Another motorbike.....Ducati.... am I mad

[addjunkie]

I am sure I will be much quieter than my friend's Velocette Thruxton. Or my 69 Bonnie on standard pipes.

Im quite a fan of the rasp of a 70s two stroke!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Rannsachair Have a view of this if you've not seen it before, Tom.

 

[stuvy]

@roofman the blades lovely and noisy with a hell of a bark on overrun

Flames a plenty

It’s saved me a few times turning right at T junctions when I have right of way from being mowed down

All my bikes have loud cans, opens traffic up really nicely

 

[RichardM]

@Rannsachair Have a view of this if you've not seen it before, Tom.

Warning - artist at work:

P.S. get well soon.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Seen that one before.

 

[Farside]

I personally don't like exhausts too loud, I much prefer a nice sound. The SC Projects one I put on the twin is perfect for me, slightly louder than the oem but a deeper sound. Having said that the oem was quite nice, much better than the normal sounds that comes on standard bikes. One thing I have to consider is the roads I travel often have horse riders and having a very loud barking exhaust is not the best thing to have when passing them. I now even shift the mode into S1 rather than the normal S2 on the narrow roads as when slowing down in S2 the bike will auto blip most times and it will only do that in S1 with more aggressive slowing. Having it blip is not the best thing when approaching horses, especially when they are facing away from you.
This shows it in S2 and as you can hear it blips just with normal slow down. Sound is not the best, a bit muffled but...

Auto-blip?
FFS, that's it, I'm hanging up me helmet.

 

[Rannsachair]

Auto-blip?
FFS, that's it, I'm hanging up me helmet.

I am guessing because @Hood s bike is an automatic it blips the throttle on downshifts.

To think I run a bike with manual advance and retard on the ignition and a magneto based ignition system that does not even use a battery that I can fully understand and fault find. My new bike has basic electronics compared to @Hood s Honda, dread to think of fault finding the Electronic suspension, traction control, abs and automatic stability control.

 

[roofman]

I am guessing because @Hood s bike is an automatic it blips the throttle on downshifts.

To think I run a bike with manual advance and retard on the ignition and a magneto based ignition system that does not even use a battery that I can fully understand and fault find. My new bike has basic electronics compared to @Hood s Honda, dread to think of fault finding the Electronic suspension, traction control, abs and automatic stability control.

A lot of the latest sports bikes have auto blip now on clutchless down shifts..helps the dogs engage in the box by unloading the shafts

 

[redlig]

I am guessing because @Hood s bike is an automatic it blips the throttle on downshifts.

To think I run a bike with manual advance and retard on the ignition and a magneto based ignition system that does not even use a battery that I can fully understand and fault find. My new bike has basic electronics compared to @Hood s Honda, dread to think of fault finding the Electronic suspension, traction control, abs and automatic stability control.

Fault finding is easy. First have a scratch around using old knowledge then get it collected by dealer who plugs in box of tricks and then changes everything at random until it works and then sends you the bill. Don't ask me how I know .

 

[redlig]

A lot of the latest sports bikes have auto blip now on clutchless down shifts..helps the dogs engage in the box by unloading the shafts

All that teck to allow the rider to avoid learning the art of riding. All very necessary when riding in the land of the 70mph speed limit. Soon to be 64 mph the rumour says.

 

[Farside]

A lot of the latest sports bikes have auto blip now on clutchless down shifts..helps the dogs engage in the box by unloading the shafts

I'd kick the arris of anyone I lent a bike to and found them doing clutchless changes.
Frigging animals.

 

[Hood]

Auto-blip?
FFS, that's it, I'm hanging up me helmet.

Yes, as has been said my bike is an automatic, well to be exact it is a DCT, so still changes gears but has two clutches that are computer controlled. You can override and use the paddles to drop down or shift up when in one of the auto modes or you can put it in totally manual and change with the paddles or get the optional foot pedal to change with your foot. I don't see the point in using manual mode but I could see it possibly being an advantage in some serious off road situations but I am never going to be doing such off road, farm track/dirt roads are as much as I will likely ever do.

Oh and the initial reason I went for the DCT over the manual version is finger joints are not so great so not having to haul in a clutch all the time was great, now I have the DCT it is so good I would find it hard to go back to a manual, not because I couldn't but just because I like DCT so much better.

A lot of the latest sports bikes have auto blip now on clutchless down shifts..helps the dogs engage in the box by unloading the shafts

I'd kick the arris of anyone I lent a bike to and found them doing clutchless changes.
Frigging animals.

Most bikes nowadays either come with or have options for quick shifter where you do not need to use the clutch apart from taking off or stopping, it is not the same as in years gone by when you did it, easy enough on upshift but there was a nack to downshifting without the clutch and it was not something I liked doing too often.

 

[Hood]

I am guessing because @Hood s bike is an automatic it blips the throttle on downshifts.

To think I run a bike with manual advance and retard on the ignition and a magneto based ignition system that does not even use a battery that I can fully understand and fault find. My new bike has basic electronics compared to @Hood s Honda, dread to think of fault finding the Electronic suspension, traction control, abs and automatic stability control.

Most problems will likely be down to wiring or sensors and they could likely be traced without to much trouble especially as you can go into the dash and read what the DTC is which will narrow down the area you have to look. But of course there is still going to be times when that will not be the case.
I don't want to drive around in an Austin 7 van, much prefer my Berlingo (even though it is crap ) and likewise with old bikes, much prefer to go with the times Having said that when I was looking to get a bike again I would have got an XL600 if they had still sold them here and I would have been happy, not so sure if I would do so now if they started bringing them in here again, which they probably couldn't anyway due to emissions.

 

[Robotstar5]

We used to say in the 60's that the sound of a noisy exhaust was drowned out by the sound of more nails being driven into the coffin of motorcycling.
Didn't stop me fitting a genuine Goldie 'silencer' onto my BSA Super Rocket / RGS look-a- like.It had to be genuine as the after market ones never managed to replicate the 'twitter' on the overrun.

This style was popular with our mob in the 70's, you could hear them coming

 

[redlig]

I'd kick the arris of anyone I lent a bike to and found them doing clutchless changes.
Frigging animals.

Clutchless up, never down.

 

[redlig]

Yes, as has been said my bike is an automatic, well to be exact it is a DCT, so still changes gears but has two clutches that are computer controlled. You can override and use the paddles to drop down or shift up when in one of the auto modes or you can put it in totally manual and change with the paddles or get the optional foot pedal to change with your foot. I don't see the point in using manual mode but I could see it possibly being an advantage in some serious off road situations but I am never going to be doing such off road, farm track/dirt roads are as much as I will likely ever do.

Oh and the initial reason I went for the DCT over the manual version is finger joints are not so great so not having to haul in a clutch all the time was great, now I have the DCT it is so good I would find it hard to go back to a manual, not because I couldn't but just because I like DCT so much better.





Most bikes nowadays either come with or have options for quick shifter where you do not need to use the clutch apart from taking off or stopping, it is not the same as in years gone by when you did it, easy enough on upshift but there was a nack to downshifting without the clutch and it was not something I liked doing too often.

I thought i caught a glimpse of you on the Dakar yesterday on Utube.

 

[Hood]

I thought i caught a glimpse of you on the Dakar yesterday on Utube.

Nah, was doing Baja yesterday.

 

[redlig]

Nah, was doing Baja yesterday.

Hopefully beating Itchy Boots.

MCC Exeter tonight?

 

[Hood]

Hopefully beating Itchy Boots.

MCC Exeter tonight?

And Charly

 

[Rannsachair]

Still feeling a bit rough, first time I have had gunge coming out of my eyes with a flu. Did force myself out to the garage for a quick silencer swap:

Does sound good without the baffle, though not for early rides past the neighbours.