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k-ink
4,627 posts
48 months
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Ducati are the only bikes which excite me. Sexy!
(From a non biker)
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sprinter1050
10,133 posts
96 months
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Well..whatever.... Ducati, MV Agusta, Benelli, Aprilia, Ferrari, Lamborghini will all be up for grabs soon as Italy's proper (deeply) in the fertiliser business. or maybe Berlusconi's gonna buy all of'em with his squillions to try to give him more appeal to the chicks.... 
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Hobo
4,201 posts
115 months
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Is the 'S' worth £4k more than the standard bike ?
I understand the main difference being the front & rear shocks (Ohlins electronic units).
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hostyle
1,031 posts
85 months
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Looking at prices for regular Öhlins forks and shocks and combining that with an electronics package, 1st on market premium and Ducati's premium... sure it can 
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lgomgf
225 posts
57 months
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sprinter1050 said: Well..whatever.... Ducati, MV Agusta, Benelli, Aprilia, Ferrari, Lamborghini will all be up for grabs soon as Italy's proper (deeply) in the fertiliser business. or maybe Berlusconi's gonna buy all of'em with his squillions to try to give him more appeal to the chicks.... yes that is a good idea lets wait until the Euro collapses in Italy and they put the Lira back and than we can all buy Ferraris and Ducatis for peanuts... that would be cool... ooohhh wait all the parts and components and materials to produce it are imported, so no mater what happens the price will still the same in Euros or Pounds...
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dibblecorse
Original Poster
2,215 posts
61 months
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sprinter1050 said: Well..whatever.... Ducati, MV Agusta, Benelli, Aprilia, Ferrari, Lamborghini will all be up for grabs soon as Italy's proper (deeply) in the fertiliser business. or maybe Berlusconi's gonna buy all of'em with his squillions to try to give him more appeal to the chicks.... Most of that list is making money though !!!! and Lambo is owned by VAG ... so not very Italian at all ...
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jp-speed-triple
1,504 posts
56 months
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this has replaced the Zero 9 as my current lusting screen saver. I said I'd never buy another street sports bike, but I could be wrong.
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TheForceV4
438 posts
56 months
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Christ! Want! Big time! Has anyone at the show sat on one? Im quite tall so imagine I wont fit :-(
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graham22
885 posts
74 months
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Sorry but I think it looks messy & ugly. Almost comedy like, as if a kid has drawn a motorbike with wheels too big & tank too small and the exhaust sticking through the fairing & looping around infront of the wheel. As for comparing WSB to MotoGP - Ducati aren't racing this next year?? Stick a human on it and it's looks/size looks even more comical, remember this: 
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Mini1275
9,420 posts
51 months
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That is one stunning looking bike  .
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VB
8,863 posts
84 months
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graham22 said: Sorry but I think it looks messy & ugly. Almost comedy like, as if a kid has drawn a motorbike with wheels too big & tank too small and the exhaust sticking through the fairing & looping around infront of the wheel. As for comparing WSB to MotoGP - Ducati aren't racing this next year?? Stick a human on it and it's looks/size looks even more comical, remember this: Strikes off wish list 
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jetpilot
242 posts
25 months
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E36GUY said: 4th fastest. Immediately. Only the two Honda's and a Yamaha in front of him. What's your point? Still 1.5 seconds a lap off the Hondas which has pretty much been the standard for the whole of 2011, so dont think either chassis's work for Rossi San! If we were still blessed with Super Sic and Lorenzo was testing he would most likely drop another 2 places so back to 6th, again pretty much where he has been all year at best! On to the bike, im not sure you could ever top the design of the original 748 & 916 when they hit the scene, however its close and way better than the horrible slab sided nonsense of recent years! Will any road riders who can afford this bike really be concerned by its chassis construction or even notice the difference, i doubt it!
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dibblecorse
Original Poster
2,215 posts
61 months
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TheForceV4 said: Christ! Want! Big time! Has anyone at the show sat on one? Im quite tall so imagine I wont fit :-( I sat on it, but I'm only 5'8 so don't count, this however is my mate Kev, he is 6'3 and currently rides a 1098, he sais it felt a teeny bit more compact but not enough to make him feel he couldnt own one .... 
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J B L
3,030 posts
84 months
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VB said: graham22 said: Sorry but I think it looks messy & ugly. Almost comedy like, as if a kid has drawn a motorbike with wheels too big & tank too small and the exhaust sticking through the fairing & looping around infront of the wheel. As for comparing WSB to MotoGP - Ducati aren't racing this next year?? Stick a human on it and it's looks/size looks even more comical, remember this: Strikes off wish list
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jp-speed-triple
1,504 posts
56 months
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dibblecorse said: I sat on it, but I'm only 5'8 so don't count, this however is my mate Kev, he is 6'3 and currently rides a 1098, he sais it felt a teeny bit more compact but not enough to make him feel he couldnt own one .... Never have understood the sitting on the bike with no leathers/helmet/boots on thing. I really can't see what is learned about the riding position.
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dibblecorse
Original Poster
2,215 posts
61 months
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jp-speed-triple said: Never have understood the sitting on the bike with no leathers/helmet/boots on thing. I really can't see what is learned about the riding position. You can learn whether it fits, rearset to seat ratio, bar reach, clip on height and angle, fore and aft movement ..... Especially if trying bikes that are from the same breed as you have historically ridden, kev pictured has ridden his 900SS, 998, and 1098 all in jeans, same way i can work out if a bike fits me just by throwing a leg over .....
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srob
6,487 posts
107 months
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From some photo angles I don't think the proportions quite work somehow. In the top (all red) picture, it looks like it's been flipped. I suspect it'll be a stunner in real life though, with the devil being in the detail 
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jp-speed-triple
1,504 posts
56 months
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dibblecorse said: You can learn whether it fits, rearset to seat ratio, bar reach, clip on height and angle, fore and aft movement .....
Especially if trying bikes that are from the same breed as you have historically ridden, kev pictured has ridden his 900SS, 998, and 1098 all in jeans, same way i can work out if a bike fits me just by throwing a leg over ..... Not for me it doesn't. I ride in kit that like it or not affects how I can move/flex. Isabelle's Cbr feels great in shorts and a t-shirt. Put me out on track with it and I feel like I'm falling out of the front of it and can't feel my legs in 10 minutes. [shrug]
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moto_traxport
1,532 posts
90 months
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graham22 said: Sorry but I think it looks messy & ugly. Almost comedy like, as if a kid has drawn a motorbike with wheels too big & tank too small and the exhaust sticking through the fairing & looping around infront of the wheel. Praise the Lord! Its not just me then. Proprtions all wrong - someone's washed the fairing at 60'C or something and tail unit too small (as is the fashion I suppose), exhaust routing 'orrible. Another cartoon bike sadly made real. Current 848 / 1198 far far nicer visually. Hopefully Panigale owners don't get caught out in the rain - mucho muddy Daineses!
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FreiWild
286 posts
25 months
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Have to agree, the 1198 is a stunning bike but the 1199 looks comically disproportioned.
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