Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > 998R/999R COMPARISON?

[DAVE HARRIS]

Just read mcn, frankies comments are great ' I brought a 998r in my local dealer fitted some corsa parts and raced it, we spent money we didnt have but at least we spent it on the right thing'. Ducatis less than generous comment 'Frankie is 40 years old, he doesnt care about Ducatis marketing strategy HES ONLY INTERESTED IN HAVING FUN AND WINNING RACES'. I thought that was the whole point of racing, to win??
Having aranged to pick up my new 999 next week I am now wondering if I should cancel the order and buy another secondhand 998r, but perhaps its the old adage its the rider not the bike

dave

Annette and I overheard a certain Italian rider in the pits at Valencia, the comments about the front end of the 999 were quite outspoken comparing the handling to human waste

[antonye]

So the BBC2 comments of "999 engine in a 998 frame" were a load of bull then?

[yellowisfriedegg]

The 998R and 999R that you and I can buy have the same engine

[antonye]

Originally posted by yellowisfriedegg
The 998R and 999R that you and I can buy have the same engine

Yes, I know, which is what I was thinking about the quote made by the BBC2 commentators during sunday's race...

[ziggi]

That's right and Hayden also said that it had 17BHP more than the 998 engine.

So has it really got the 999RS whatever engine in or not. And also, I was wondering if Frankie could actually do this as it wasn't a homologated model? Although the individual parts were - so maybe you could create a bike from all the homologated parts???

[Henners]

... Frankie you're my hero

[antonye]

Originally posted by ziggi
And also, I was wondering if Frankie could actually do this as it wasn't a homologated model? Although the individual parts were - so maybe you could create a bike from all the homologated parts???

Yep, wondered this as well!

I knew there was a reason for watching Eurosport instead

[ziggi]

I've just noticed a similar thread in the race section - which still doesn't throw much light on the situation.

OK, if homologation regs are slack - ish - but there's got to be some sort of rule book somewhere. I'm guessing that PSG Corsa would have a copy.

Maybe you could build a bike out of all the manufacturers homologated bike parts and take the best part from each manufacturer - bit like the Mr Potato Head game !!

[skidlids]

Good idea, and we all end up with the same bike as Frankie

Factories go racing to sell bikes by employing riders who go racing to win, get the right combination of the two and both are happy. Frankie goes racing to win and enjoy doing it, partly paid for by sponsors who hope to get good TV/Press coverage, obviously they're both happy at the moment

[pedro]

998 for my money, went to jhp other day,got yacking to sales man,i let him harp on how good the 999 was then hit him with the sucker punch- "nah,not for me mate,frankies still doing the bizz on the 998"- then it all went quiet!. the 998 is a icon,i told the lad its not for sale(my 998),if i sold it then got a 749-999,i would never be able to replace it. "yeh,i see your point he said,we carnt get the 998 for love or money"