Ducati are spending large sums of money on racing, money that has to come back from somewhere, so if bike sales stall, it causes a problem. in decline, who knows, I'd say no. looking for a return on all that money invested in racing, yes. If Ducati won Moto GP next year, how much for the race rep then???
Originally posted by pedro thats wright ian,the 999 series has won wsb in 03,04, its first years on the grid ! winner of bsb 05, the gp bike is the fastest bike in gp & with race wins under its belt & with two of the best riders on it for next year. its the brand to be on, were on the up mate.my glass is half full.
And these donkeys are doing it within the same rules as the opposition! Unlike the "saviour" bike that had 25% more rules advantage!
Originally posted by andyb And these donkeys are doing it within the same rules as the opposition! Unlike the "saviour" bike that had 25% more rules advantage!
No they're not - only in AMA are the rules reasonably close. In WSB the Ducati's are allowed a lot more tuning of the engine than the IL4's and a few other things so it's not the level playing field you think it is. Otherwise the IL4's really would stomp the twins.
Originally posted by andyb And these donkeys are doing it within the same rules as the opposition! Unlike the "saviour" bike that had 25% more rules advantage!
No they're not - only in AMA are the rules reasonably close. In WSB the Ducati's are allowed a lot more tuning of the engine than the IL4's and a few other things so it's not the level playing field you think it is. Otherwise the IL4's really would stomp the twins.
Originally posted by andyb And these donkeys are doing it within the same rules as the opposition! Unlike the "saviour" bike that had 25% more rules advantage!
No they're not - only in AMA are the rules reasonably close. In WSB the Ducati's are allowed a lot more tuning of the engine than the IL4's and a few other things so it's not the level playing field you think it is. Otherwise the IL4's really would stomp the twins.
what are Ducati allowed to do that the Jap's cant in SBK please
Well after years of the older 4 vlv bikes I've become a real fan of the 2vlvers. Love em! There's so much scope for making excellent roadgoing sports bikes out of them for little outlay. The latest 4vlv bikes do nothing for me with perhaps the exception of the 749R. As I've said before, the new bikes don't seem to be special and that is something that really attracted me to the bikes in 95 (748SP) when I got into them.
how ****ed off must they be feeling now that the 999s 2005 model was launched with more BHP, slashing the value off their 999r's. That is no way to treat your most loyal customers.
That seems to have been Ducati's product evolution process over the last ten years. I can't see a problem with it.
Have you ever taken a look at the Japanese products and how they depreciate when a "newer" model arrives
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