Well I bought myself an 848 earlier this year and had some fun figuring out how it was going to work as a RHD for me. Took a lot of head scratching and googling to see how it could be done.

I couldn’t find any history of an 848 being adapted this way so between a grant from NABD in the UK for a sexy lever set up (see below) and many hours of devotion from Mr dimreaper I finally got on the road on wednesday for a test spin.

Due to my injury I’ve only ever ridden a handful of bikes in the past and never a v-twin, so this was going to be a bit of a shock to the system according to reports read and annecdotes from biker.ie.

First things first Bob went all out with this job and I now have full use of all the controls on the bike down to selecting which mode I want it in. The attention to detail is meticulous and nothing short of bike porn to me. The Ducati had to be essentially rewired to get everything over to the right hand clip on and into the new playstation like switchgear.

The Ducati is very different to my trusty SRAD600, hard as a board, huge torque, feels taller, and has definitely being going to weight watchers while the SRAD looks like it’s pigged out kebabs all its life in comparison.

The torque caught me by surprise as I took off, sending me backwards in the saddle hanging on with my right hand as the Termis knocked the leaves off the trees either side of the road. The clutch is about the same as the factory one, possibly a bit lighter IMO. I may upgrade the master cylinder at a later stage but it’s fine at the moment. The gear change is so smooth you’d hardly notice it in comparison to my regular steed. Brembo radial brakes operated by a single finger are so responsive but as I get used to the bike I’ll probably need to make some adjustments here too for more spirited braking. The ride is hard and I will need to stiffen up the steering damper for the roads I usually spin on. Having said that when it did shake its head it never felt like it was going to stray – thankfully! You can feel every bump in the road but it’s worth it:biggrin_old:

I’m delighted with what MrDimreaper has done for me here it took a lot of time and thought before a tool box was opened but what you see here is the work of a genius and the patience of a few saints! I’ll give a better report on the bike when I get her out for a proper spin.