| Bumped into a Ex DSC member the other day over at Fox's he is now riding a Harley as he no longer has his 748 and can't bring himself to buy a 749/999 but he did say if they that if the 1200 came out looking like the one on the front of MCN then he could see himself returning to Ducati ownership.
Now surely this is the point Ducati need something that sells better than the 749/999.
We talk about outdated, certainly doesn't effect Harley sales, also I suspect the 998 was dropped to try and push buyers towards the then new 999 and getting rid of a low seat hight entry level bike like the original Monster has also lost Ducati buyers to other manufacturers.
A truely lightweight 100bhp plus bike wouldn't go amiss in the Ducati range, the 1000DS is the perfect engine for this, but it would need to have a special frame and making the superbikes lighter wouldn't hurt, the power to weight ratios of the latest Jap bikes make the 999 look out dated. |