Happy Birthday to me! New Italian Stallion!

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 01/05/2020 at 21:04 • Filed to: None

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The day after my birthday I was feeling a bit bored so I bought a Ducati. Here is said Ducati.

This is a yellow 1997 Ducati SuperSport 900, one of 100 made for the US market (the California market is somehow distinct from “US” and had 150 models produced for it). It has a 900cc air-cooled 90 degree V-twin with a timing belt and Ducati’s signature Desmo valvetrain producing 80hp through Ducati’s other signature, a rattly dry clutch. This bike, thankfully, has the factory clutch cover intact as a common mod is to get a “skeleton” cover that shows off the spinning clutch and makes it UNREASONABLY loud.

Notes so far:

Makes amazing noises, does all kinds of wheelies, not as uncomfortable as I’d expected, the twin-disk Brembos are phenomenal, it starts STUPID easy, and the clutch operation is absolutely baffling.

Poor_Sh > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:24

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Day um! Congrats!

AestheticsInMotion > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:25

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Ooooooh that is so cool. You’re doing birthdays right. Love that color too!

But uh... Di d Ducati just grab some s quare tubing from the hardware store for the swing arm?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:27

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Happy birthday

has it broken down yet?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AestheticsInMotion 01/05/2020 at 21:28

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the finest recycled bridge girders 

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/05/2020 at 21:29

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Only when my dumb ass forgets to turn the choke off and wonder why it’s running poorly 

Cash Rewards > AestheticsInMotion 01/05/2020 at 21:32

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Nah, it's some 1/4" bar stock. Load bearing for sure.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:32

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So you've decided to go full bizarro and since your reliable vehicles are unreliable, an unreliable vehicle should therefore be reliable! I approve of this logic.

AestheticsInMotion > Cash Rewards 01/05/2020 at 21:34

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Why do I feel like if I ran my hand against that protruding end I’d get cut?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:34

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oooh, nice color. Don’t skimp on the valve service or timing belt interval, but otherwise that should be a bike you can enjoy the crap out of.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/05/2020 at 21:36

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If you don’t skimp on the valve service or timing belt interval those Ducs are actually not particularly unreliable. Parts availability and price can be a bit shocking...

AestheticsInMotion > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:37

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*in Italian*

EXTRA CHARACTER. SOUL. PASSION.

But yeah, 10/10 awesome boredom buy

SiennaMan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:39

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I bet CA was different from US because of different emissions standards..?

Anyway, sweet looking ride. Congrats!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:39

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I thought it was yellow?

facw > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 01/05/2020 at 21:45

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And if you do skimp, it should be a bike you can enjoy the scrap out of?

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:50

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Boy do I wish I had the money to say “fuck it, new bike” except with an EP3 Civic Si because I need it

Congrats tho, looks clean and...orange, strangely. Probably just the lighting.

Svend > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:50

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Happy birthday old bean. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 21:51

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If I scored one of those for my birthday...it would almost certainly be the last birthday I’d ever have.

Myself, motorcycles and Italians is a triumvirate that is almost certain to lead to the death or disfigurement of one or all of us...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 01/05/2020 at 21:51

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Wait so youre saying it’s not only reliable, but part prices are high?.... Why do you wish such misfortune on Jake? Has he not suffered enough?

Jake, ignore this person. The bike will surely set itself on fire at some point! Definitely won't give you years of trouble free riding....nope. no way.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > facw 01/05/2020 at 22:02

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# instantrimshot.com

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/05/2020 at 22:06

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now, now, the words “Y ears of trouble free riding” are not exactly what I’d use... but notably less likely to break randomly than, say, a similar vintage Triumph or Motoguzzi.

wafflesnfalafel > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/05/2020 at 22:17

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L ove that color and the headlamp - gorgeous bike, congrats. I think I need to plan on buying some cool orange sh!t the day after my next bday...  

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/05/2020 at 22:21

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I was about to ask this same question. :P

I am not a bike person at all (I am weird as scooters are more my thing), but that is one gorgeous bike. LOVE that color!

JeepJeremy > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/06/2020 at 00:30

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That is a super rad bike!!!