Considering the source, take this with a large measure of salt,

2/3rds would buy it so far. There are a lot of bike buyers who wouldn't buy any bike of that type. Better question would be 'if you were looking at buying a big 'naked bike' would you buy the Ducati 1098? If Ducati did one of their famous limited production runs of this it would be a big seller IMOOC:)
 
Steve748 said:
2/3rds would buy it so far. There are a lot of bike buyers who wouldn't buy any bike of that type. Better question would be 'if you were looking at buying a big 'naked bike' would you buy the Ducati 1098? If Ducati did one of their famous limited production runs of this it would be a big seller IMOOC:)
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Never believe the "More Crap than News" - they are less believable than the story about Casey Stoner going to the school for good manners and gracious losing!
 
a 1098 monster has been rumoured for a while, i posted links to a few sketches a few weeks ago. I'm expecting to see it at Milan probably in an almost finished form
 
Ducati and Triumph should do really well together! Old geezers lusting after the exotica and not so old geezers looking at something more comfortable ;)
 
I'd maybe, perhaps look at buying one I think. I love my 1098R, but have to be realistic and wonder how long sports bikes are going to be suited for me. At 43 :eek: ;) :D the old legs sometimes struggle a bit, so would a 1098R naked type thing suit me better... maybe, perhaps.

A Monstersedici, well, now we're talkin'...... a Monster with a D16RR engine. I wonder how a Hypermottard would take to a 1098R engine. It's brutal as it is.... You'd never need to replace a front tyre that's for sure.

Time will tell, my simplistic mind would think that the technology is there, so it's a wee alteration to a frame here and there...:D :D
 
Gizmo said:
a 1098 monster has been rumoured for a while, i posted links to a few sketches a few weeks ago. I'm expecting to see it at Milan probably in an almost finished form
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Mate, i'm 99.999999999% sure that you will see nothing even remotely like a naked 1098 in Milan this year. Don't hold your breath on this one.

The rumours on the net are just that [rumours!] from what I am being told.

And the pictures on MCN are just cobbled together artistic impressions, I am stunned to see some folk actually have commented on the styling of the picture shown there!:lol2:

Mart
 
And there are w@@@@@s talking about unreliability:eek: which @@@@ing planet has that toss-pot on for the past ten years:mad:
 
Steve748 said:
And there are w@@@@@s talking about unreliability:eek: which @@@@ing planet has that toss-pot on for the past ten years:mad:
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in fairness to the guy, he only mentions the 'reputaion of unreliability' and adds he's never been able to afford one so doesn't know.
 
Whilst checking out the original monsters I think I would have been more swayed had they had the Testastretta engine in them.
I got engaged in conversation with a guy at outsides Hunts in Manchester a couple of weeks ago and his words "I'd love a Ducati but it's the reliability that worries me"
After then comparing the service intervals of Ducati versus Honda over say 24k miles (4 Ducati services and 6 Honda services) and my comments of the uber reliability over the 80's models, he went away a more enlightened soul.
Personally, I think the latest Ducati professing of cheaper servicing and reliability needs more ooomph behind it and brought into real world comparisons with other manufacturers over a 2 year period say.
 
alane said:
Personally, I think the latest Ducati professing of cheaper servicing and reliability needs more ooomph behind it and brought into real world comparisons with other manufacturers over a 2 year period say.
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Couldn't agree more.:D

I've had Ducatis since 1995 and have never had 'reliability' issues. I get really pi$$ed of when rice burner riders start on about this. I am now at the stage of walking away as I am so fed up enlightening them.:(
 
mbg said:
Couldn't agree more.:D

I've had Ducatis since 1995 and have never had 'reliability' issues. I get really pi$$ed of when rice burner riders start on about this. I am now at the stage of walking away as I am so fed up enlightening them.:(
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Same with me I have had four Ducatis and all have been reliable with faults on one down to it not been having serviced properly and a fuel tank full of crap when I bought it. John Cellier sorted it and the guy who has it now told me last week it has been superb! The only problem I had with the 748 was a loose connection on the starter solenoid and that's it:)
 
Everything breaks down at some time. I'v had loads of bikes and cars and I cannot remember something that has not broken. BMW, Ducati, Porsche, MB, Kawasaki, HD and the list goes on!......................

However, as I tell customers on a daily basis, its not the product that is at fault. Its a component of that product. Cars have up to 20000 separate bits and if even one fails, the car will usually put on a tell-tale light or just stop dead in its tracks.

You cannot blame the whole thing because of a 50p part!!

Just imagine, you buy a new car, it gets a rattle..............."Sorry Mr Smith. Its a write off"
 
Every product is made up of components from many suppliers and whilst you can QC incoming parts there's always a possiility one batch or individual part is faulty.

IMHO what differentiates companies is the service you get when you do get a problem and with Ducati having a small focused network of dealers you'll find that problems are handled way better than other bigger brands, its that bit which customers do notice, if they get well treated not fobbed off with "oh they all do that sir" type bullsh1t you have faith in the product and brand hence why customers who've owned Ducati's tend to understand.
 
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