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Ducati 500 500cc 81 (W)
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This bike was a good attempt to recover riders when the Ducati parallel twin experiment failed. They were well designed, but too heavy for the amount of power. Handling is solid and cruiser-like, but sporty enough to be a Ducati. Commonly called a 500SD or Sport Desmo. All the manuals are available for the SD (published in a supplement to the GTL books).
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 25/05/2006
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Ducati 500 500cc 83 (Y)
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Absolutely Shite. The fact that Ducati even developed (if thats what you want to call it) this 'thing' shows that even they too can make a real 'dud' (and thats an understatement!) Just like the Porsche 924, the 500 Sport Desmo should never have been released - a wopping great big smear on the reputation of the maker of some of the finest sports machines. Goes like Shite, handles like shite, doesn't stop real well either, ducati never released a workshop manual for the thing, and getting spare parts (here in oz) is like finding the old proverbial 'hens tooth'! If you want a cheap parallel twin go a CB400 or something like that because not only are there more of these around (more parts, not to mention workshop manual available, plus you can cary a pillion) the good old Jap certainly beats the Italian hands down when it comes to build quality, reliability, and 'value for money' (when your talking about bikes of this age group anyway).
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