Why do Ducati's sound so random at tickover?

[Conanius]

Just curious...

Why is it nearly every single Ducati video on youtube has a bike that sounds like something has gone amazingly wrong with the engine? The video of Agnes Ducati ride to work in the show us your bikes thread is a prime example of it. Sounds amazing when on the move, but on tickover, like the engine is falling apart/shaking a box of spanners....?

 

[Conanius]

Do you mind if I ask what the differences between the two systems are please?

I'm really tempted to get myself a bike, and I love the ducati's !

 

[Conanius]

One is wet, the other isn't

Joking aside, a wet clutch has oil around the plates, a dry clutch doesn't, just the bare plates

I probably could have guessed that bit

What real world difference does that make though? EG Shorter clutch life/quicker shifts/no need for clutch on upshifts/etc etc