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rond944 said:

I think Debby' s T500 was known as the Titan while the Hustler was the X-6 250 right ?

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Indeed, the T500 was the 'Titan',-although the earliest models were known as 'Cobra'.


http://www.suzukicycles.org/T-series/T500_models.shtml


A small snippet of useless information is that Suzuki couldn't call it a Titan in the UK, because the rights to use the name was apparently owned by Read Titan, so it was simply known as a 'T500'.
http://www.stephenbottcher.net/fairing/ ... flyer_.jpg

And the X6 was known in the UK as the T20 'Super Six', only the later T250 model was known as 'Hustler'.

No problem, Paul, thanks!

Coop, I'd be interested in whatever pics/details you could send. Please PM me. Thanks - BrianK

I'd like to get a duc monster someday...but seeing as how I haven't worked for the last 3 years I think my commando is going to be alone for a long, long time. :|

I was kind of tempted by a Ducati or two before my wife got laid off. I think if you are the kind of person who appreciates a Norton you might enjoy a Ducati.

Personally, the Ducati Monsters are the most uncomfortable bikes I've ever ridden. My son has a standard 900 and a friend has a Foggy replica, they feel very similar in LACK of ergos.

I've only ridden one I think is a 900 and just around the block. Most sport bikes don't suit me, I guess I'd have to adjust one if I bought one. Something about being an old fart I think.

yeah, i've only ridden one too. it was one of the 600 something from the late 90's/early OO's. i liked it alright. if i ever get another bike to complement my commando it would be a newer bike. don't really like the looks of many new bikes at all. like the look of the triumph triples also. would have to test them, but is all a fantasy at this point anyway... :roll:

This has been my ultimate stablemate for over twenty years, including a honeymoon around the Scottish Highlands.....er...with a different seat, I should point out :?



I bought it while I was in the process of tuning my T140 a bit more than a little. I also had a T150 I intended tuning, but after the first ride on the Duke I gave up any notion of tuning anything British ever again.
A genuine 130+mph, smooth, seriously confidence inspiring high-speed handling, but sh!te suspension!
Now fixed with Ikon shocks and progressive fork springs, it rides like a modern bike, but sounds as good as any Commando.

It occasionally suprises the local rice rocket jockeys as well

Beautiful bike B+Bogus . I like my Beemer , Love my Commando , but nothing sounds like a 90 degree Desmo twin . The sound alone is gearhead guy nirvana

Ron

Bogus, the modern Ducati Monsters, while faster and perhaps better handling (on the track, at high speeds), are nowhere NEAR as classy as the old Ducatis.

That right there is a "REAL" Ducati. You can spend 10 times as much on a new one and not get anywhere close to being as cool.

I still have an attraction to the old Ducati singles. I've never ridden or owned one but my fantasy stable would have one parked in it.

I've got a Triumph Triple as a stablemate to the Norton:



I think a Triple makes a great companion!

I agree with Grandpaul, Ducatis hit their peak in the 70s (oh, for a roundcase 74 750SS - but those go for stupid money these days). Wouldn't kick a 916 out of the garage, but personally, the marque lost a lot of interest for me post the 2V models.

Then again, I ride a Commando, and an airhead BMW, and am looking for an MG Eldo, so I'm seriously, as Ian Anderson once put it, "Living in the Past."

nuttin wrong wit that, Just don't get locomotive breath! :roll: Or an aqualung.

53 bikes on the property. (3) of them 2000 or newer. All the rest 26 years old or older. Average age of all bikes, 36.

Living in the Past is one of my favorite songs.

BrianK said:

I agree with Grandpaul, Ducatis hit their peak in the 70s (oh, for a roundcase 74 750SS - but those go for stupid money these days). Wouldn't kick a 916 out of the garage, but personally, the marque lost a lot of interest for me post the 2V models.

Then again, I ride a Commando, and an airhead BMW, and am looking for an MG Eldo, so I'm seriously, as Ian Anderson once put it, "Living in the Past."

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I've got mixed feelings about the way the '70s Ducatis are heading - an Aussie contact recently told me that one like mine just went for roughly the price of a new Desmodieci in Adelaide :shock:
Makes riding them a bit of a fraught affair now, especially as (1) I like thrashing mine, and (2) It would pay for the house extension my wife wants.
I had an 851 for a good while, and it was a fine bike, but I was happy to sell it....to buy my Commando :wink:

Living in the Past is fine - as long as we're not Too old to Rock'n'Roll!

Unless you're as thick as a brick.

Couldn't miss that one.

I had a '72 450 Desmo ( the silver one)in the mid 70's. Couldn't fit on it these days, as they are quite tiny. Revved well, light, handled, stopped well with the twin leader, crap electrics (all of them), vibrated like a bastard, broke the odd engine mounting bolt, was fun but not for me, for the long term. A mate's B33 BSA would keep with it. Showed me very early on that accepted knowledge was not necessarily the truth. Moved on with no regrets.
Bought a new 860 GTS in '77. Good bike, reliable, smooth, easy to service, handled well, but, and this is a big but, the 850 Norton I had forsaken it for would have chewed it up and spat it out anywhere in the rev range. Period. Just my observations.
I wouldn't touch a modern Ducati ( post about '85) with a barge pole. Expensive to service, not easily owner servicable, expensive parts (like almost everything else nowadays) and I must quote a mate of mine who owns nine modern Dukes who said, "Don't let anyone tell you that modern Ducatis are reliable. They are for people who ride on Sunday and put it back in the garage. You simply do not put big miles on them."
This is a man who has two 998 motors sitting under his dining room table and over AU$500,00 of Ducati parts in his rented house. It is a haven for titanium, carbon fibre and magnesium. It is, though, a very impressive sight, believe me.

I guess the best stable-mate for my 75 Mark III Interstate...

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...is it's "little brother", the 72 Dunstall Combat

Or many others of your large stable. I think I have too many Goldwings but the economy went south just as I was considering where to go. I know you'll understand this, a couple of them I bought just because they are rare ones and at a great deal. Luckily I missed a Commando recently as it was another bike at a price I would not pass up.
I did pass up a $500 Ducati this year just because I though it would end up being a $5,000 Ducati before I was done.