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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Lmao 429lbs dry but close enough 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was scared about my projector dropping on my head, having a whole ass motorcycle there would put me off sitting on my couch entirely lmao