STEERING DAMPER
After the poor feedback and a spate of crashes, for 1998 the bike came into the UK with a steering damper as standard and 1997 models were recalled to get one fitted. Check if one is fitted, aftermarket or otherwise. They can still catch out the unwary if you grab a handful…
The 1990s was a great time for music and biking, and one particular beat was popular back then…
The ‘thump, thump’ of the big twin was back in vogue – mainly in V-twin format and mainly dressed in red – courtesy of Ducati.
By the early 1990s, Bologna’s air-cooled V-twins were gaining in popularity. UK adverts pushed the fact that these machines were different to the dull, anodyne four-cylinder Japanese ‘norm’. The sporting
SS machines by now had 900, 750, 600 and even 400SS ‘Junior’ models. Meanwhile, Ducati under the Cagiva umbrella was thinking
