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Old 11-30-2006, 1:34 PM
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Soup :: Kissing On The First Date: Ducati's 1098 Leaves A Big Red Impression 11-30-2006

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Old 11-30-2006, 1:40 PM
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Personally I don't really care for the front 3/4s of the bike looks wise.
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Rider position also changes with relations in seating position to hand and foot controls being less committed. One positive result here is less upper body weight on the wrists. Another plus is more leverage at the bar due to a wider bar placement. In total, the bar height has been raised 20mm, moved rearward and noticeably widened. The saddle has more of a curved shape and is also taller by 10mm but gains slightly in width at the rear of the tank.
I want to sit on one at the show. (Cleveland this year?) Usually that kills any residual urge to think serioiusly about a Duc.

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Old 11-30-2006, 2:46 PM
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I just have to wonder if this thing will smell like the 916 launch in the 90s. Lots of hoopla, low prices announced and then no one had any for about 13 months and then they were getting retail + 4K. For the "lucky" few that actually received one, they were greeted with a 16 month backorder on spares (which were required as soon as the rubber hit the racetrack).

I flew to New York twice to line one up and the deal fell through both times. Ducati never came up with the homologation money so it took two seasons before they became legal in superbike and they never did make it into supersport.

I would love to have one, but until I have enough spare change to hire a couple of ex works mechanics and win the powerball, I think I'll pass . . .
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I just have to wonder if this thing will smell like the 916 launch in the 90s. Lots of hoopla, low prices announced and then no one had any for about 13 months and then they were getting retail + 4K. For the "lucky" few that actually received one, they were greeted with a 16 month backorder on spares (which were required as soon as the rubber hit the racetrack).

I flew to New York twice to line one up and the deal fell through both times. Ducati never came up with the homologation money so it took two seasons before they became legal in superbike and they never did make it into supersport.

I would love to have one, but until I have enough spare change to hire a couple of ex works mechanics and win the powerball, I think I'll pass . . .
man, I sure hope that isn't that case with this new 1098...I've been pipe-dreaming about one...well, that and a few other bikes...but that's another story for another day.....I am interested in what role it will play in the upcoming WSBK season? Why produce a 1098 when the rules don't allow it? Oh wait, I forgot...they're Ducati...they'll just change the damn rules themselves....
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Old 12-05-2006, 4:46 PM
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They are testing it (the magazines that is). First impressions sound good. Very nice bike even if not my style. If it gets the performance to back the looks, it might be the next 916-998.
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Old 12-05-2006, 4:58 PM
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Cant stand the LCD tach.
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I love this bike.

I'd wait to buy it until the buzz subsides, but I really like it.

Well it, the Husky Motard, and the new 600RR...
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Old 12-05-2006, 6:16 PM
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Am I the only one that is sick of seeing the standard moto-journo pic?
You know, the one where they specifically hang off as far as they can with poor form to try and get that elbow-down pic.
Just ride the fukking thing, get a pic of you actually riding it right. That is far more impressive than the standard "wook at me mommy" pic.
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Old 12-05-2006, 7:09 PM
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BDA..... Don't be mad at fast people because you're slow. Be happy for them and keep on working hard, one day you'll be able to drag an elbow too
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dragging elbows is highly overrated.
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Old 12-05-2006, 7:16 PM
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I just read an article in Cycle World about it. I think I'm in love with it. absolutely love the headlights.
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Old 12-05-2006, 7:34 PM
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I just read an article in Cycle World about it. I think I'm in love with it. absolutely love the headlights.
headlights? whew . . .
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I like it a lot, but don't love it at this point. Maybe once I see it in person. So far I still see too much of an approach of "Crap! We blew it with the design of the 999! Let's go back and incorporate more of what made the 916/998 platform so appealing", rather than something that was really innovative and progressive in the art and design of the motorcycle.
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Well I didn't like the 999 when it came out and now I love it. I like this a lot already, so it's not looking good for me.

I'll either go the oposite direction and hate it, or I'll have to have one.

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BDA..... Don't be mad at fast people because you're slow. Be happy for them and keep on working hard, one day you'll be able to drag an elbow too
Actually, that guy is showing terrible form in that pic, and I'd bet is going quite slow. He is trying to get the elbow down, not trying to go fast.

I ain't skeered of getting beat. It's fun being the slowest in the group.
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dragging elbows is highly overrated.
I've done that. Of course, I wasn't attached to the bike at the time.
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I just found my new desktop wallpaper.
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I've done that. Of course, I wasn't attached to the bike at the time.

Hey, me too.
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dragging elbows is highly overrated.
I have dragged my elbow, unfortunately is was a split second before my clavicle broke.
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@ all of the elbow jokes . . .
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