• squiblet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, hanging up something weighing 2000 lbs over my couch is how I achieve relaxation and bliss.

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      1 year ago

      That’s more like the weight of a small car. The motorcycle probably weighs in the ballpark of 400-500 lbs.

      Still far too much weight to hang from the (assuming) 2x4 wall studs behind the drywall there. Also probably quite a hassle to get down when you need to ride it and when you come back home to re-mount it on the wall.

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        1 year ago

        Tons of old Ducati super sport motorcycles end up as decorations that will never touch the street or track ever again because maintaining them makes no sense…

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        1 year ago

        Wonder if it’s mostly been gutted and is literally just decoration.

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        Yeah if you manage to get it hanging safely, how will it ever be anything else than decoration? It’s not a 20 lbs racing bike.

        For it to be usable you would need some mechanism to raise and lower it, and then the decoration aspect will go.

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      It’s a Ducati 912, it weighs 429lbs and that’s on the heavy side of sport bikes.

      Even the Boss Hoss which has a V8 from a Corvette is only 1100lbs.