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Originally posted by Brogins Come on guys, a Ducati is a Ducati.. the brand still works... most of us (someone probably not!) knows what they are doing buying a duke.. joy and sometimes troubles. Do you want a commuting bike to go up and down the M4 on every kind of weather? Please do not buy a 999... I agree with the swiss collegue here..but we are talking of a firm in Bologna that faces japanese huge diversified corporations it may be in decline... BUT..it is still... ...the only alternative to a jap bike ..not a 4 cylinder ..made in Italy () ...doesn't change graphics and model every 6 months and there are a lot of other positive sides that Ducati owners can appreciate... and..IT IS NOT true that all the Ducati services shops (or the service in general .) are bad and are "not calling back" ..it may be less organized service chain than japs, but eventually it works. If not, means that the shop owner, no matter the brand he sell, should change job.. So, recession? yes - it is a general one.. Less bike sold? - yes.. Brand decline? I don't think so.. may be when Ducati will start to do generators like Honda or jetskis like yamaha... yes [Edited on 14-12-2005 by Brogins] |
Well said old chap.
I think some of the Ducati products are underated. I brought a 749S because it represented the best value for money Ducati superbike available. I haven't had any problems with the bike. Its a bloody dream to work on and well though out.
Most of the guys I ride with have 1000cc L4's and struggle to keep up. Probably because I regularly thrash the ass off it. I'm often told that it's bloody quick for a small vee twin and that's simply because the product works well out of the crate.