[Ducati] Terblanche leaves Ducati

[Peter Bonner]

Alec,

actually I was more than a little bit tongue in cheek and having a bit of
fun with the topic. I am of the philosophy mostly that if it works really
well, looks are not so important. So when I went to World Prez meeting in
06, while many requested 999 or Monster or whatever, I asked for a ST2,
figuring it was a good workhorse (it was, and I put on more Km than anyone
else).

Beauty ain't the first thing I think of with either the Multi or the HMS,
tho I gotta admit mine in black looks better than the red. Furthermore,
after I put that high Greeve front fender on, it will look really retro and
ugly......  But then when I want beauty, my 81 MHR still gets me, just as
the 66  250 Scrambler does, or so does the Darmah SSD that is about to be
finalized. Heck, even the 68 Guzzi V7 has its own style or more unique is
the Griumph. The monster S4 doesn't look so good, but that was a deer
modification problem.

Anyway, since I have a couple of PT's bikes, I won't complain about the guy,
and my son has the 916, so we got the best of it all.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!!!


Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander M Ortner" <aortner264789mi at comcast.net>
To: "'Ducati Owners Group'" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Ducati] Terblanche leaves Ducati


> Hi Peter
> I never said anything about the bike not functioning very well they do,
> better than the older bikes but very little of that was because of
> Terblanche. And from my working on them and all the mechanics I know the
> Ducatis haven’t gotten better to work on they have gotten worse. They may
be
> easier for the factory to assemble but like everything it seems nobody
> designs stuff to be worked on later at the dealerships and then they tell
> the mechanics they have to do it half the time. The ST, 999, 1098 are all
> nightmares to get the body work off compared to the 916 and I think that
was
> Terblanche's doing. If you look at some of the details the 1098 is a step
> away from Terblanche's design. He made a big deal about casting steel
pieces
> with peg hangers and what not all in one piece well if that was such a
good
> idea why is it gone?
>
> Alex Ortner
>
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