Sports: RE: [DucatiST] Never should have sold it.

Gordon,

I think you made a great observation. When I got my ST4s I was expecting much better bottom end being a ducati twin. I got it with only 6K miles on it. It had Remus Ti pipes. They kinda bellowed but sounded nice. My 907ie (2 valve 904cc) has Staintunes and sounds so sweet and I wished the ST4s sounded like it. So I changed the rear sprocket from the stock 38T to a 41T. A world of difference. Then I found some used Staintune pipes... and... it still doesn't sound as sweet as my 907ie. Oh well. After 30K miles I bought a VDST program and set the FI butterflies and turned in the air bleed screws and it made another huge difference in bottom end power. Before I could be riding in 1st gear with the throttle just cracked (~10-15 mph) and just rolling along and it would occasionally "cough" and stall. Now it is perfect, no more coughs and good bottom end power. (Sorry for the long story... the ST4s w/ Staintunes will probably never sound as good as your old ST2 w/ Staintunes, ensure the ST4s has a 41 or 42 tooth rear sprocket, and make sure to zero butterflies with air blead screws turned in as much as you can to help the lean low speed condition).

Randy

Mar 4, 2013 at 7:05 AM, flashgv2012 wrote:

Hey group,

A few years ago I sold my beautiful, blue 2001 ST2 in favor of a 2004 Multistrada. I was looking for a bit more comfort on long rides. The MS turned out to be a money pit (swelling gas tank, clutch issues, and more) so I sold that as well. I've regretted selling the ST2 and decided to get another one or one of the other ST models, but have been finding them difficult to get my hands on.

Over the weekend I did test ride a 2005 ST4S with about 17,000 miles. I was pretty sure this one would be everything my 2001 was and more. I don't know if it was that particular bike, but it didn't have the "feel" that my ST2 had. It was plenty powerful, but seemed to lack a bit of throttle response and it didn't sound nearly as sweet as my ST2 (my ST2 had Staintune pipes, man did it sound sweet). Any thoughts from those that have had experience riding the different motors/models? I noticed the top end benefit from the ST4S, but I'd rather have the low end. It keeps me from losing my license for one thing. Sort of.

So, I'm on the hunt for an ST2 in the northwest, specifically Bainbridge Island, near Seattle and surrounding area. I'm looking at least as far south as Portland.

I'm open to looking at the ST3 ST3S ST4 ST4S (again) as well. So if anyone knows of anything, I'd love to hear about it. I'm looking for something very well maintained (garage kept) and probably low mileage.

Thanks!

Gordon

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