Jake Carey

[HJCarey]

Hey all,

I am also named Jake, seems like this is a popular name around here. I'll be going into my 5th year here at JMU as a physics major and for some reason I never joined up with MM, better late than never I guess. Anyway, I've been into cars for as long as I can remember, my dad is a big sports car buff, especially for all things Italian. However, I myself have leaned more toward motorcycles, so I'll be spending most of my time daring the two wheeled journeys.

I've been riding since 2004, got my motorcycle permit the first legal day I could and have been lucky enough to bum off my dad's 2004 Ducati 749 for the past 6 years. Due to some technical problems with the bike that no one has been able to fix no matter how many times they have tried we are currently trying to get rid of it. I found a good deal on a K8 gsxr 600 that'll be arriving in a few days so that'll be my new ride for the time being.

I'm interested in cars, don't know too much more than how to drive them though, always eager to learn. If anyone is around for the summer I'll be here in Harrisonburg for all of it, let me know and we can hit the road.

Hopefully I can find some pics of the Duc and post them when I get back from work.

[Jake]

Hey, welcome! Better late than never is right :thumbup:

We have some other MMers on bikes here and there. I'll be in town through the end of Maymester, I'm always up for a good 33W cruise. Hope to see you around and at our meetings/events in the fall!

[V1GiLaNtE]

Welcome! Post pics of the DUC or it didn't happen!! :wink: PS.. I love Ducatis!

[DavidL]

Welcome! I think I saw the Duc parked in the back of the Festival lot some days last year? If so-- beautiful bike!

[HJCarey]

If it was black with a red frame and red wheels, then yep. I laid it down on 33 about a year and a half ago, so the left fairing is a bit depressing to look at, but other than that it looks the same. I'll get some pics up soon, gotta get some e-mailed from home.

[HJCarey]

Here are a few pics of the good side.







Great bike. I'll miss it, but having a bike that works consistently, for a change, will be rather nice I think.

[TorinoCobra070]

Wow, that is a crazy looking bike. I want it

[V1GiLaNtE]

Oh shit I've seen this bike before.. freaking gave me a hard on with the black and red contrast.. I loved the red frame!

Your bike = Sexxx

[Levey]

oh wow. i've seen this bike on campus too and soiled my pants as well. elaborate the "technical problems" and what do you want for it?
i'm a new rider and just got a 95 ninja in april so i believe an MM bike cruise should be in store for august

[HJCarey]

Ever since we had the bike it always had an issue with randomly turning off. This generally happened when I pulled the clutch in rolling up to a stopsign/stop light. I figured it was just idling too low. The bike has a throttle adjuster on the left handle which I had to keep adjusting to keep the bike from shutting down every time I stopped. Apparently this is a common problem for the '04 749s so we took it to the Ducati guys in Richmond for them to fix it. They claimed they fixed the problem, but it was not fixed, if anything the problem kept getting worse. Over the course of 4 years or so we took it back to the same guys and a few different places about 5 times to fix this issue and none of them could fix it, even though they claimed to have fixed it :evil:

It gets rather annoying having to constantly watch your throttle every time you pull the clutch in. Another issue that came up a few times was the bike did not turn off some times, ironic huh. Pull it into the garage, flip the kill switch take out the key and the bike is still huffin' along. Had to pop the clutch and let the bike die before it'd shut off. Took it to the fixer uppers and they claimed they fixed it but they did not.

Also, the LCD screen with the speedometer, engine temp. etc... broke when we were changing out a dead headlamp a few weeks ago due to my dad's careless hands.


So all in all, the bike still runs great when it's on and running. Either these guys we took it to to fix the bike straight up suck at their jobs, lied to us, or the bike is just finicky as hell, I don't know how to fix it and I'd rather not deal with it if I don't have to. Don't have a price yet haha, we're trying to see if there's anything we can do to fix it up a bit before we sell it. I can let you know once we start thinking price though.