Desmosedici anyone?!

[GingerNinja]

Look what's popped up in the classifieds.....anyone got a spare £45K?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/661635.htm

[Rawwr]

I think I've just cum in my pants.

[hornetrider]

Travesty of a barn door numberplate there

[scoobster999]

lovely bike, there was one at Donington on Tuesday for a trackday, the guy only did about a dozen laps all day. The guy selling this one is taking the piss on the selling price though - £7K over list price, I know you can't get them for love nor money but shame it didn't go to a person who wanted it to ride rather than speculate and make money on....

[hornetrider]

The more I look at that the less sexy it gets. I mean, obviously its a serious weapon, butI don't like the fairing - its like one big slab of plastic.

[SpydieNut]

oh for a spare £45k. is it so much to ask to win the lottery just once??


it is a lovely looking bike, but i must say that the MV augusta F4CC we saw on the weekend looks even better. it's also dripping with exotic materials

not sure which i'd buy *if* i had £45k as they're very different bikes. probably still be the desmo though

Edited by SpydieNut on Friday 15th August 08:27

[castrolcraig]

scoobster999 said:

lovely bike, there was one at Donington on Tuesday for a trackday, the guy only did about a dozen laps all day. The guy selling this one is taking the piss on the selling price though - £7K over list price, I know you can't get them for love nor money but shame it didn't go to a person who wanted it to ride rather than speculate and make money on....

my old boy went past him on his zx-10r and said it sounded awesome, were you out on track??

we were in the garages near pit lane entrance, black race zx-10r with green wheels, yellow 996sps, rsv mille and a couple of others.


boy was it wet in the morning, thank god for wets!!

[Chilli]

There was a brand new one on here a while back going for £64k. There's one or two on either ebay or autotrader, I forget now.

Nice, very nice.

[black-k1]

hornetrider said:

The more I look at that the less sexy it gets. I mean, obviously its a serious weapon, butI don't like the fairing - its like one big slab of plastic.

I'm with you on this one. While it's an amazing bike, looks wise, I'd have a 1098 every time.

[C8PPO]

There was also one at Silverstone on Monday, running in the Novice group! The noise it made was stupendous - I think I already posted this somewhere, but he got black-flagged for noise after a lap or so, and that was with a 105dB limit!

[scoobster999]

castrolcraig said:

scoobster999 said:

lovely bike, there was one at Donington on Tuesday for a trackday, the guy only did about a dozen laps all day. The guy selling this one is taking the piss on the selling price though - £7K over list price, I know you can't get them for love nor money but shame it didn't go to a person who wanted it to ride rather than speculate and make money on....

my old boy went past him on his zx-10r and said it sounded awesome, were you out on track??

we were in the garages near pit lane entrance, black race zx-10r with green wheels, yellow 996sps, rsv mille and a couple of others.


boy was it wet in the morning, thank god for wets!!

Hi Craig, yes I was out there, albeit in the novice group. I managed to hire one of the FE track bikes so turned up and hey presto an 2007 R6 on full wets. First time for me on the track (or any track) but took my time and by the last session on was actually starting to get the hang of it in the dry and overtaking some people. I was in Pit 38 where the photographer was, next to the "ducati works pit!". Really enjoyed it although I booked an instructor for the day and none turned up, other than that couldnt have enjoyed it more. Just need to grab a track bike now (missus doesnt want me to trash the new fireblade!!).

[castrolcraig]

scoob, i take it you were not the one who binned the hire bike, twas a well organised day really, if you need a hand anytime with finding or sorting a track bike then let me know, on that note though i think i know of some british supersport cup zx-6r's being sold at end of the year.

[scoobster999]

castrolcraig said:

scoob, i take it you were not the one who binned the hire bike, twas a well organised day really, if you need a hand anytime with finding or sorting a track bike then let me know, on that note though i think i know of some british supersport cup zx-6r's being sold at end of the year.

No, I managed to keep it on two wheels, although my Bro in law low sided another hire bike on oil at the start of the pit straight before lunch, luckily no damage to bike or rider but must confess it made for a slow start after lunch looking for oil spots. Definitely on the lookout for a track bike so please keep in touch. On another front, which paddock stand for a 2008 blade?

[dibblecorse]

scoobster999 said:

lovely bike, there was one at Donington on Tuesday for a trackday, the guy only did about a dozen laps all day. The guy selling this one is taking the piss on the selling price though - £7K over list price, I know you can't get them for love nor money but shame it didn't go to a person who wanted it to ride rather than speculate and make money on....

Not quite, the first batch of bikes were sold at c£39k, but after the first early orders were in Ducati UK upped the price to £45k and thats what a lot of people have been paying, maybe he is just after his money back, orders it in good times, maybe under a bit of financial pressure and wants to cash out.

Speculating on "latest & greatest" has always gone on in cars, just not really seen on bikes before I don't think ...

[Jimmy5]

dibblecorse said:

Not quite, the first batch of bikes were sold at c£39k, but after the first early orders were in Ducati UK upped the price to £45k and thats what a lot of people have been paying, maybe he is just after his money back,

I'm sure it was £37.5k to start then upped to £40k so he is looking to make on it