Advice Needed for Potential Buyer. - Page 2

06-04-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiwi

buy a later injected model

the carbed bikes are a pain in the **** when they are cold

I can vouch for that......its character building though...

06-04-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PETE.AKO

Yes i have a carbed 750 and its a pain in the backside in the cold weather
I was going to sell it!

but now the summer has arrived its fine and the bikes
!!BRILLIANT!!

I again agree.....its not worth taking her out of the garage at anything below 7 degrees.....
but what the weather warms up.....boy is she fun!!!

06-04-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by OllySol

No, i'll definetly be going for an earlier model. You guys haven't heard of petrol additive i take it then?

it doesnt work.....

yellowfever · 06-04-2009, 10:56 AM

Got a 1995 M600 and it does suffer carb iceing when certain weather conditions (damp and a fairly narrow range of cold around 0C) - freezing fog is the worst. Petrol additives help, but not a total cure. Ducati also did a carb heater kit which uses hot oil from engine to warm the carbs and stop them icing. These were fitted as a free mod to some bikes (though it is not a formal recall) in the early days. I've had the bike from new but never got the kit fitted at the time as they ran out of kits and I moved away from the dealer I'd bought it from so never followed up. But few years ago after a really bad bout of carb iceing I wrote a couple of letters to Ducati UK who after a bit of persausion gave me a kit for free (though I had to pay to have it fitted). It works pretty well for winter and there is a valve so you can turn it off for the rest of the year....

So don't be put off the M600, it is a good bike and the carb issues can be sorted and anyway are only a problem with certain specific weather conditions at limited times of the year (and I find revving the nuts off it helps too

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Yorkie · 06-04-2009, 11:31 AM

I had a 600 engine fitted to mine originally and it was a superb motor! I had the carb heater kit fitted as standard and it helped a little with carb icing.

I rode the beast in all weathers, snow, ice and the occasional bit of sunshine and dry road!

Good choice to start off with!

Yorkie.

06-04-2009, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OllySol

Want to sell me your M600 then?

Its the wife's

and the descision is hers

and she does not make decisions......................................... ......

uksurfer · 06-04-2009, 08:03 PM

carb-icing? not a problem on mine, i just leave it in the garage

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Uggs

06-04-2009, 08:03 PM	#22
uksurfer Its all grey now Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: southampton Bike: M1200s Posts: 2,940	carb-icing? not a problem on mine, i just leave it in the garage ________ Uggs Last edited by uksurfer; 01-04-2011 at 12:22 AM..

06-04-2009, 10:56 AM	#19
yellowfever Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Bike: S2r 1000 Posts: 173	Got a 1995 M600 and it does suffer carb iceing when certain weather conditions (damp and a fairly narrow range of cold around 0C) - freezing fog is the worst. Petrol additives help, but not a total cure. Ducati also did a carb heater kit which uses hot oil from engine to warm the carbs and stop them icing. These were fitted as a free mod to some bikes (though it is not a formal recall) in the early days. I've had the bike from new but never got the kit fitted at the time as they ran out of kits and I moved away from the dealer I'd bought it from so never followed up. But few years ago after a really bad bout of carb iceing I wrote a couple of letters to Ducati UK who after a bit of persausion gave me a kit for free (though I had to pay to have it fitted). It works pretty well for winter and there is a valve so you can turn it off for the rest of the year.... So don't be put off the M600, it is a good bike and the carb issues can be sorted and anyway are only a problem with certain specific weather conditions at limited times of the year (and I find revving the nuts off it helps too )

06-04-2009, 11:31 AM	#20
Yorkie Anglo-Saxon Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Yorkshire Bike: M900 Posts: 2,485	I had a 600 engine fitted to mine originally and it was a superb motor! I had the carb heater kit fitted as standard and it helped a little with carb icing. I rode the beast in all weathers, snow, ice and the occasional bit of sunshine and dry road! Good choice to start off with! Yorkie.