Hypothetically speaking... a new bike for da 'Belle

[Buckethead]

Throw some BST's on it and I'd totally rock that.

[sugarcrook]

Is she going to take it off any sweet jumps? 

[Buckethead]

With a seat like that, I hope not.

[mostrobelle]

With a seat like that, I hope not.

Yeah, I was looking at that too.  I don't think I'd be able to bear children after spending 30 minutes on that torture rack of a seat...

So, as y'all can probably tell I'm taking my sweet time about looking at bikes.  Going to a trackday this weekend and probably won't make it out to any shops.  And yes, I'm still lusting after a 916 or 748.  I might be able to take a little cruise on an 848 pretty soon and am interested to see what "modern" and "new" feel like.   

[Drunken Monkey]

Just a bump:

Look what's for sale on eBay

http://tinyurl.com/4z6jec

(It'll make me & Spidey jealous)

[mostrobelle]

Oh just $15K?     Yeah, I'll take two!     So as cool as that is, it's too nice for me.  I need something that can be tipped over once in a while and something that I can put my own brand of stink on.  I don't want to purchase someone else's vision...no matter how cool it is.  It's just not me. 

That said, I'm wrestling with the idea of being a Hypermotard girl.  They're stupid looking... but they look like fun.  And I still love the 916. 

[Spidey]

Just a bump:

Look what's for sale on eBay

http://tinyurl.com/4z6jec

(It'll make me & Spidey jealous)

I still like mine a lot more.  That said, I wouldn't mind both in my garage.  My neighbors would f'n hate that exhaust though.  I started up that bike outside my house and the cat from 3 doors down literally folded himself into a fortune cookie.  It weren't purty, lemme tell ya.

[ghostrider]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/851615286.html
Not to bad, it's a shame about the colour.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcy/852028999.html
Not a bad price but it appears to have sat for a few years. if I had the 6k it would be in my garage.

am I helping you 

[Labbedds]

Buy this before I sell my s2r and do it myself.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycles___2007-Ducati-Monster-S4RS-S4R_W0QQitemZ160284976570QQddnZMotorcyclesQQddiZ2283QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160284976570&_trkparms=72%3A727|39%3A1|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

[ROBsS4R]

Buy this before I sell my s2r and do it myself.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycles___2007-Ducati-Monster-S4RS-S4R_W0QQitemZ160284976570QQddnZMotorcyclesQQddiZ2283QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160284976570&_trkparms=72%3A727|39%3A1|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

Not being to mechanically inclined I wonder if the Bike runs like crap with just the Cat and no Pipes.

[Vindingo]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/851615286.html
Not to bad, it's a shame about the colour.

That bike looks SOO badass

[mostrobelle]

That bike looks SOO badass

yessss.... 

I'm curious about the valves.  So is this thing a 4-valver?  Enzo and I just did both of our bikes this weekend.  It's getting pretty easy I tell ya.  I'm wondering if I could do the valves on a 4.  Would it be so bad?  If I could that would be a lot more realistic for me.  I have a hard time justifying the maintenance costs on an aging Italian bike if the shop has to do it every time. 

[Le Piou]

yessss.... 

916"s"?
I think the "S" or "S" came in the later years (for 996 or 998 models, although in the first years of the 996, there was a 996 SPS) To confirm but to me the 916 is only available as "stock" or "SPS"... There's no 916s... So...

[Speeddog]

yessss.... 

I'm curious about the valves.  So is this thing a 4-valver?  Enzo and I just did both of our bikes this weekend.  It's getting pretty easy I tell ya.  I'm wondering if I could do the valves on a 4.  Would it be so bad?  If I could that would be a lot more realistic for me.  I have a hard time justifying the maintenance costs on an aging Italian bike if the shop has to do it every time. 

It's the same basic drill. But...
There are twice as many to do.
The parts are smaller.
The access is no where near as good, even after you take off a whole bunch more stuff.
You need to pull the cams to inspect the rockers, and also to change the closers.
Pulling the opener rockers by removing the shafts is pretty much mandatory as well.

It's a little bit more difficult, but a good bit more work.

[mostrobelle]

It's the same basic drill. But...
There are twice as many to do.
The parts are smaller.
The access is no where near as good, even after you take off a whole bunch more stuff.
You need to pull the cams to inspect the rockers, and also to change the closers.
Pulling the opener rockers by removing the shafts is pretty much mandatory as well.

It's a little bit more difficult, but a good bit more work.

Enzo thinks that girls should do valve adjustments.  Smaller hands.  Better attention to detail.  Wait a minute... 

Wow--that does sound a lot harder.  I always forget what cams are.  And shafts?  I'll look it up.  I have one of those exploded isometrics of an engine lying around here somewhere. 

I'm gonna see if Desmoto will let me watch them do a 4-valve check one of these days.  I want to see for myself.  It can't be *that* bad.