[Ducati] 900SS - Wits End

Bruce Bellm bruce19 at charter.net
Fri Oct 26 12:13:14 EDT 2007


FWIW, I had them on my SS for 3 yrs. before I sold it. And, living in New 
England (albeit northeastern CT) it never failed to start using the drill 
you mentioned.



> Alec,
>    Having ridden both on a daily basis, from this  statement I would stick
> with the stock Mikuni carbs. The Keihins are a kick in  the pants, but can 
> be a
> little finicky upon start up (my ritual is 2-3 snaps of  the throttle 
> before
> start up) and they have no choke, so depending on your  climate and riding
> routine the stock carbs are sounding like the more practical  choice.
> Now to contradict that, if I only had one carb bike to ride, I would  want 
> it
> to have Keihins.
>
> Rob




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