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This past weekend, I attended the Intl' Motorcycle show at NYC. Besides the usual population of "Bling-riders", looking at Busa's for their first bike, I was shocked to find quite a few "misinformed" Ducati "Techs".
I stood there, and cocked my head to the side, listening to a NYC Ducati tech talk to a group of people about how the Ducati valves work. My mouth gaped a bit, when the tech started bantering about how the closing shim is held onto the valve with friction. Then when asked "What makes desmodromic valves better than regular?", the response was "Because they give the bike more horsepower, allow air and fuel to flow better into the heads."
No talk about the lack of valve springs, no talk about valve spring "float" in the early days. Nothing about the history. Just a vauge, and general statement about power.
I really dont understand why people have a hard time saying "I dont fully understand it." or "I dont know", versus spreading mis-information about things they dont understand. Its sad, really. Because now those 5 people that he was addressing, are completely mis-informed about the bikes I love so much.
Why? I just dont understand it.
I stood there, and cocked my head to the side, listening to a NYC Ducati tech talk to a group of people about how the Ducati valves work. My mouth gaped a bit, when the tech started bantering about how the closing shim is held onto the valve with friction. Then when asked "What makes desmodromic valves better than regular?", the response was "Because they give the bike more horsepower, allow air and fuel to flow better into the heads."
No talk about the lack of valve springs, no talk about valve spring "float" in the early days. Nothing about the history. Just a vauge, and general statement about power.

I really dont understand why people have a hard time saying "I dont fully understand it." or "I dont know", versus spreading mis-information about things they dont understand. Its sad, really. Because now those 5 people that he was addressing, are completely mis-informed about the bikes I love so much.
Why? I just dont understand it.
