my Dukes?, so today when the roads finally dried I was really looking forward to taking the Scrambler out, more torque, better handling, better braking ...except it wasn’t, dynamically it’s just not as good as the Kawasaki, and it’s less comfortable, there I’ve said it!, the Scrambler looks better but isn’t, front brake felt weak, doesn’t swap direction as quickly etc etc, disappointed! ... so it was with some trepidation that I wheeled out the 900ss, would my all time favourite machine now feel dated, awkward, underwhelming?, NOPE!, it felt sublime, great brakes, rock steady handling, lovely torquey power delivery, had a blast.
Thanks to the blue BMW driver who wound his window down at the...

But take a look at this I have just seen on FB. This photo is captured with 24.9 billion pixels of quantum technology. You can zoom in, zoom out when you look at it. You can clearly see every gesture, even face of pedestrians on the road. Click on the link to see the actual photograph

http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/?from=gr...n12vThIzHrKjiWzFokGaG9Cf9VbH3kFSwMXZy9b3ZeABw

Got out for a lovely ride this morning in brilliant sunshine and temperatures that started just above zero. Up Long Hill to Buxton, down to Leek and back home to Stockport via Macclesfield. Saw 10,000 miles come up on the way home (bike is pretty much worthless now then!) which isn't a bad year's riding considering it had 1600 miles on it when I bought the bike in April. Ridden well over 10,000 miles this year (I had a Multi 950 before the 1200S). The bike has never missed a single beat in those miles - it has been a really pleasure to own and ride.

Merry Christmas to all and ride safe in 2019.