A real pic of the 1098
 

Nice.
Do you think they'll do it in black without the gaffer tape then?

Yeah, but it will be extra

Obviously being developed specially for single handed riders........

Where's the other hand?:o

Holding the fuel hose whilst he is topping up the tank, another one of those low mpg bikes again. When will they fit a tank with a decent range on it.
Should have bought an ST.

:) :)

The truth of it is, the bike is SO horny he's having a crafty yank......

I did not want to go there, so what are you saying, Ducati riders are a bunch of yankers?
Please I thought more of you especially as your a vinyl man.
I was going to start a Hi-fidelity style top 5 bands poll, but I think only you and me could have entered as we all know, real music is not made for cd's.

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Your adding to the myth, he's a yanker.

Hope thats not the tool kit he's carring on his back :lol:

difficult to say completely, but it looks like someone has grafted 916ish styling onto a 999. oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

You know you want one ;) :lol:

Whot a yank, Gaz it's far too early for that kind of smut!

:eek: :eek:

BIKE :lol:

How about a yank bike :o

Don't get me started on Harley riding Golfers, it will only end in tears and NOT mine!

Forks look the same as the new S4R

So who's bike are you putting down here 916 or 999, gotta be careful.

yes I hope it's got a decent size tank,
but I dont like the exhaust at all,
it's an old style, I want a bike that looks new than a 999 not one that looks like a one of hand made 916,

Granted that is probably not the finished article, but the 916 had a very organic style with rounded cans, rear sprocket, nose, fairings, bulbous tank and fairings, swooping swing arm.

the 999 is very angular, with slashes in the front fairing, triangular tank, creased fairings and seat unit

my problem with the bike in the picture is its a mixture of the two, so its not a coherent design. The swing arm/sprocket/cans are 916 (organic), the bit above the exhaust with the rear lights, the nose/mirrors/main fairings are very angular like the 999

so now having analysed it a bit more, there is no way it will look like that

If it looks like that I'll be straight down the dealer to buy a 999....

and...suddenly there will be a ground-swell of opinion that Ducati in fact made a pretty decent job of bringing the 916/99 into the 21st century by way of the substantially more comtemporary looking 999. Or is this fantasy?

I think at the end of the day they'll do a damn good job in comparison to some other designers for the rival companies.
At first I did not like the 999, but given a choice of late 999 or early 916, I'm not sure where I would go now, both have their good points. So I suppose the designers are trying to morph the best bits together, maybe after it has developed in a year or so it could satisfy the masses.

interestingly, even a lot of sections of the press are acknowledging that the 999 look is growing on them....still lots of designs/designers were not appreciated in there time. Van Gogh, Charles Rennie McIntosh.......

cant say i've seen any pics at all that do any thing for me
i think all of the dukes past and present have looked damn fine
with the possible exeption of the st3/4 front end
and they have all been a real ground breakers when they were released
i just hope tthey come up with summit a bit better than what the press have been showin us

Slight sense of patriotism creeping in there?
Next we'll be seeing an Alpinestars leather kilt on you.


I have to say I do like a bit C R Mc, just in case you thought I was anti scottish. :) :)

St3 is far better than my 4s

Faster :lol: :lol: :lol:

No better looking you cheeky fecker.

All insults should be followed by these :lol: :lol: :lol:

No I'm angry :flame: and if I knew where you lived I would come round and punch your nose till it hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!


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:lol:

studied some of his work at Uni, he was a bit of a master of daylight in buildings but not given the credit he deserved, in this country at least.

But his style has been very influential, am sure you see it a lot in watches

Kilt on a bike would be well drafty!! Would scare the spectators during a crash for sure :-)

I will set the wife on you :o :devil: :o :devil:

Be afraid :devil: very afraid

More of a Bauhaus fan myself, Art and music.

I thought you looked to sensible to crash, unless yer kilt lifted up over your visor.

I doubt the actual bike is anything like what has been shown in the press, maybe the odd bit here or there, but thats all.

am sure the final design wont be some compromised blended affair

Of your wife, surely not.
For goodness sake, you live in Surrey, no husband beaters live here.

What would be truly radical is offering a choice of bodykit styles. I eally don't see why it's difficult given you can go to a minitwins race meeting and see any number of SV650's weaing all kinds of bodywork including 999 stuff.

Interesting proposition, more money in the pockets for Ducati.

Really. It's not difficult, is it? We are talking about a few brackets. Take a look at the DD paddock for example.

You order the bike unclothed and then specify the body kit. That way you sell a bike already customised to order and please lots of people at the same time. It's a logical extension of the DP fanchise goods anyway.

For some people the simplest ideas are the hardest to comprehend.