Anyone got one and whats the riding and ownership experience like when compared to a duc of a similar era is 748 and 749 cheers!
I have one. Owned and ridden for the past 22 years They are reliable. It is a bigger stretch, more uncomfortable than a 748 for me. Spares are hard to come by these days but luckily the major part that fails is the rear hub and there are alternatives or you could service it regularly to prevent failure. They get very hot in traffic. Comfort wise I have a set of bars that are adjustable the clamp on the fork leg is like rose joint so can be minutely adjusted. The cooling I have sorted by fitting a third fan on the left of the radiator. The final thing that is a "must do" if you buy one is to check the well nuts that hold the trim pieces to the airbox. They perish and the brass ferrule inside falls out. The rear ones are directly over the outer cylinder bell mouths. I have replaced mine with Riv nuts. They are not like riding Ducatis they need a lot of revs
ok thanks much appreciated - hav heard bad stories about heat and rear hub what was the production year run and are the later ones ie evo 2 and evo 3 better? im finding it hard to get decent non US info online and prices range from 6-9k but not sure what they sell for
Mine is Evo2, 2002 model year They switched to the 1000 in 2005 The first ones had a single radiator and suffered from overheating evo 2&3 have 2 radiators still get hot though I bought an SPR engine a few years ago and fitted that more power close ratio gearbox
