New Bikes Announced

The 1098R looks Awesome, have to see how the bank balance crumbles should I take the plunge and buy 1.
 
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Initial views on the new monster; to many burgers, looks a bit porky, some nice detailing.

More of an evolution than a revolution.

Bit of a mixed bag really. Have to wait to see it in the flesh before I make my mind up....:dunno: :scratchhead:
 
Credit to the guy who worked on this half. The guy who's decision it was to bolt it to the other bit, needs a good kicking.

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Hopefully its better in the flesh than in the pictures, however their is a gorgious (bird)/ model sat on the bike......
 
I've now looked at the new monster for a day and am pretty much of the same opinion as when I saw it first.Very much the curates egg....good in places, which, for a manufacturer so used to being branded as stylish is not a great thing.
I can live with the things that seem to have bothered others,the cans,tank, and headlamp, even the swingarm may grow on me.
What I cant get over is the incongruity of that rear subframe and the matching footpeg hanger arrangement,they could have come off a Honda hornet,its not even easily replaced from what I can see(though painting it black may help)and,while I cant tell from the photos alone would seem to raise some tricky access problems for those who would do their own maintainance.
I do hope its not a template for future monster models.

I dont see what the fuss with the 848 is about apart from a new colour option,it is a smaller engined 1098,which I'm also undecided about.
I think Ducati have seemingly stopped designing things for themselves and started listening to comittees a bit too much.
The upside of the all new releases in Milan is that the new Fireblade(and Hornet) is so gross that the Ducati models seem the more elegant options once more. This however shouldn't disguise the impression that Ducatis design house seem to now be re-interpreting japanese imitations of its own original models, when a copy is copied so many times it begins to lose the purpose of the original design decisions.
Ducati has lost its way.
 
Hmm... Not keen on either TBH... :sorry:

I'm with B&P,wish i could afford a 999R.... ;)
 
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