[iabob]

Just for fun I was at breakfast yesterday morning and such a nice day took my Diavel. well who new but a bunch of bikers also had the same idea...The big thing was they were all on HD's and ran into a Vic rider cool dude on a Vision. Any way the fun part is we all finished at the same time and it just so happend we were headed in the same direction. One of the guys had a great looking CVO sounded awesome.

on the way he wanted to play with me as I could tell he was the show off of the group. The other guy's were just cruising , By the way they were nothing but polite and courteous to me. To continue Mr CVO wanted to show me how loud and fast he was? Ok so I switched from urban to sport, we hung side by side and he ripped it a couple of times, Then I did the same, next thing you know I dropped the hammer and smoked him.

He must have been like holy crap what just happend? he met me at the exit stop light and didnt even look at me and not even a blip?

His other buddies cought up and I could see they were cracking up. The Ducati Diavel turned to a Devel Oh yeah but only when I have to I spend most of the time in Urban or touring mode. Just nice to know you can thats all. By the way I am no way implying I can keep up with the Kawai and the Vic 116 just having a little fun.. I dont have that riding skill.

One of the guys who broke off from the group met me at the gas station he asked me what did I get done to the Ducati, with a smile I said nothing its stock. The expression on his face was priceless.

Liar liar pants on fire! The Diavel is a v-twin and we all know that v-twins are just lumbering slow hulks that Americans buy because we're stupid and think they're cool and fast! Lol. With regard to another post, four cylinders and six cylinders can make nicer high end power, particularly if it's a short stroke - high rpm design. But like the picture posted earlier...put a 4 or a 6 into a cruiser and look at where your feet go. Comfort advantage = v-twin. Now take a v-twin like and design it like Ducati with a demodromic valve system or like a Victory with overhead cams + 4 valves per cylinder and there is power potential. I could have gotten a Goldwing or a K1600GTL for a tour bike and they are nice bikes. But the Vision is much more comfortable, handles every bit as well and as mine is modded it will easily keep up with the BMW and beat the Honda. Bonus, even after mods the Vision is still less expensive to buy, and to maintain.

 

[98741]

Liar liar pants on fire! The Diavel is a v-twin and we all know that v-twins are just lumbering slow hulks that Americans buy because we're stupid and think they're cool and fast! Lol. With regard to another post, four cylinders and six cylinders can make nicer high end power, particularly if it's a short stroke - high rpm design. But like the picture posted earlier...put a 4 or a 6 into a cruiser and look at where your feet go. Comfort advantage = v-twin. Now take a v-twin like and design it like Ducati with a demodromic valve system or like a Victory with overhead cams + 4 valves per cylinder and there is power potential. I could have gotten a Goldwing or a K1600GTL for a tour bike and they are nice bikes. But the Vision is much more comfortable, handles every bit as well and as mine is modded it will easily keep up with the BMW and beat the Honda. Bonus, even after mods the Vision is still less expensive to buy, and to maintain.

yes yes I know a V-twin, I couldnt get a over a V-twin performing like this. The sound of this Twinis intoxicating. I would love to see something like this on a Vic.

 

[saddlebag]

yes yes I know a V-twin, I couldnt get a over a V-twin performing like this. The sound of this Twinis intoxicating. I would love to see something like this on a Vic.

You don't have a V-twin. You have a perfectly primary balanced L-twin. They work great, but are a maintenance nightmare. Still, I miss the old girl sometimes.

 

[98741]

You don't have a V-twin. You have a perfectly primary balanced L-twin. They work great, but are a maintenance nightmare. Still, I miss the old girl sometimes.

Thanks for the correction. The first major service is at 15k I am not worried and oil changes are spaced out at 7500 miles. I am coverd under 2 year warranty and the key is to get it serviced close to the intervals, I new what I was getting into and this is the cost of riding such a bike. I plan for it by putting a bit a way every month and doing very little mods. The only things I will do is- shory lever set, touring wind shield, comfort seat and possibly a Zard exhaust/slip on. I dont like the way the stock exhaust covers that great looking 240 but the stock exhaust sounds darn good I must say. But the Zard is insane.

 

[Half_Crazy]

Talk to these guys....
http://www.ferracci.com/shop-services.html
Fast by Ferracci

 

[98741]

Talk to these guys....
http://www.ferracci.com/shop-services.html
Fast by Ferracci

Oh boy your killing me...Just so happends my brother doesnt live too far from them them in PA. May have to do a weekend trip??

 

[saddlebag]

But the Zard is insane.

Nice.

Duc used to provide through hole, non-volatile memory chip to swap out for the stock FI map for add ons like pipes and air filters. They've probably gotten away from that now, but you'll probably want to add some type of fuel enrichment if you start adding the freer flowing goodies.

Haven't ridden one of the newer Ducs, but mine used to have terrible on-off throttle lurch without the "race-only" chip.