| Author | Message | ||
     Josnow |
My cousin has never been on a bike before but since he's been around my XB9R, he has gotten the itch. I have been helping him look for awhile now, trying to persuade him to get a Buell but they are hard to come by in this area. Thought we found him a Yamaha FZ6 but that fell through so yesterday he calls me at work and ask if I would go with him an hour from here to look at a bike. Ask what kind, he said it would be a "surprise". Get there and it's an '01 Ducati 750SS. My first thought was it's a Ducati, going to be just like a high maintenance girlfriend. Always requiring attention. But it looks good, 12k miles, and asking $2500 for it. I drove it and it handled and drove great! Didnt have the power I was use to but for his first bike, didnt want him to have a power house. Long story short, he's on his way now with truck and trailer to pick it up. Should be in my garage within 2 hours.  I convinced him to leave it here until he got use to driving it. So, does anyone have any experience with this particular bike? If so, is there anything I should warn him about? | ||
| Bads1 |
service records??? | ||
| Tramp |
I've ridden and serviced quite a few- Find the statement re: "...Didn't have the power I was used to..." a little odd- the 750 SS is NO XB9R, but it should feel by no means sluggish. As BadS1 asks: Service Records? | ||
| Josnow |
None that I know of, second owner and he didnt seem to knowledgable about the bike at all. I think I knew more about it than he did. I told my cousing to ask for any and all paper work (manuels, service records, etc.) from the owner as well as any additional parts. I know he has a aftermarket seat and the stock turn signals laying around. | ||
| Barker |
decent bike, has more personality than most bikes. i had a a 750SS Dew-crapie. I put about 2000 crappie miles on it. It had alot of down time, when i got it it needed TLC. Getting parts was not easy mainly because i was in BFE with no local dealers. Adjusting the valves on that bike are not as hard as some claim. DIY if your comfortable. But like a I always say: If it has wheels or a skirt, you going to have problems. | ||
| Josnow |
Tramp, dont get me wrong, the bike had good power. With our Buells, touch the throttle and the torque is there! On the Ducati, I was having to get the RPM's higher for the power to come on. Just not what I am use to. | ||
| Tramp |
Thanks, Josnow- Makes perfect sense. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
The earlier 750SS's (mid-nineties) had quite tall gearing partly to get around noise laws(in Oz anyway). A friend had one and we put a one tooth smaller front sprocket on it and it made it a much easier bike to ride - 1st gear not as tall, gap between 1st and 2nd smaller and made 2nd gear more usable around town. (Made it a bit more lively too!) Top gear was still fine for highway cruising. (Message edited by lemonchili_x1 on November 04, 2008) | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Forget what I said, gearing for the 750SS changed in '00 from 15/37 to 15/40, which would do the same thing. They're a lovely bike, IMHO. |
