JerryXt
28-08-2008, 10:09 PM
I can't remember the last time we talked about big monsters, so here's mine :D
She's called Lucrezia cos she's a beauty, but completely without morals.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0703.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0708.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0710.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0718.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0721.jpg
I first had a ride on an S4Rs just after they came into the country. I was completely mesmerised by the handling, the poise, power and braking and had to have one. A year went by and I went looking; no-one anywhere had a white one, so I reluctantly looked for a used one. A local guy had one for sale at £3,000 less than new - rubbish ad, but I went to have a look anyway. As soon as his garage door opened, I knew that I'd buy her - 350 miles only and a year old. The bike was completely standard apart from the seat, which had been covered by a local Harley company and an alarm/immobiliser. Two days and a huge wedge of cash later and the bike was mine. Fantastic!
After the first service, Brett at ProTwins found a 500 mile full termi system complete with uncoded ecu and fitted them for a lot less than the cost of a new set. The system opened up the midrange and she roars and howls under load. Excellent.
As soon as it had done 1000 miles, we did the ukmoc trackday at Mallory. 130rwhp in novices made for an interesting day... I did learn why I neeed a slipper clutch tho, so that went on next, together with a bling open clutch cover and teardrop DP mirrors to replace Mickeys ears.
After a few more trackdays, I was shown that pretty bikes and tracks weren't a good idea for me when Nim, had an off and did a load of damage to her bike.
Since then, the suspension has been tweaked a little to improve turn-in and stability mid-turn, new levers fitted as the originals looked terrible after one winter, better mirrors, adjustable rearsets and a steering damper from CK.
The only thing I'd criticise the bike for is the woeful flyscreen that vibrates like a humminbirds wings at speed, pitiful tank range and the forks are a little light on oil - 10mls has cured that nicely.
Next changes are to increase the rear ride height to put some more weight on the front to help feedback and Mark Hill at MHP (he did an excellent job on the db killers for asbo) is rumoured to be putting some ti covers on another set of termis I found. The carbon tubes on the 'standard' termis don't match the quality of the rest of the bike and I'd like to see what ti cans look like on this Ducati. And I've got a carbon flyscreen coming that should be a little stiffer than the standard item. It's down for painting at some point.
I've had no problems with the bike at all - just get on and ride and grin
It really is a do-everything bike - tour, hoon, trackday and commute.
Thanks for reading!
She's called Lucrezia cos she's a beauty, but completely without morals.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0703.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0708.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0710.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0718.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/jerryxt/Lucretzia%20in%20the%20woods/Dsc_0721.jpg
I first had a ride on an S4Rs just after they came into the country. I was completely mesmerised by the handling, the poise, power and braking and had to have one. A year went by and I went looking; no-one anywhere had a white one, so I reluctantly looked for a used one. A local guy had one for sale at £3,000 less than new - rubbish ad, but I went to have a look anyway. As soon as his garage door opened, I knew that I'd buy her - 350 miles only and a year old. The bike was completely standard apart from the seat, which had been covered by a local Harley company and an alarm/immobiliser. Two days and a huge wedge of cash later and the bike was mine. Fantastic!
After the first service, Brett at ProTwins found a 500 mile full termi system complete with uncoded ecu and fitted them for a lot less than the cost of a new set. The system opened up the midrange and she roars and howls under load. Excellent.
As soon as it had done 1000 miles, we did the ukmoc trackday at Mallory. 130rwhp in novices made for an interesting day... I did learn why I neeed a slipper clutch tho, so that went on next, together with a bling open clutch cover and teardrop DP mirrors to replace Mickeys ears.
After a few more trackdays, I was shown that pretty bikes and tracks weren't a good idea for me when Nim, had an off and did a load of damage to her bike.
Since then, the suspension has been tweaked a little to improve turn-in and stability mid-turn, new levers fitted as the originals looked terrible after one winter, better mirrors, adjustable rearsets and a steering damper from CK.
The only thing I'd criticise the bike for is the woeful flyscreen that vibrates like a humminbirds wings at speed, pitiful tank range and the forks are a little light on oil - 10mls has cured that nicely.
Next changes are to increase the rear ride height to put some more weight on the front to help feedback and Mark Hill at MHP (he did an excellent job on the db killers for asbo) is rumoured to be putting some ti covers on another set of termis I found. The carbon tubes on the 'standard' termis don't match the quality of the rest of the bike and I'd like to see what ti cans look like on this Ducati. And I've got a carbon flyscreen coming that should be a little stiffer than the standard item. It's down for painting at some point.
I've had no problems with the bike at all - just get on and ride and grin
It really is a do-everything bike - tour, hoon, trackday and commute.
Thanks for reading!