What is the 750 like vs the 900, please? Does it rev higher? Does it vibrate less? Is there less shudder from slow starts? Is the engine braking in slow corners less intrusive? Is it the perfect engine size for our bikes? Really tempted to start another carby project, an SL copy this time. But I can't decide on engine size.
Only had a 750 but it has all the performance you will ever need for the road. Wet clutch as well so a lot nicer and quieter.
Well you see the 900 is not that different to the 1100. In fact exactly the same feel but more. Just curious, it is lighter, it must feel lighter with smaller rotating bits, might feel smoother. I think i need to ride one.
The dry clutch is not a reason I bought a Ducati! My TZR250 had a nice sounding one. The Supersport sounds like a bag of spanners.
1100evo for me, had 650,750,904,944, mine is a dry clutch, the wet clutch evo would get my vote though. As the name suggests a real evolution.
Me too. However the 750 is less viby than the 900, and consequently is smother. The snatching at low revs is less pronounced, but it still benefits from lowering the standard gearing to improve low speed riding
the 803 in my old monster was great. pokey and very solid wet clutch too if thats yr thing the DS1000 is pretty special, its just keeps pulling !
I geared down 1 at the front and then back up 1 on the rear. I didn't like the feeling that the bike was at over 7000rpm at 100mph. Bit too vibey, and felt like it was galloping wen really at that speed it should feel like a canter.
I love my 750 monster. Had it for 10yrs or so now (as my only road bike) and I still don't lust for more power. In my opinion it is the ideal roadster and the best all-round motorcycle the world has ever produced. In fact I've wanted a 750 Ducati since the original bevels came out in the 70s. Mind you, I've never ridden the 900 so I have no comparison, but the 750 certainly doesn't disappoint (unless perhaps you do a lot of motorway riding, which I don't) On the gearing though ... I've tried replacing the std rear 41T rear sprocket with a 43T and hated it ... made it much too revvy at higher cruising speeds. In the end I went the other way and fitted a 40T rear, which I think is perfect. Personally, I don't find the low speed lumpiness to be a problem .. I just dip the clutch on ultra slow turns and then power out on the torque. This is on a carby, 5-speeder though, which is on the edge of needing an extra gear ... the 6-speed injection motors may not need the same tweek. You do have to forsake the iconic dry clutch rattle, but the wet one in my bike has done 20,000 trouble free miles so far, which is a compensation. I guess a dry clutch is not really best suited to a roadster anyway. There were some early dry clutch 750 motors though, or so I'm told, but they're like hens' teeth. Out and out speed merchants may prefer more power but the 750 is enjoyable because it makes you work a bit harder. ...and I definitely don't get left behind on the "nice" roads.
