Right then, the Ducati flew through the MOT with flying colors, so obviously it was time to have a closer look at the extra exhaust system that came with the bike as well as the CarbonMoto carbon cover for the dry clutch.
So, I whipped off the original full exhaust system I wasn't expecting too much hassle to replace it with the race system. It took slightly longer as , with everything, there is a way to do things and a way not to do things...being a virgin to these bikes, my experience obviously shined through..
The clutch cover (OEM) came off and on with the carbon cover.
I didn't really know what to expect when it came to turning the key...but I think the best description I've read so far on the web is that it sounds like the start-up of a Spitfire...
With all bikes which go from a stock pipe to a race pipe, you not only get a grin factor because of "that" sound, but it's also nice that the engine sound is lost in the drone...both kawasaki zxrr and the ducati sound like a concrete mixer thats had a few bolts thrown in....
..add a dry clutch to that, desmo-quattro top ends and 50 mm Termignoni's and all of a sudden your in another world of decibels!
..and then you get the whizzing...popping and bangin' on the closed throttle on the overrun...suddenly your thrown into the world of "those magnificent men in their flying machines"...as by standers look at the bike and wonder if it's unwell...
I'm starting to understand why people lose their senses to these bikes...
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