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| Originally Posted by testastretta There is a massive pre-occupation in the motorcycle press with bhp - a completely pointless pre-ocupation which has successfully been passed on to some owners, potential buyers.
Since there are but a handful of people in the known universe for whom the maximum performance is attainable on a track, it is a complete irrelevance to how the bike will perform in our hands. The biggest hindrance to me going any quicker now on my wee 749R is me - nothing else. My pal rides an R1 - no matter how often its pointed out to him that he can't use the power available, he still pours over reports spelling out that the latest sukiwaka is just up on power versus last year. Yet I'm still waiting on him coming past...All I know is the 1098 will be a whole lot more powerful than what I have - but could I use it, do I need it, if I'm honest ? I just hope as a Ducati lover that the bike is a huge commercial success with reliability to finally shut up the British motorcycle press who still can't stop throwing in lines like , '... if you can live with the possible unreliability factor' |
Great post Mister!
Personally I ride a torque curve and Ducati pruduce bikes with great torque curves.
My wee 800cc S2R has a steady 40lbft almost across the whole rev range and its beautiful to ride. My 749 rises from 40-62 ish lbft and its great too. Plenty fast for the road.
No point in having a high peak figure if not a lot happens on the way up there, only to get to the peak figure and have to change gear. Just garbage IMHO. Seem to remember one of the bike mags "detuning" an R6 to give less peak power and more midrange and everyone who rode it preferred it. The numbers game is for fools
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Hope the new bike is a success, it looks good, though I still prefer the 2004 999/749 models for looks.