Ducati 2018 Livestream

[BOR]

Livestream of Ducati's 2018 plans on right now.

http://premiere.ducati.com/

so far, scorchio.

[Shadow R1]

Watched for 5 mins, then gave up.

[CQ8]

I'm watching but it is a little painful (and I'm a Ducati fan). So much talk about branding and core values blah, blah, blah.

Just show us the new V4, which is inevitably going to be the last one.

[CQ8]

Oh wait, a white diavel and an interview with a chef who likes Diavels. Great....

[Shadow R1]

The Yamaha one is 8pm tomorrow.
I will have a watch of that, fingers crossed they rattle through the bikes.

[MrGman]

Thumbs up for the Yamaha launch, didn't know that is tomorrow.

The V4 certainly sounds the part and i'm sure it'll be an animal, surprised they've stuck with the Panigale name though.

[jjones]

226 hp panigal v4 special

[BOR]

That's a double ooofffffff

[CQ8]

Yep, I like that Speciale and it sounded fantastic when Casey rode it in.

[hebegb]

jjones said:

226 hp panigal v4 special

Awaits inevitable BSB rule change ....
soon to be allowing 4 cylinders up to 1100cc ...

[TonyF]

Got my deposit paid for a Speciale last week, delivery April 2018...

[Turn7]

TonyF said:

Got my deposit paid for a Speciale last week, delivery April 2018...

whats the estimated RRP ?

[CQ8]

TonyF said:

Got my deposit paid for a Speciale last week, delivery April 2018...

Congratulations Tony. Look forward to seeing photos and hearing more about it in April.

[tight5]

Some bloke called Stoner has done some development on it.

[CoolHands]

People watch live streams of manufacturer nonsense?

[obscene]

Turn7 said:

whats the estimated RRP ?

35k

[moto_traxport]

tight5 said:

Is it 'spot the difference' with the current thing?

[nervous]

moto_traxport said:

Is it 'spot the difference' with the current thing?

It's still a motorbike. Of course the basic architecture is going to remain the same, likewise the design language. They aren't going to do a press launch of their latest bike and unveil a Breville.

Also, this just in: if you don't love that bike, you're officially dead inside. Sorry.

[nervous]

tight5 said:

Some bloke called Stoner has done some development on it.

That's the only part of this bike that doesn't make my penis do a little double-take.

[moto_traxport]

nervous said:

It's still a motorbike. Of course the basic architecture is going to remain the same, likewise the design language. They aren't going to do a press launch of their latest bike and unveil a Breville.

I was still expecting a motorbike rather than a sandwich maker but expecting a slightly different look as well. To use basically the same fairing, seat unit, headlight & air intake arrangement is a tiny bit unadventurous.

Keeping the same model name might be the clue and in similar vein to the 998R when it went to the new Testastretta motor but looked identical then this is an overlap bike introducing the new motor before a whole new bike is presented in a few years.

nervous said:

Also, this just in: if you don't love that bike, you're officially dead inside. Sorry.

Something that I long since suspected! Normally just manifests itself with the 'latest' MV.