Ducatis Motorcycles FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Ducatis Motorcycles

QuackFAQ -- Frequently Asked Questions about Ducati Motorcycles

Version 2.1

18 September 1997

Copyright 1994 (C) Jon Wright

Copyright 1997 (C) Robert Robillard

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Welcome to the Ducati FAQ, a compendium of factoids culled from the many musings and ramblings of knowledgeable individuals who have "been there," and some who just pose but happen to remember the best parts. While we believe this information to be correct, keep in mind that this is an "Everyman's Truth," gained by hearsay outside of official channels, and could be somewhat inaccurate. However, this information can be extremely useful...just take it for what it's worth and check your information with reliable sources before doing anything expensive or life-threatening. And when you find out more or different information, post it to the list so that everyone else can scam it.

No doubt there are gaps in the information provided, and some may now be out of date. Please send new information to the the Ducati List or to Duke Robillard, duke@io.com (that's me!). Also, the information appears to favor the "rubberbandheads," belt-driven Ducatis of recent vintage. Again, this is not intentional but a by-product of the list's content. Send me other info, and I'll put it in.

This FAQ was originally built by the estimatible Jon Wright, in whose debt we all remain. Jon acknowledged his debt to the many who have helped with and contributed to this FAQ, giving particular thanks to Michael Nelson, Tom Dietrich, Godfrey DiGiorgi, Mike Lee, Brad Turner, Bob Koure, Sheri Coble, Ian Gunn, Ed Hackett, Beth "Wolverine" Dixon, TJ "Teej" Noto and Ed "Gooz" Guzman for their contributions and support. In addition, Niclas Cederlund and Vicki Smith have done a great deal for online Ducatisti. Michael Nelson converted the FAQ to HTML, and Niclas Cederlund has done work updating that HTML.

The information in this FAQ is supplied "as is" without express or implied warranty. Parts of this work are Copyright (c) 1994 by Jon Wright, parts are Copyright (c) 1997 by Robert Robillard.

A new version of this document usually appears monthly, sometime around the 18th. It was last modified on September 18, 1997, and its travels may have taken it far from its original home on Usenet. It may now be out-of-date, particularly if you are looking at a printed copy or one retrieved from a tertiary archive site or CD-ROM. You can always obtain the most up-to-date copy on the WWW at http://www.io.com/~duke/QuackFAQ.htm. There is also a copy on Niclas Cederlund's Site, http://www.micapeak.com/Ducati/ Lastly, A draft of the next version is usually on http://www.io.com/~duke/QuackFAQ-beta.htm. This is the "Beta" version...it's got stuff I'm working on and it could very well be broken at any given time.

This article was produced for free redistribution. You should not need to pay anyone for a copy of it. This FAQ may be freely distributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit nor incorporated in commercial documents without the author's written permission. So there....