First start of 1979 Ducati Darmah SD900
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- People have been asking to hear how my bikes sound, so here's a sample.
This Darmah had been ridden since new by an old friend. He bought the bike from Keith Harte's shop in Grimsby. In 2001 he dropped a valve on the rear cylinder, parked the bike and never touched it until he sold it to me in January 2022. I worked on refurbishing the brakes/chassis/electrics and installing new tires over the past year. This January I found a used replacement head and had it set up, as well as an NOS piston/ring set. This is a video of the first time starting it once the engine was put back in.
Note that the owner was a close friend of Keith's, who made several modifications to the bike. The most obvious are the removal of the electric starter and the use of an early Laverda 200mm Bosch headlight.
Looking forward to the coming riding season!
I don't know why and how this came in my recommendations but I am glad it did!
Who knows how these algorithms work? I'd appreciate it if you looked at my channel though - I've got a bunch of these sorts of videos if you want to hear what other 70s and 80s Italian bikes sound like.
@@wakinossin already subscribed 🤩
@@swormah Thank you! What do you ride?
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That's a whole different sound right there. 👍
You can tell when the choke is on - you see me put it on and off a couple of times - the lever is up at the left side of the headlight. And they are open velocity stacks, no air filter, so there's a lot of intake noise. Those are the original Contis too - the left side had holes in it near the crosspipe, and I had them brazed up. I don't think there's much packing left in there...
Nice sounding machine.
I'm looking forward to riding it, and soon! Always sounds even better on the open road. You should drop by and give it a try!
Almost sounds like 2 stroke
Well you can tell when the choke is on - you see me put it on and off a couple of times - the lever is up at the left side of the headlight. And they are open velocity stacks, no air filter, so there's a lot of intake noise.
@wakinossin Yah didn't think was like old kawasaki H2 750 or RD 350 or 400, never heard of triumph 2 stroke , but this Def has a sound of its own ✌️