Current Rides

[Black Lightning]

This is my 1993 honda vfr after it fell over in my garage i repaired to and did a rattle can repaint

Looks real good for a rattle can job. Sucks that it fell over though.

[FROSTIE]

Thanks the retaining pin came out of the stand and i did not notice it so when i lifted the bike the main pin came out now i check it every time befor lifting the bike

[Black Lightning]

Thanks the retaining pin came out of the stand and i did not notice it so when i lifted the bike the main pin came out now i check it every time befor lifting the bike

Yeah, that's a lesson those of us who started out with British iron have built in. Check everything that can move because it most likely will have. Hope it didn't land on your foot.

[Sportbikecalgary]

Current rides, eh? well , right now I have an '03 ST4s and a '04 KLR 650..and here's some pics

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The duc in Highwood pass 2 hours out of Calgary

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The KLR and I enjoying a logging road in southern B.C.

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The KLR in a hidden part of Saskatchewan.. everywhere in the photo was rideable land.. a fantastic riding area.

[Gerhard]

I went nuts this week and bought a new ride, a BMW R2400RT. I picked it up yesterday and took it for a long ride this morning. Really have enjoyed the first day with it and hope too put lots of clicks on it shortly.

Gerhard

[Go_Green]

Did you buy your Ducati new, Sportbikecalgary? Is it true that the maintainence on Ducs is crazy expensive? I see you have plenty of confidence in deserted Alberta highways...

Enjoy your new ride, Gerhard! I'm surprised you even have time to post.

[Zoom]

I went nuts this week and bought a new ride, a BMW R2400RT. I picked it up yesterday and took it for a long ride this morning. Really have enjoyed the first day with it and hope too put lots of clicks on it shortly.

Gerhard

Not all Beamers are sweet looking, but that one is!

Beautiful bike

[Sportbikecalgary]

Did you buy your Ducati new, Sportbikecalgary? Is it true that the maintainence on Ducs is crazy expensive? I see you have plenty of confidence in deserted Alberta highways...

I did roll the bike of the showroom floor and have just over 52k km on it now. I know for the high milers on here the 52k in 9 years isn't that much but it's not my only bike. I have a friend with a '04 St4s and he's got 85k kms on his. I think he gets a lot more vacation time than me. Everyone asks about maintenance... I find the maintenance to be about 25% higher than the cost of sticking a Japanese bike into the shop. Is it worth it? It goes fast enough to get thrown in jail and has hard bags. I never ever have to worry about the bike under-performing my expectations, the only limitation is occupying the seat. Whatever I toss at it, it takes with a grin. So yep it's worth it. Besides I don't know what I'd replace it with.

[Go_Green]

Lucky you! That must have been a day to remember, when you took it home. I think it's a great looking bike. Wishing you many more happy miles...

[slomoshun]

Is it true that the maintainence on Ducs is crazy expensive?

Not if you do it yourself.

I lived in Elliot Lake in 1996 and bought a new 900SSCR from Brampton Cycle, which at 600km was my nearest Ducati dealer, and the cost of the first service included three motel stopovers. I had the bike for four years and she never saw the inside of a shop again as it was much much easier to do my own maintenance. Even oil changes became reasonably priced after I realised that the full synthetic didn`t have to be Motul and the filter needn`t have DUCATI printed on it.
slo.