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Jconwat651!

As I said, the dealer couldn't find anything wrong with it so we will never know what caused it. Thats the worrying part about it. I'm guessing that whatever caused it freed of when it was stripped. Probably a one off, but it did nothing for my mates confidence.

Pretty Good actually...

I own a 999s (04) Grey Swingarm, early engine...  Always starts although patience is required in winter, brake switch replaced and spark plug exploded in cylinder (mechanic had never seen anthing like it before in 20 years of Ducs and thinks it was tightened too much on last service by previous owner) - Only off the road for a week getting parts and fitting.  Other than that nothing bad to report, only good things and wouldn't swap it for ANYTHING!

My Ex also had a 1995 Monster 600, 13k  a bit shabby when we got it but owned it for two years, took it over to france (I had an R1 04 at the time) and it never missed a beat unlike the R1!!!  Only fault we had was a leaking crankcase which cost about £40 to get re-sealed.  Awesome little bike for around town too I might add!!  Got me on two of those Driver Awareness courses..  So riding a Ducati truly is an education.

I'm sure they are loads of sheds out there and they are higher maintenance that your "average" Jap bike but get one that has been looked after and serviced and you'll be happy for years to come.....  more smiles than frowns thats for sure!

Yamaha szr660-Italia !!

The mirrors fell off now and then, the brake switch shorted and set fire to underneath of seat...smoking, Battery just died with no warnings, N=Bits used to fall off it now and then but !!!!! I loved it , pissed a lot of sports bikes off on twisties and only had 50 hp...I loved the little thing....Italian made jap ..Interesting mix but loved it to bits. ride a blade now ..lol

all of todays bikes

are so highly tuned and made using cheeper metals and of course shitloads more electronics that all bikes are more unreliable

just a thought  yes the italian,s  have got more reliable  but also have the big 4 got more unreliable

my old GS750 and 1000 never missed a beat and never serviced  my old gsx1100r slabbie and gsx100r hated water and went through carbies approx every 18 months

chriswren m8  i ride a lot with the MVowners in our group and can honestly say the mv in the last 5 yrs the only mv to brakedown was mine due to a 3 inch nail in the front tire

my MV only let me down once ecu/fuelinjecton  problem replaced by mv  part made by mitsubushi same part thats in all trupies suzies and yams .. they all had the same failour rate BUT IT WAS ONLY MV THAT DID A RECALL

im not saying that MV's or any ITI bikes are perfect there not  yep ive  had fuses blow on the lighting ,battery die same as my GSX1400 but the most anoying thing is that in 8 yrs ive had 4 punchers (must be an mv reliability thing) and 45 sets of tires

sat mate sorry been doing a lot of checking via a m8 who works for duke  nothing reported  was 2 cases of  riders smashing through the gear box and claiming it just seized up one was an 1100   think this mite be a porkie.. as my m8 explained if they have a problem like that they dont just send them back out with a thats ok m8 .......thats what they did in the 70s and 80s

as for the oil leak between the cylinders on the guzzie you have an engine block between them  and with todays tech a pourous block is easy to fix  triumph and norton used to fix that problem with in 24hrs

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Being a Bitza the MZ Skorpion has Italian wheels, brakes and controls. Now I do treat mine like an MZ. Kept in a garage, used all year around and washed twice a year. Well, after 12 years the coating on the wheels is fine. No problems with the brakes or controls. Yamaha engine has taken time well too as has the German frame, but cannot complain about the Italian bits.