Today i saw the Ugliest Ducati EVER
 

At the Ally Pally i saw the 999 on Casoli Moto's stand... christ is that a bloody awful looking machine.

Lots of work has gone into it i can see, but Jesus did they get that all wrong.... a complete and utter monstrosity.

Anyone else seen this ?

Is this the Carbon and gold one ????

If it is don't be fooled. I was at Casoli a couple of weeks ago and saw the preparation of the bike. The carbon tank is not carbon at all :o It's had a carbon skin laid on to the top of a steel tank and then blended in to the sides with filler then painted. I saw a "carbon" seat unit that was a glass seat with carbon patches laid in to the gell coat and left to show with the glass parts being painted. Same on the fairings etc.

Don't get me wrong, still loads of work and may be someones choice ... just not mine. If your gonna go for carbon, race mods etc may as well do it right.

"Pimp my ride" wrong all wrong :(

The only thing i was fooled into was thinking it was a motorcyle for a moment, not a museum piece that belongs in the Tate.

It's a terrible shame when you see how nice some of their components are... they could have produced a superb machine with the resources available to them.

Can someone who goes please take a few pics....

Sounds like to me as though that sums up everything that is wrong with Ducatis these days.

[Edited on 30-1-2006 by twpd]

To me a Ducati is a bike with purity of purpose....that is what my first 748 (an SP) was about. These days it seems to be a case of buying a bike, throwing as much bling at it as you can afford no matter how tasteless. The ultimate expression of that is stick on carbon side panel for airboxes....why?????

Useless accessories:

carbon stick-on sidepanels - adds weight
carbon key guards - adds weight
carbon disc vents - adds weight in the worst possible place i.e unsprung weight
vented carbon clutch covers - ever seen what happens to your clutch when you fall off on the clutch side?

Casoli should know better.

[Edited on 30-1-2006 by twpd]

Yeah, right ... we are talking about Casoli here !!:mad:

Dont get me started on casoli...!!!

Looking forward to seein the pics..!

Nat

not going till sat but will have the camera :o

Its,.......erm,.........a little differant!