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Charliem90 said:
Except on a Ducati.

Any of you dry clutch kiddies heard of bevel drives? Moving to dry clutch is/was a relative recent change in Ducati (late 80/early 90) and didn't become wide spread in their offerings until mid 90's (the '93 750ss I raced had a wet clutch).

Kids these days /rolleyes
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not sure - but I think you just proved my point and fluffed your ego at the same time
dry clutch and wet clutch are neither old school or newer...
 
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While you're swapping the wet clutch for the dry clutch go ahead and put belts on in place of the chain for the cams so you can get back to the "old school" Ducati service intervals. Sometimes progress is good.

What's the life of a GP clutch? One race? Maybe not the best comparison for a street bike.
 
Haha
what a good pre christmas rant.
wonder what else i can conjour up maybe we should start a thread on the old frame design.

oh i know one... who misses the old Ducati monster it was a piece of art... look at this one, i could practically hump it
 

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[/QUOTE]oh i know one... who misses the old Ducati monster it was a piece of art... look at this one, i could practically hump it[/QUOTE]

Dry humping may lead to skin chafing, would you prefer wet?
 
After decades of wanting a Ducati Superbike I finally broke down and bought one, I was very disappointed to find the new Panigale had a WET CLUTCH! and no more trellis frame, I bought it anyway because it was a bucket list deal, love the bike, but it doesn't feel like I have a real Ducati. I read all the ........ about less rotating mass, extra horsepower, blah,blah,blah. Bottom line is it's cheaper to build a wet clutch, just like the new frameless design is cheaper to build than a real tube chassis.
A wet clutch is inferior, it puts trash in the oil, it heats up the oil, it also comprimises the oil you can use in the engine, and is much harder to service.
 
centeroff said:
After decades of wanting a Ducati Superbike I finally broke down and bought one, I was very disappointed to find the new Panigale had a WET CLUTCH! and no more trellis frame, I bought it anyway because it was a bucket list deal, love the bike, but it doesn't feel like I have a real Ducati. I read all the ........ about less rotating mass, extra horsepower, blah,blah,blah. Bottom line is it's cheaper to build a wet clutch, just like the new frameless design is cheaper to build than a real tube chassis.
A wet clutch is inferior, it puts trash in the oil, it heats up the oil, it also comprimises the oil you can use in the engine, and is much harder to service.
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So then why did you buy a panigale when there are plenty of used ducati bikes that fit your vision of perfection? Sound like a manhood extention to have to buy new if you don't really like it..
 
centeroff said:
After decades of wanting a Ducati Superbike I finally broke down and bought one, I was very disappointed to find the new Panigale had a WET CLUTCH! and no more trellis frame, I bought it anyway because it was a bucket list deal, love the bike, but it doesn't feel like I have a real Ducati. I read all the ........ about less rotating mass, extra horsepower, blah,blah,blah. Bottom line is it's cheaper to build a wet clutch, just like the new frameless design is cheaper to build than a real tube chassis.
A wet clutch is inferior, it puts trash in the oil, it heats up the oil, it also comprimises the oil you can use in the engine, and is much harder to service.
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the much more exclusive 2015 monster 821 dark has a trellis frame - u shoulda not bought the pani and saved a little while longer and purchased the more expensive bike..

(on the bright side: w/ the $ u saved getting the pani over the monster, u r able to afford the dry clutch conversion now..)
 
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My solution... Have a Duc with a dry clutch and one without. Its OK to own more than one Ducati.
 

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centeroff said:
After decades of wanting a Ducati Superbike I finally broke down and bought one, I was very disappointed to find the new Panigale had a WET CLUTCH! and no more trellis frame, I bought it anyway because it was a bucket list deal, love the bike, but it doesn't feel like I have a real Ducati. I read all the ........ about less rotating mass, extra horsepower, blah,blah,blah. Bottom line is it's cheaper to build a wet clutch, just like the new frameless design is cheaper to build than a real tube chassis.
A wet clutch is inferior, it puts trash in the oil, it heats up the oil, it also comprimises the oil you can use in the engine, and is much harder to service.
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There is no way designing and building the frameless system was cheaper than slapping on the tired trellis frame they used for decades.

Plus, it is lighter making the Pani one of the lightest superbikes around.
 
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let us know when u do the anodized trellis conversion next...
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Trellis frames are made out of steel, cannot be anodized :)

EDIT: forgot to say that rotational mass of an STM EVO GP Z40 is about half of an Ducati OEM wet clutch on the 1199.
 
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Gecko said:
Trellis frames are made out of steel, cannot be anodized :)

EDIT: forgot to say that rotational mass of an STM EVO GP Z40 is about half of an Ducati OEM wet clutch on the 1199.
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off all people, i know u will find a way to anodize anything..
 
I would say I don't think a wet clutch is necessarily a step forward or backward .

BUTTTT the panigale is about a bazillion times more advanced than my previous generations ducati superbikes.

you could argue trellis frames are good and maybe great but the past bikes are nothing in comparison to the handling, electronics, horse power, and cutting edge technology . Its not even close ... to the panigale and what it has to offer.

you could convince me the dry clutch went away due to epa noise regulations and customer perception problems and I'd believe it.
I miss the dry clutch a little , but really it is so vastly overshadowed by the performance of the 1299S I'm riding I'm just kinda over it.
 

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