Ducati 1098

[alan]

Whats everybodys views on it then?

I think its Fooooooooooookin Stunning abit Fireblade rr front fairing/916-998 chassis/mv tail unit/segale type swingarm just awesome awesome awesome

did i say awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[alan]

P.S already sold the house/car/wife/dogs n cats/horse

[Kitch]

I like it too. If it really takes off (like I think it will) then maybe it will resurge some interest in developing V-twins. The 1200 Storm might not be far away.

[yellowtrev]

I agree, looks great and alot sharper.

I'll stick with the Storm though,for obvious reasons.

Money,wife, leather colours etc.....

[Squiffythewombat]

I would sell everything i had to own that!.............






............sad fact is if i sold everything i might get £4.50 if im lucky!

[Zer0Zer0]

I would rather have the V4 mille due out in 08 did'nt anyone see this weeks MC. news??
and if they really do a 1200 storm in 07 forget it and the duc..riders on the storm all the way....keep the faith

[sirch345]

Alan,
I've been reading up on the Duc 1098 myself and YES it does look the dogs IMO, but it would be no good for you, you would get bored with it to quick I mean what could you do to customise it

Kitch,
I hope you're right

yellowtrev,
That sounds like a good plan to me

Toby,
I like the £4.50


Marty,
No I haven't seen this weeks MCN, but I admire your faith in the Storm

Long Live The Storm

[alan]

oh i would deff not get bored with it

[mik_str]

Gorgeous bike...light and powerful too. I find it intersting how a small company like Ducati can make a V-twin that can apparently go toe to toe with the I-4 literbikes (and that Honda, for example, has chosen to abandon that line of development). Kudos to Ducati!!!!!

[Stratman]

Absolutely fantastic I think. If I had the spare cash, then its one of the very few I'd trade in for.

As for a 1200 Storm, the Vardero still has the 996 engine, upgraded for Euro 3 so I can't see Honda making another engine.

The SP2 engine, with gear driven cams, given another 200 cc of bottom end grunt, now, that, in a rider friendly chassis, and a 21 litre tank, would be something!

[Kitch]

Depends how successful the new one make race series is...

No, not the Ducati 1000 Sport Cup, World Superbikes 2008.

We only have the SP1 so Honda could take on the Dukes, when the bored out R version of the 1098 hits the track, it's gonna cream everything.

It'll only be then that Honda after realising the blade is a fantastic road bike, but not so great as a race bike that they might bring the SP crew out of cryogenic stasis at HRC and make a 1200 SP3.

(aside: doesnt the SP already have gear cams?)

[Stratman]

(aside: doesnt the SP already have gear cams?)

Yes, it does. I should have put " the SP2 engine, with its gear driven cams"

[alan]

Depends how successful the new one make race series is...

No, not the Ducati 1000 Sport Cup, World Superbikes 2008.

We only have the SP1 so Honda could take on the Dukes, when the bored out R version of the 1098 hits the track, it's gonna cream everything.

It'll only be then that Honda after realising the blade is a fantastic road bike, but not so great as a race bike that they might bring the SP crew out of cryogenic stasis at HRC and make a 1200 SP3.

(aside: doesnt the SP already have gear cams?)

Kitch the 999 kicked everyones butt last year anyway (in the right hands ala Troy B & then look at the amazing efforts of Gregorio L if it wasnt for a run of bad luck Gregorio had this last season imo i dont think Honda would of one BSB, Gregorio (again) or Leon would be champ