Just bought a Ducati Desmosedici RR!

father_jack
father_jack Posts: 3,509
edited November 2010 in Road beginners
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Rubber tyres, rear shock is functional, bars turn the wheel. No front suspension though.
Say... That's a nice bike..
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    and this is interesting for a beginner's cycling forum because.....???
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Because it's a road bike? :wink:
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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Father Jack wrote:
    Because it's a road bike? :wink:
    ............. and a very nice one at that !!
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,821
    Gorgeous things. I've got one of those on my desk, parked next to an 851. Lovely. I miss riding my SS, at least people could hear me coming. I appreciate nice things with 2 wheels with or without an engine.
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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Thanks for the 3 seconds of excitement!
  • ChrisSA
    ChrisSA Posts: 455
    There nothing like the sound of a Desmo in the morning....

    Especially from the twins (916 et al).
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  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    Where are the pedals?

    I'm so confused :(
  • slunker
    slunker Posts: 346
    Not a road bike specifically.......More an out and out race bike with lights stuck on. :wink:
  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    softlad wrote:
    and this is interesting for a beginner's cycling forum because.....???

    Ha ha, reeled in!
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    God, another boring old Ducati!
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    giant mancp wrote:
    God, another boring old Ducati!

    JEALOUS! :D brrooommm brrrooom :P
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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Do they come in any other colours?
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Not the Ducati, but they have a few other models. Honda, Suzuki, BMW (yuk) KTM.

    http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/sp ... _16338.htm
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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Rats, you got my hopes up then, a Desmo, that would be a brave move, but nice.
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Phew. Thought I was going to have to hate you through raging jealously :lol:
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Father Jack wrote:
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    Rubber tyres, rear shock is functional, bars turn the wheel. No front suspension though.

    Except that's a picture of an airfix model and not a real Desmosedici.

    Edited to say I see you've owned up to it being a model and not the real thing.
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  • valerian
    valerian Posts: 36
    You appear to have reversed the chainwheel and the rear sprocket. :shock:
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    you should stick a number 46 on the front :D
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  • volvicspar
    volvicspar Posts: 208
    Fooled me :D Thanks! 8)
  • Dodger747
    Dodger747 Posts: 305
    ChrisSA wrote:
    There nothing like the sound of a Desmo in the morning....

    Especially from the twins (916 et al).

    Couldn't agree more... 8)

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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,696
    andy46 wrote:
    you should stick a number 46 on the front :D

    The Doctor never rode for Ducati.

    There is a forum member here who has a real one of these.
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    andy46 wrote:
    you should stick a number 46 on the front :D

    The Doctor never rode for Ducati.

    There is a forum member here who has a real one of these.

    news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/9172553.stm

    Valentino Rossi has his first ride on the Ducati he will be racing in MotoGP in 2011 at a test session in Valencia.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,696
    I'll be hornswaggled... :oops: Hadn't read that about Rossi on a Duc. Might make MotoGP worth watching again.
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  • andy46
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    There's not much i don't know about The Doctor :lol:

    I'm a BIG fan 8)
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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    And I think he's a cock. (And I didn't write fool!)
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    philthy3 wrote:
    And I think he's a fool. (And I didn't write fool!)

    i don't get what you mean :?
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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Probably tool! I'm not a big fan but there is no question that he is the greatest rider of all time. A few people might say Ago but the old boys used to have a few races over the weekend so they have greater race win totals, then again they had to race at the TT. Mike the bike Hailwood... number one!
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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    GAOT is a subjective term. I and many others think there are other riders more worthy of the title GOAT than Rossi. The likes of Hailwood, Duke, Redman, Saarinen, Roberts, Rainey, Lawson and Doohan. Winning lots of championships doesn't make a rider the GOAT. Agostini won plenty but then his MV was the fastest thing out there as was his Yam when he switched manufacturers. Lawson jumped from a title winning Yamaha to Honda and turned the worst bike in the paddock into the championship winner in consecutive seasons.

    If we talk GAOT in terms of Rossi's clowning around then I reckon George Formby beats him to it.
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    you mention Eddie Lawson switching from Yamaha to Honda, but Rossi did this (Honda to Yamaha) in 2004 so he deserves credit for what he acheived in his years with Yamaha.

    Your right though, the riders in the 50's and 60's were something special. my father used to go regulary to see the likes of Hailwood,Agostini,Read etc, it's a shame it was before my time :lol:

    I'll always remember going with my Dad to my first ever GP, 1989 Donington Park seeing Schwantz, Rainey, Lawson, Gardnener etc ...... i miss the 2 strokes in a way :(

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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    I remember Sheene & Kenny Roberts at Silverstone when I was 9 on tv. Have been a fan of the sport ever since & I put Rossi up with the best ever. But you can't compare different eras in any sport in respect of who the GOAT is.

    Rossi would refuse to race if you put him back in the 1970s. Hay bales in front of walls on corners. Yes I do watch the Isle of Man & the Northwestern when on tv & they are all mad even now.

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