[Ducati] 900SS - Wits End

[Alec Moss]

I'll check with the propane routine.  I seem to remember another way of
checking that sounded safer, although I've done this before with my old
(long gone) Triumphs.  Do you remember what that was?


Alec


On 10/26/07 2:18 PM, "Rich Roberts" <bigredxrunner at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Could be an air leak. Rich
> 
> Alec Moss <amoss at coastside.net> wrote:  Thanks all. The bike has about 10,000
> miles and, in neutral, when I roll on
> the throttle a bit from idle, it rolls on smoothly but won't hold the
> slightly higher rpm. It wants to race a bit. Maybe it's time. :-}
> 
> 
> Alec
> 
> 
> On 10/26/07 9:13 AM, "Bruce Bellm"
> wrote:
> 
>> 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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