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I have just finished reading December's edition of "Touren Fahrer" (the best german bike mag for us touring bike fans). In it they list all the bikes that will be on sale in 2006, so I scanned the Ducati list and yes as per some previous comments on the DSC site - Ducati are onlky marketing the ST3 and ST3abs. Unbeliveable that they drop their best bike the ST4s. I've said it before and I'll repeat it again - they've lost touch with what the "Sports Touring" motorcyclist wants.
In total contrast that very clever Derbyshire chap "John Bloor" has just lanched his latest generation Sprint ST and all the german mags are stating quiet clearly that it is the best sports touring bike on the market.
Well if the folks at Ducati don't up their game in this segment of the market they can only look forward to Triumph stealing customers and market share from them.
It is no wonder that Senior Executives in Bologna stated recently that they have hada very tough and disappointing sales year!!!
[Edited on 26-11-2005 by Athelstan]  |