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Re: old design was oilheads-digest V1 #47



On Friday, Jan 9, 2004, at 10:28 US/Eastern, john h. outlan wrote:

> Grossly uncomfortable is an understatement.  A relative of mine, while 
> touring
> in TX, switched bikes with me while touring the Ozarks....and his ST-2 
> was
> horrid...coming off the RT I felt like I was looking to the rear 
> between my
> leg =).  He put 31K miles on that Duc in 17 months, and it had all 
> kinds of
> maintenance issues, one that required an engine tear down for leaky 
> gaskets,
> and the valve adjustments/service on that Desmo was very 
> expensive...in Dallas
> anyway.  I sure can't recommend one for distance riding.  He now rides 
> a
> K12GT, which he said was like riding a Gold Wing after getting off 
> that Duc.
>
>

I would avoid any air-cooled Duc. The water-cooled are a lot more 
reliable.


Robert

95 R11RS
88 KRS Special

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