I think the main difference you need to know is:

748R - a top of the range road bike with lights, mirrors etc

748RS - a customer factory race bike purely for racing with no lights, mirrors etc

Yeah, and no V5 and a service interval of one weekend at a horrendous cost!

Ant, I've spent quite a bit of time looking at dash options. What would you want in a decent dash? Have you looked at these:

Translogic Micro Dash unfortunately not yet available and no data logging

MyChron 3 Dash

Interested in your feedback/thoughts.

I've seen the Translogic stuff before, but they're definitely too small as I would want this to replace the full set of clocks.

The Magnetti Marelli one in the pics above would be my ideal choice, but obviously they cost plenty. I liked the clocks on the Honda SP1/2 and also the Aprilia (I think) as they have a decent mix of digital and analogue.

I'd mainly want to replace the standard functions - speedo, tacho, lights, temp - and maybe have extra functions like laptime, voltage, fuel, etc.

The MyChrom looks good, dunno about price as it hasn't arrived yet, but I don't know about the readouts it has.

We can't be that far away from using small TFT/LCD panels wired up so that the whole thing is completely customiseable... you could specify which indicators you want and place them where you like on the screen. You can change the display type between analogue and digital, and select from several different styles. Now that would be cool!

It might be closer than you think! ;);)

Well I would hope so, the technology is certainly there so it's just down to the right people putting it into practise.

...and if you know of any company seeking to test any commercial systems, I'd be more than happy to help!

There was a 748RS for sale in Riders in Bristol when I was in there the other week. It may have gone by now.

i think my mate Simon may still have his Ex DFX 748RS for sale I will see him at Thruxton at the weekend and find out.

http://ducatisportingclub.com/xmb/vi...=8852#pid71304

James Thompson has a very nice Ex NCR 748RS with all the trick dash etc.

My own 748RS now houses a 998 engine and is road registered, which was done when it still had the RS engine in it

how much was the 748R when it was new on the showroom floor?