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| Originally Posted by 900MAN Best info you can get.
"All models have a 1099cc engine, but are designated 1098 (for fear of association with the IRS 1099 tax form - REALLY!).
Three Models-
$14,995 - 1098 Base: 160hp/80+tq
$19,995 - 1098S: adds carbon bits and Ohlins suspension pieces
$24,995 - 1098 Tri-Colore: adds race exhaust in the crate, red/white/green three-color paint
(Pricing is preliminary and may change slightly)
Styling somewhat similar to Desmosedici RR, but with longer, sharper front fairing and featuring dual headlights; New dash design; Single-sided swingarm; Dual oval underseat exhaust; Weight reduction of 37.5 pounds; Monoblock radial-caliper brakes w/330mm discs.
All 1098 models will come configurable as mono and biposto. Base model outperforms 999R!!
Ducati will NOT campaign the new bike for the coming AMA season; instead skipping a year for potential rule changes.
Official debut will be at Milan in November, with deliveries expected to begin in February." |
900Man, I too would like to know the source of your info !!! Understand if it is all supposedly "off the record" but a clue as to it's origins would be nice, as we hear so many so called notions of what the new bike will be like and if this information were to have come from an official source then we can at least concentrate less on the mechanical changes and ponder more on the much awaited looks of the bike, which arguably will make or break future sales and sway many of us back onto the bigger superbikes. (I am surprised at the displacement though when much was made of making the new bike a 1200 - 1198cc. Doubtless this will mean in 2008, the factory will release an 1198 version and we all jump on the merry go round again, just as was the case with the 916 to 998 leap)
I had a string of 748's, 998s and 999S's but currently ride the Monster S4RS. I'm just waiting to see how the new bike shapes up, if I am going to switch back to more familiar territory.