Puncture

discussions specific to the 750 Paso

Moderators: paso750, jcslocum

User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

paso750 wrote:if wearing a helmet makes you look uncool you can try one of these :lol:
Image
Nothing to do with coolness, everything to do with enjoying the ride.

What you don't seem to get is that I don't need the gov telling me when to wear a head condom ;)
Don't get any funny ideas for painting different body parts on that helmet :lol:
People can decide when they want the protection and when they don't.

I understand you always had to wear one, but it's about as normal as 19% sales tax and 50% income tax,
and Illinois property tax, just so you don't think the US is perfect.

This is all the rage now, so get with it.
http://www.holypal.com/photo/unenlighte ... ext=latest
User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

Skins wrote::cool:


Watch your tongue, boy! Remember, the Germans now own Ducati ...

Yep, damn scary.

Might get Alfa also.

You're already seeing the welcoming committee paraded for the hunchback who thinks all of europe should live as she does.
Damn shame considering the past, and I'll leave it at that.
User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

paso750 wrote:if wearing a helmet makes you look uncool you can try one of these :lol:
Image

G, thanks dude. I mean it.

I think some of these wood look super freaking cool on that 1930 P110

http://good.kz/adds/EXPERIMENTS/Helmets
nnnnnnorman
Posts: 440
Joined: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:52 pm
model: 906 Paso
year: 1991
Location: lewes sussex
Contact:

Re: Puncture

Post by nnnnnnorman »

i once rode home 120 miles with half a football on my head after losing my skid lid at stone henge festival :cool:
1990 906 paso red and white
1991 906 paso black and gold
1997 ST2 red
2004 ccm r30 with 710 conversion
175 moto morini road race replica
a box of bits r100 bmw scrambler project
1962 rover 95 p4
1997 iveco daily
a non running xt600...stator needed
Mc tool
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 1878
Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:35 am
model: 906 Paso
year: 1990
Location: Newzealand

Re: Puncture

Post by Mc tool »

nnnnnnorman wrote:i once rode home 120 miles with half a football on my head after losing my skid lid at stone henge festival :cool:
Ah ha :!: ... Yeah I could well believe that Nnnnnnorman ,1/2 a rugby ball would have been more aerodynamic but I don't spose you were thinkin' at your best :lol: :lol: :lol:
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
User avatar
paso750
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 5558
Joined: Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:00 am
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: southern Germany

Re: Puncture

Post by paso750 »

he was probably thinking the same as this guy :mrgreen:
Image

why not use the helmet on the handlebars I don`t know :lol:
User avatar
higgy
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 3328
Joined: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:50 pm
model: 907 I.E.
year: 1992
Location: Hilltown,Pennsylvania
Contact:

Re: Puncture

Post by higgy »

at least the bucket will make clean up easier for the road crew :fart:
Ducati,making mechanics out of riders since 1946
There's no problem so bad that a little fixing can't make it worse! : )
If it ain't broke keep fixin it till it is
88 750
90 906
92 907ie
User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

paso750 wrote: why not use the helmet on the handlebars I don`t know :lol:

That's the front fairing deflecting the air past the bucket.

I bet that helmet is for customers.
Saw an article on these guys some time ago,
they were upset about the new helmet law.

Started wearing various things, like watermelons and buckets.
User avatar
ducinthebay
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 1323
Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:00 am
model: 750 Sport
year: 1990
Location: SF Bay Area

Re: Puncture

Post by ducinthebay »

So, did you patch that tire or trash it?

Phil
Duc in the Bay
1990 750 Sport x2-Rosso Blanko (900ss copy) & Nuovo Nudo (Scrambler project)
1991 907 -mostly stock
2002 ST4s - Lots of mods.
User avatar
907pasonut
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 604
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:27 am
model: 907 I.E.
year: 1992
Location: Melbourne Australia

Re: Puncture

Post by 907pasonut »

holy mackerel!! this is still going... :D

seriously plasmid...are you saying riding without a helmet somehow increases riding pleasure?...bugs, cold head, wind in your ears and up your nose... :shock:
you are still in the elements with a helmet and decent riding gear...I just don't see it...but whatever rocks your boat :thumbup:
Cheers Claude.

...long live the square framed duc!

'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

ducinthebay wrote:So, did you patch that tire or trash it?

Phil

If you had bothered to read the thread you'd know :lol:


Yeah I patched it.
Last edited by plasmid on Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
plasmid
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 9:49 pm
model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
Location: eu/us

Re: Puncture

Post by plasmid »

907pasonut wrote:holy mackerel!! this is still going... :D

seriously plasmid...are you saying riding without a helmet somehow increases riding pleasure?...bugs, cold head, wind in your ears and up your nose... :shock:
you are still in the elements with a helmet and decent riding gear...I just don't see it...but whatever rocks your boat :thumbup:

Goes to show ya, whatever you grow up stays with you.

You guys grew up with a helmet law, some of us didn't.
If I'm not going over 100km/h for hours at a time and it's warm
some glasses + that Duc motor are good enough.

The many people with an open visor and no glasses are getting hit by more bugs than me.

Helmet is good for not so warm days and long drives.
It would be good not have to break the law in Europe, but whatever.

A bike is about freedom and immediacy.
If I had to throw a suit on I'd say it screw it and walk, ride a bike, or drive a Spider.

Plus, cruising at 80-100 through the countryside with my wife wouldn't
be as enjoyable if I felt a helmet on my back.


Come to think of it, wearing a helmet in those situations would be like riding with Merkel:
'Immer Helm tragen und das Leben nicht genießen !!!! RaRaRaRa '

:mad: :lol:
Mc tool
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 1878
Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:35 am
model: 906 Paso
year: 1990
Location: Newzealand

Re: Puncture

Post by Mc tool »

907pasonut wrote:holy mackerel!! this is still going... :D

:
Mackerel ? we have Mackerel here in NZ , big and small,there are 29 sub species of mackerel world wide , the faster clever ones wear helmets , Wahoo ( Acanthocybium Solandri ) can hit 70 km/h ,which is faster , and probly better handling than a Harley :P , but I dunno that they are all that holy :lol: :lol:
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
User avatar
907pasonut
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 604
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:27 am
model: 907 I.E.
year: 1992
Location: Melbourne Australia

Re: Puncture

Post by 907pasonut »

Mc tool wrote:
907pasonut wrote:holy mackerel!! this is still going... :D
Mackerel ? we have Mackerel here in NZ , big and small,there are 29 sub species of mackerel world wide , the faster clever ones wear helmets , Wahoo ( Acanthocybium Solandri ) can hit 70 km/h ,which is faster , and probly better handling than a Harley :P , but I dunno that they are all that holy :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup: this makes me think back about 35yrs ago...we were going to put an old car windscreen across the King river and wait till the trout would swim past and hit the windscreen and knock themselves out...of course we were under the influence of alcohol when planning this alternative way to catch fish :beer:
Cheers Claude.

...long live the square framed duc!

'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
Mc tool
paso grand pooh-bah
Posts: 1878
Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:35 am
model: 906 Paso
year: 1990
Location: Newzealand

Re: Puncture

Post by Mc tool »

907pasonut wrote:
Mc tool wrote:
907pasonut wrote:holy mackerel!! this is still going... :D
Mackerel ? we have Mackerel here in NZ , big and small,there are 29 sub species of mackerel world wide , the faster clever ones wear helmets , Wahoo ( Acanthocybium Solandri ) can hit 70 km/h ,which is faster , and probly better handling than a Harley :P , but I dunno that they are all that holy :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup: this makes me think back about 35yrs ago...we were going to put an old car windscreen across the King river and wait till the trout would swim past and hit the windscreen and knock themselves out...of course we were under the influence of alcohol when planning this alternative way to catch fish :beer:
:lol: :lol: :lol: aint it amazing the great plans that are inspired by beer , I can just picture it :lol: :lol: , That would have been hysterically funny .... wish I was there .... specially if you got one . On ya , that will keep me giggling for days :lol: :lol:
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
Post Reply