[Ducati] FCR for 900SS?

[Kevin Kachadourian]

Oh, yeah, sure, that $600 dollars the government promised is the ticket for
me: pay off mortgage, along with my house taxes, get the credit card back to
zero, pay for the SP work, and that upcoming holiday in Italy.
But seriously, a friend with an 851 told me that instead of dumping a lot of
money into a bike, he just steps up to the next generation of bikes (hence
selling the F1 and getting the 851). While this makes great sense, I just
can't resist spending a lot of money (which I may or may not have) on my
rather road worn SP. I've probably bought it more than twice since I got it.
The timing on tax rebate will be tight. That cash infusion will be necessary
to pay for the work that the Duck is getting, but it might not make my
account before the bike is ready. We'll see.
Kevin


On 4/25/08, Ronald Betts <ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Got your Tax refund , Huh Kevin........;-}>
>
>
> Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from
> insanity, I enjoy it!> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:06 -0700> From:
> kkachadourian at gmail.com> To: ducati at ducati.net> Subject: Re: [Ducati] FCR
> for 900SS?> > This may start a long thread of two very divided camps: split
> 41 on short> intakes for max power vs. banked 39s for driveablity and
> workability. The> guru working on my 900SP is in the former camp. He
> complains at length about> the struggle to get good flow past the bend in
> the intakes with banked> carbs, and the only effect with going to 41s is
> more power. He says that> tuning is not much harder with split carbs, just
> one extra step in> synchronizing. On the other hand, when I called Sudco
> (you would think they> would know), he said they don't sell split carb kits
> anymore, and banked 39s> are the best setup for (mostly) street work on the
> 900SS. One of the guys at> Desmoto in SF, said that when he worked on a race
> team, they had 39s and> 41s, but only used the 41s at Daytona. It was the
> only track with a straight> long enough to make a difference; and the 39s
> performed better everywhere> else. From my experience, I'm sticking with
> banked 39s (although a lot of> other stuff is being done to the bike). I
> rode a stock SS (except for> slip-ons), one with high comp pistons and stock
> carbs (with jet kit) and> Termi spaghetti exhaust, one with a 944 kit, and
> split 41s. I'm approaching> my ideal 900SS. So far, it's the high comp
> pistons (904), banked Keihin 39s,> lightened flywheel, and mag wheels. The
> next phase (to be picked up in a> week or so), will have added engine
> balancing, larger intake valves, cleaned> up head ports and intakes (as much
> as Craig complains about the stock> intakes, he will still grind them out
> some to improve flow), and a 2 into 1> exhaust. I expect this will give me
> pretty much exactly what I want for how> I want to ride, but I'll know in a
> month.> It's all about what you want, and what you want it for. If you're
> going to> Thunderhill a lot, maybe split 41s might make sense. But, if
> you're> commuting down Redwood Rd like I do, the banked 39s are way more
> than> enough.> Kevin> > > On 4/24/08, MS&F <thebrowns at domaccess.com>
> wrote:> >> > Michael, I shouldn't even be thinking about this ..... but how
> much (or how> > little) would you consider for them? Stuart> >> > Michael
> Lemire wrote:> >> >> I have a set of 39's.....Michael>> >>> >> > *****> >> >
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