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Yeah it is a bit. Lots of the characters have moved on unfortunately. We need a new SD to revitalise the forum.

i cant wait to see the damn thing!

Gets like this every year, as the winter draws closer........

Been thinking lately..
Sure be nice to have one or two of the electronic/electrical
wizzards jump in for some of the exsisting issues that have come up...
A few guys are so miffed they are willing to dump their S.D.'s for
Jap bikes...
Isn't there anyone out there that is or knows who can diagnose
these gremlins.????
I wish..I were that good...
Might wake up the forum a bit..

If theyre thinking of going to Jap bike's, could be they never should have purchased an SD,,,most Euro bike's have their quirk's,,,,all of the bike's I've owned have had them in one way or another,,leak's , electrical,,bad hardware and such,,never thought of going back to Jap however,,,build quality and materals used in general don't do it for me,,,,a good mechanic would help,,,,dealer I use has a "good" knowlegable LC8 mechanic,,I realise they're far and few between though,,,,,,,,,

Got to agree - at 54k miles, I've suffered, usually more than once, all/most of the (mostly) electrical problems regularly raised here - some solved with knowledge/advice here, others worked out myself and passed on - collective experience and solutions here must be as good as, if not better, than most dealers but it does sometimes feel that some OPs can't/won't be helped 'cos they expect a magic wand.

Going to the Naked pic's thread now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Not only quiet in forum, quiet on ebay.de and ebay.co.uk as well... There was 2011 SDR with full Akra (EVO), crash protection and other goodies and 600 miles been bought very fast at 7200 quid a week ago, not often you see such attractive things popping up... Well hell with that, but would change my bike for that in a blink of an eye with equal chance... Best SD money can buy...

It's not that I don't like Jap bike's,,,had enough of them in my time,,,,,it just seem's that they're all "inline" four's,,,same,,same,,same,,and I've have had them leak all over the place too,,,with electrical prob's,,,just like

Jap bikes ---------- V-Twins Hahaha -- yes - here's my OTHER bike , the one i got back into riding with almost 4 years ago. I have literally never had a problem with it and i beat the living hell out of the poor little thing . Honda Reliability ! It's a 1984 Honda Ascot 500V-Twin 6 speed with a whopping 50 hp , but i've smoked guys on 750 ducati's with it. In the twisties the bike's a blast but after 2 years of hard riding and constant wide open throttle i started craving more power and that's what led me to KTM Superduke . Rode the bike on a 1000 mile round trip from San Francisco to Oregon and back too .

i modified the bike cosmetically - cut seat in half and recovered - pulled all the guages off and changed headlight - pulled all the plastic fairing type rear fenders and inner fenders and put the old 70's honda rear fender for the flat tracker look. a few other modifications buy don't want to bore anyone ... But thankfully i have it for when i'm recently going through some electrical woes with the SD i'm still riding ( Here in California where we ride year round ) -------------- The sad news on the little honda is there is Absolutely NO after market performance products - basically STUCK with it as it is. I have 2 extra engines i may try and port the heads on the extra engine , they look pretty choked off.

cheers

I keeping wondering when the shoe is going to drop with my SD... I have not had any problems as of yet (knock on wood) with my bike, I mean nothing.

Do I have a rare gem or will the beast rear it's head ?

Lol I will......

I too think the most of Guzzi's,,,,,,,I know I rode the wheels off them,,,,they never broke until I fell off and broke em....didn't have to adjust a chain ever,,,ran better when I just installed a Rita ignition,,,breathed better through a pair of uni's instead of suckin bug's through the bellmouth's,,,braked better when I disconected the linked brakes,,,revved better with a lighter flywheel,,,only time they would let you down is when you needed a new battery ][/img]

1978 was a good Guzzi year,,,,,,I also added that 5 quart sump hanging down low,,,,$3600 OTD,,,rode it in every condition and kept the thing absolutly "spotless" I sold it and bought a 83 850LM III,,,really stupid,,,,didn't like it nearly as much as the 78,,something about that thing was just right,,,

Like the SD I have lusted after a V11 Le Mans Rosso Corsa.
I love the feel of that Guzzi. What a bike!

The best years were when they came wide open,,no airbox just a set of stack's,,,,after that they went "plastic" everything,,,,smaller carb's,,stuffed up airbox,,odd styling IMO,,,,,first one I wanted was a somewhat rare bird as in a 1975 850 sport,,not many came in that year,,it was a 750 S with a 850 motor,,like $3200 OTD,,,,,LMI 76,77,78,,,,the one you want,,,the newer one's just arn't the same,,,,,,,a friend of mine out in Oregon found one and the thing is mint,,ride it anywhere,,,,the new sport is cool but it need's 850cc,,,,,and 80hp,,,,,,

Now you've got me thinking,,,,,I remember this day in Loudon in 76,,,Mikey smoked em all,,, http://www.ghezzi-brian.com/gbstory.htm

I like guzzi's, but everytime I hear the name it makes me crack up because in the balkans guzzi means ass. Translated it would be motoass, which I guess is kind of an accurate description. My sister's husband has a guzzi, so I always tease him if he rode his ass bike to work.

that full size front brake rotor is awesome !


http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd31 ... Loudon.jpg

RIP Jimmy Adamo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

http://www.theriderfiles.com/?m=20100807

If I found one of these ,,,,,I'm sold,,,,,lust

http://motorcyclephotooftheday.com/2010 ... oto-guzzi/

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,

http://www.ghezzi-brian.com/gbstory.htm

Im only new here but I have been on forums for the last 18 months since I got my bike license. Some are more active than others, and obviously the state based or model based are quieter than others due to the smaller target market. Don't know what this place was like before but Ive taken a lot of good info from here and appreciate the members contributions.

And on the topic of the "can't use the power of a thou" on the road argument. I used to buy into it too but I’m now in the "who cares camp". I mean you can’t use the power of a Ferrari, Porsche, M3 or the new Golf R for that matter but they still sell. Why, because they are just beautiful machines, a credit to the human civilisations excellence in engineering. I rode a mate’s new ZX10R and another’s R1 the other day and loved them both. Sure you have to be a little more diligent with the throttle but they were simply awesome. Stick them in a lower gear and hang on, but you all know that. Here in Brisbane with the ridiculously low posted speeds I can be breaking the law in first gear and in license losing territory in second on my SD. I understand the torque/acceleration is in the lower range on a twin but I love winding out the SD’s throttle to hear that growl from the Yoshis and that puts me at risk all the time! I used to do the same on my Daytona and sure I’d do the same on a thou, I just like going fast

Yeah, where the fook did that come from haha

there's a guy on the forum that posted a comment about the SD with 16/41 gearing , Says the thing pulls as hard as a BMW 1000 RR - you tryin to say these SD's are SLOW --- HOW DARE YOU . If my superduke had teeth it'd BITE YOU .

It may be dead on the this forum, but superduke still excites the media, check out the 4 page long article on this months ride magazine, and strangely enough it very accurate. Maybe a couple of members here have had something to do with it.

Could you please scan the article and post it?

Yeah it's me and motoronin, just sent him a big blurb and a link to my thread "everything you need to know about buying a used superduke".

Was quite funny as I was in a hospital bed and a friend bought me a bike mag and laughed when I saw article....and then another friend bought me the same mag again.