Putney Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) S2000 063rd Gear to 90mphModsHardtop and fitting kitCusco Front Anti Roll barCusco Front Lower BracCusco Rear Lower BraceSpoon Engine DamperSpoon Strut BraceMugen Oil CapUS Gold Spark plug plate.K&N FilterCarbon Fiber Radiator plateCTR gear KnobExtended Floor MatsICEKicker AmpJVC KD-AVX44 HeadunitRockford Fosgate 6.5 Component speakersBlack Ipod Nano 8gigSony Sat NavSnooper749R Dyno run.... Not my bike but it is sporting the same exhaust. Ducati 749R 2004 Bike 169 Of 1000 World wideModsPower CommanderTitanium Leo Vinci ExhaustNCR Race Fueling CapDucati Performance Rear SetsCarbon Exhaust Heat ShieldCarbon Down Pipe Heat ShieldCarbon Radiator V PieceDucati Performance Frame Plug SetDucati Performance Brembo Res coversDucati Performance Ohlins AdjustersDucati Performance Bar end weightsDucati Performance Bucci Slipper Clutch PlateDucati Performance Open Clutch CoverDucati Performance Billet Oil plugDucati Performance / Bucci ball bearing slipper clutch.Gold ChainLightened Rear SprocketSwing Arm cotton reelsR&G Fork protectorsProgrip handlebar gripsCarbon Sprocket CoverLED rear light unitDatatool System 4Carbon Rear Seat Waiting to go onLarger Carbon Hugger with Carbon chain GuardPazzo Racing Levers (shorty black levers with Red adjusters)Clutch Slave CylinderDouble Bubble Screen & removed small running lightMagnesium Headlight BucketTank PadThe spec for the 2004 749R was amazing!This is standard kit!Carbon FairingsCarbon Nose ConeCarbon Cam CoversCarbon Front Mud GuardMagnesium Cylinder HeadsMagnesium ShimsTitanium Con RodsTitanium ValvesOhlins Upside Down ForksOhlins Rear ShockOhlins Steering DamperBrembro Radial BrakesSlipper ClutchOver Sized 18 liter TankMarchesini Light Weight WheelsInfo here Edited May 1, 2011 by Putney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little rich Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Two lovely motors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombuttigieg Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 i love your S2000 buddy especially with the canvas roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) i love your S2000 buddy especially with the canvas roof!Thanks....I never got round to taking proper pics of bike or car yet... Not had enough time..... Hardtop just came off for the summer... The hardtop looks better in the metal than the phone pic I posted..... Especially from the back.... It cuts out lots of the road noise and keeps the car nice and toasty in the winter months....It's hard to get the hardtop to fit without any rattles though!I rode the bike for the 1st time the weekend just gone... Had it up in london for work... Clutch was ****ed.... Had to take it to bits and clean it all out as it wasn't biting properly... It was almost impossible to pull away at traffic lights. All sorted now... Luckily a friend is very hands on and had the same clutch problem on his 748R.... Now the bike is perfect... Very very fast... 700bhp per tonne loads of torque and the handling is perfect... It is probably the best thing i have ever bought! Edited May 13, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombuttigieg Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) hard top sounds a good idea then, it just a bolt on jobby or like clips or something?the bike is insane, bet it can be a bit temperamental sometime though being so high performance. God i want a motorcycle! Edited May 13, 2009 by tombuttigieg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) hard top sounds a good idea then, it just a bolt on jobby or like clips or something?the bike is insane, bet it can be a bit temperamental sometime though being so high performance. God i want a motorcycle!The build quality on these Ducati's are higher than the newer ones.... If they are well maintained there is no reason why they shouldn't go on forever!All sports bikes cost a fortune to run... My CBR600RR... Needed servicing every 4000miles... Tyres every 4000miles! Brakes every 8000.... The clutch problem is well known.. Slipper clutches make more dust... The open Clutch cover helps get a lot of it out but every 5k miles or so its a good idea to take all the plates out and give them a clean... There were 17 in here and took about an hour to do... you just take the black cover off... remove some springs and fish them out. You can see the clutch... Its the red thing under the black cover!...I also bled the clutch to get the air out.... 5 min job! You can do a lot of the stuff your self on these bikes so That saves money... My next service is in 6000 miles and the bike gets its belts done... £600 service! Luckily its free from the garage I bought the bike from!The internals of this bike are Titanium, (Conrods and valves) so it can rev higher than most V twins with less engine wear. Common faults with these bikes are stalling at idle... Mine has done this a couple of times! Battery problems... The batteries take a big wack everytime you start the bike... Takes a lot of juice to get a Vtwin going! Plus the batteries are really small! My bike is left on trickle charge.The Hardtop is a bit of a pain... You need two people to put it on.. It has two spikes at the back with levers and it uses the same type of catches as the softtop at the front... Its easy to put on but to get it to stop rattling takes some adjustment! I just put it in the shed till the winter... It's bound to get dented in there! My sister keeps all her horse tack in there and also stores hay in the same shed... I spent £130 getting the dents out of it at the start of the year! Edited May 13, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 How do you choose between them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombuttigieg Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 lol £130 quid that sucks man, haha i love the fact all the internals of your bike is titanium you know you have a serious bit of kit when stuff is made from titanium and stuff like magnesium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 All sports bikes cost a fortune to run... Needed servicing every 4000miles...My engine needed rebuilding 4 times in those miles lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 My engine needed rebuilding 4 times in those miles lolwas this the aprilia 125? dam dude! I would love the 250 to rag about on! but again not the running costs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I know, I have my eye on a 250 at the moment, trying to descide wether to sell the polo and buy it to get me through the summer. If the winter on a bike again doesn't get me to finish my Lupo I don't know what will! Although, the 250 engine needs to be replaced with a 2 stroke 450cc single cylinder engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) lol £130 quid that sucks man, haha i love the fact all the internals of your bike is titanium you know you have a serious bit of kit when stuff is made from titanium and stuff like magnesium!Comes as standard on R models! Edited May 20, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWJason Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 The Honda S2000 is an awesome car!I will own one of those in 3 Years!Going to be my present to myself for graduating university! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 and the bike in bits...17 clutch plates pulled out and cleaned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vworks41 Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Both look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 (edited) Thanks....Just ordered some more bits for the bike...Carbon seat unit- Painted Red with Air vents and seat edging left gloss carbonNCR Racing fuel CapPazzo LeversCarbon Chain GuardCarbon Sprocket CoverThinking about fitting a uprated clutch slave cylinder.. At the moment the clutch is very heavy.. I have the pazzo shorty levers waiting to go on I think this might make it a little harder to pull in. Will have to see once the levers are fitted.Just replaced all four tires on the S2000 and topped her up with oil for my road trip.... Edited May 20, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) This months ownership!Still trying to iron out a few problems with the bike. The clutch is all sorted now however its going back to Ducati to sort the alarm out. Luckily I have warranty on the bike. The old alarm system gave up the ghost and was draining the battery.. They have agreed to fit free of charge a new alarm system (Datatool System 4) and offered me a deal on a tracker. I have booked the bike into get a stalling problem looked at. This is common with 749's. For no reason the bike will cut out when its idling. Its done it three times when i have been stuck at traffic lights. Its all down to fuelling so they are going to run some checks to make sure its running ok. The other thing I noticed is that if you turn the bike full lock to the left the revs rise slightly... Obviously you would never have the bike at full lock on the road so its not a problem but its still annoying when moving the bike around. The throttle cables are catching.The new carbon seat unit is a work of art, its signed by the guy who made it in the Ducati factory on the back. I had the fairings off the other day and they are also signed on the inside. It's a nice touch! So far I have done 500miles on it. Although its not been faultless I still love the bike. I am settling back into riding quicker than I thought. It's just a shame I am working silly hours at the moment!Dad has agreed to build a purpose built brick out building to put the bike and tractor (sit on lawn mower) So looking at expanding the bike collection to include a KTM dirt bike sometime soon. At the moment there isn't enough room in the stable so that will have to wait! I am trying to buy all my toys now for when I move over to OZ..So bits to fit next time I’m down:Carbon Seat unit.Carbon Chain GuardCarbon Sprocket CoverNew small rear number PlateNew LED rear LightNCR Fuel CapPazzo LeversMagnesium Head Light BucketI have fitted the Frame plugs, ohlins adjusters, bar end weights and swing arm spoils. I also had to replace a rear indicator bulb as that had blown! Bike now has a proper Ducati cover and a new paddock stand.The car has just be shod with 4 new Bridgestone Protenza tires. At a cost of £468. They gave me £47 back as the slightly scratched the lacquer on one of the wheels.. This will polish out so I wasn't that bothered. It needs a really good clean as its covered in tree sap... Just trying to clear a day so that i can give it a proper detail, polish wax etc. I also topped the oil up as it was down 2 points on the marker. This is the 1st time I have noticed the car using oil and its just turned over 20k miles. I am thinking about changing the head unit as it wont work with my iphone and finding the JVC far to slow for ipod use. The radio sounds **** too... No bass? CD and ipod are fine though. again I need time to get this sorted and the amount of hassle I had from the place that installed it have put me off slightly. I had a good drive down in the new forest this week. It was the 1st time I got to really push the car down my favourite roads. The extra bracing and thicker anti roll bar had actually started to annoyed me up in London however after some really good B roads I decided that i would live with the skittish feeling I was getting over all the man hole covers up in the big smoke... The speeds I can carry through the corner is a good 10-15mph up on the standard suspension. After I dropped the bike back down to the folks I really enjoyed driving the car back up to London with the roof down. It was a really nice evening.... Music up, roof down sun setting behind me. Ready for another stint of work!Will get some pics up once all the mods are on. Edited May 25, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) Some pictures of the parts waiting to go on.....I didn't think there was much I could do to the bike as the previous owner had already spent £5k modding it! However I managed to find some bits on ebay to personalise the bike!... Some parts ie the Magnesium headlight unit and Carbon seat are not being produced anymore! Luckily this week I sold the majority the bits i had taken off my last bike.. So this paid for most of them!Pazzo LeversCarbon HuggerClutch Slave CylinderCarbon Seat unit....NCR fuel CapMagnesium Headlight bucket.. Edited May 26, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeyesh Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 You've got some nice touches there!Give us an update with the fitting parts.....Any more pics of the S2000? God I love Vtec, my Dad used to own a Honda Accord Coupe 3.0L V6. Amazing car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) I can't fit them till my next days off as the bikes down at mum and dads.. Just got back from the lake district today.. The car was awesome up there... I was so pleased to have the power to nip past cars towing caravans and the odd slow coach... The roads are great, nice and twisty with beautiful views! ... However I made the mistake of driving all the way back down with the roof down today... My face is sunburnt after 4 hours of sunshine!5 hours up (316 miles) one tank of fuel 45lts 31.9mpg63.2000 mph101.7105 kmh28.2529 meters/sec5561.5998 feet/minute4 hours down (300 miles) one tank... 30.8mpg not bad considering!75.0000 mph120.7008 kmh33.5280 meters/sec6599.9998 feet/minutejust got to wait two weeks now for any hidden speedy camera's i didn't see.. God knows what i have done to my license!didn't do much photography as was only up there two days... I did clean it before i went though.... i am hoping the layers of wax and extra gloss shine help me tomorrow when i clean it.. its covered in fly splats! Edited May 26, 2009 by Putney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Fuel Cap fitted! Got a little owned on ebay... Sprocket cover wont fit!Standard cover fits nice and snug. Frame plugs fitted. Might paint these black.. They only had grey in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Ordered some new tires....Not liking the tires which are on there at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 sounds like a money pit lol, as long as you aren't keeping tabs on the total very cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Only spent £1k.... But I sold all my old bike bits for £850 so its not real money from my bank account.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Back next week, got any evenings free? Btw the bike looks mint, sure the s2000 is feeling under loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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