Help me.....

[Spyke]

There are plenty of tales out there of Ducs bursting into flames, personally I think having the unshielded fuel delivery pipe sit on the engine is not a great idea. Here's a pic of what mine looked like when I took the airbox off, the black mark that I've put a red oval around is a mark left by the fuel pipe....

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[shebee]

Thanks spyke, is that the same engine as on the scrambler? I cannot remember which you have. But i think its safe, we have to spend money on waterproofing the garage and workshop first!

[Spyke]

Mine's a 2004 620ie that's pretty much bog stock, it's not the same engine as the scrambler but I'd now be paranoid about buying anything from a company that builds more apparently self-igniting-bonfires than any other brand and that appears to have so recently produced a bike where the unshielded fuel lines are permitted to melt onto a hot cylinder. The fact that they're now trying to flog everything from Duc branded coffee machines and ground coffee to a range of gents smelly stuff as well just adds to my concerns. And then of course there's the memes.

[shebee]

Thanks Spyke, i seem to have got over the lust with your help and not going near the dealershop. Probably...

[shedmonkey]

Haaa

[ozzraptor]

sucked in

[cowelly]

you gotta give it to the ol duke guys. It's a great looking bike and a scream to ride I bet. Also quite cheap imo. I'd planned on building something similar with a yamaha tr1 but could'nt find a decent one so as yet have done nothing about it. If I was up fer a new bike I'd seriously consider the duke

[Spyke]

Meh, Ducs are like arseholes & opinions these days...i.e. everybody has one! They've definitely lost the "exclusive & exotic" cachet that they used to have before they invested so heavily in their sales & marketing arm.

[shebee]

I am over the duc now... Providing i stay away from the dealership... But i did see one of the new 750 watercooled harleys the other day... Now that has potential! But realistically the next purchases will probably be a honda grom... Msx125. From the sublime to the rediculous

[pod]

Any "scrambler" that comes with matching patio furniture is wrong IMO, maybe if it came with spare bars . The kach brown seat cover turned me right off them.
Pod

[Spyke]

LOL, yeah the hipsters do seem to be dead set on resurrecting brown as a colour, seems like they don't remember the 70s. Or was it the 60s?!