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Originally Posted by Lucazade 749s
This Desmo sounds less and less like ducati. Looks like they are dropping their years long design and tradition.
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Hi Lucas,
Having owned Ducati's since before they went to that cheap and nasty alternative to bevel driven cams...
The rubber toothed belts used for some years now.
I can't get upset when they build the most advanced motorcycle engine ever offered the the public (for road use) and then fit it with the far superior gear driven cam set up.
You're starting to sound like a stick in the mud "Fuddy Duddy" mate.
Since the start of the Ducati Motorcycle company, they have used bevels, straight cut gears, pushrods, pullrods, camchains and even built 2 Strokes, long before they turned to rubber toothed belts!
I've even seen a side valve Ducati engine in a canal narrow boat!
There was a time that the Ducatisti thought that the 'new fangled twins' weren't proper Ducati's, as they had one to many cylinders.
They've built singles, twins, even an experimental triple, across the frame fours and 2 different V Fours, before they built the latest V four.
So which part of their long design and tradition do you think that they're dropping?
Steve