Seems I got this a bit wrong having the only non red SS at the gathering of the clan Seems I got wrong on my car as well
the blue looks nice in the flesh, i have a spider that comes in for servicing, 14years old 31k on the clock.v6 v.nice.
was tempted to change it to full faired, have got the lower full fairing panels (red) and was going to modify them and mold in some tidier indicators but have never got around to it, prefer to see the motor and oil changes are easier if there is no fairing in the way
nice. done the belt on it yet? shocker. which kind of surprises me when you here the cost of ducati belts
belts which? done belts on bike a few times already, complete doodle to do, the hardest part is removing the fairing or if you havn'r used copper slip some of the fasteners weld them selves insitu re alfa, belt was done a while back but will require doing next year, and yes it does make ducatis seem cheap even when using an independent shop
i was thinking the other way round big job on the alfa, especially when renewing the water pump aprox£700. makes ducati look expensive
Ducatis weren't red in the 70s. The MHR was mainly red (with that horrible green colour too). 900 and 750ss weren't red. The 900S2 of the 80s (about which you never hear anything) was gunmetal grey. The Pantah was sliver (600) or metallic blue (500) and only became red (with some yellow stripes) for the 650. The F1 was red, white and green (that horrible green again, instead of Italian flag green). The 750 Paso must have been about the first all red Ducati. Then they just copied Ferrari doing mainly red, with some yellow, some black and a bit of white. Keeps things simple in the paintshop, I suppose. But I thought that sometimes, they overdo the minimalist look. When the Ducati name shrank and was removed from fairings, it was all a bit dull, which is why I stuck a large Ducati Performance sticker on my 999. I'm keen on the orange they used for the SL (is the Desmo the same colour?)
you can get it done a bit cheaper than that, and yes unfortunately the water pump will need doing, one of their "improvements" on the 3.2 was a plastic water pump impeller and the 3.0 earlier version needs to be retrofitted
wife has a blue monster, she's not happy with the colour of it, will possible be changed next winter to orange
Brings back memories of living life on the edge. I used to own an Alfa GTV V6 and Ducatis at the same time (still Own the Duc's). People said I was mad but it was bravery at the highest level. As much fun as it was you always had it in the back of your mind that the Alfa could reduce itself to pile of oil soaked iron filings at any time, but playing with fire was what made the cars so exciting. Most people are too scared to buy them but they are the ones that missed out. There's a saying 'Fortune favours the brave'. In a moment of pure self indulgence, heres a pic of mine.
Not necessarily, I've owned 3 Ducatis and only 1 was (is) red. That said if I was buying a Ferrari I'd want a red one and I'd really like a Moto-Guzzi 850 LeMans in red, of course...
For me there only is one colour! My last two Alfas have both been red. Even my old Darmah back in the eighties was red and white.
There you go........Happy now? Actually the black and gold MkII was a good looking Guzzi..............
Great Alfa GT - I always rather fancied one of those. V6 or diesel? But Alfa red doesn't age at all well, so I suppose you either want to keep it garaged out of the light, or just sell it before it has a chance to fade. Whereas, the 14 year old Azzurro Nuvola - pearl blue - paint on my Alfa still looks stunning. But touching it up (fnarr) is a bit of nightmare for paint shops.
