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i am of the live and let live and mind your business school of thought, but this member mark419ny is literally the scourge and poisons the spirit of this otherwise entertaining and informative forum. several members have already quit this place as a direct consequence of the juvenile and...

Dear Fourm i want to ride up to Tail of the dragon in NC. the most i can ride on the bike is 5 hours in a day then i am toast.... how far have you gone in a day, what did you do to make it bearable. what mods have you made to make the bike more comfortable (skip heat solutions we all...

Just to see what the consensus is on here :)

Ok - sorry to flog the dead horse, but here goeas an attempt at a poll. Please reply if you want with your riding conditions and other comments. I narrowed it down to people that have actually done the mod. Thanks!

Can someone that is forum literate set up a poll to help those of us on the fence an this issue? Entries could be something like: I am not doing it - fugly I did it and i am glad - significant improvement I did it and was disappointed in the improvement i did it and later changed...

Tuning - maps only or full monty ?? A useful number of members are now into a TuneBoy system, some the Rexxer, and still others into the others systems such as PCV. So, are you installing a bare tuning solution in order to use maps developed by others, or are you installing a 'full monty'...

With the never ending discussion on which carbon fiber finish we all prefer, I am a bit curious to see what BRANDS most Ducati fans are snapping up for any model bike they own. I put as many brand names down as I could think of but if I missed any feel free to note them in your response...

There have been at least a couple of threads regarding the closure of the butterfly/flapper exhaust valve between about 2500 and 3500 revs, for those with stock exhaust, and the resulting power loss and potential surging. One here...

Since this seems to be one of the biggest conflicting areas surrounding the 1199 and Ducati's choice to go with this new type of carbon fiber, I thought I would poll the membership to see how it comes out in the numbers. As the OP I will jump right out there and say I detest the "matte" or...

If you have experienced a hard start - aka 20+ seconds of attempted starting that has failed to clean start. What conditionals was your bike under when it gave a hard time starting? If none of these are close enough, post up your conditions.

I am currently looking at three different helmets A. Arai Corsair V Nicky 3 Stars B. Rossi Winter Test GP Tech C. Bell Star Carbon Matte Just thoughts, opinions, or prior experience. Thanks

Ok...now that the bikes are starting to roll in...let's start a poll to see where we stand on the smoking issue (only respond after you have completed the initial service after run-in). How best would you describe your smoke issue?