| Reduced line-up for SS range
Whilst the 1000DS is a peach of an engine, Ducati should maintain a family of engines and the SuperSport range is an ideal framework (sic) for such products.
These engines could (and should) also be used in other bike ranges (e.g. Multistrada) and these could easily challenge the BMW F650 and others of such ilk as commuters / "every day" sport multi-FUNction bikes.
Although Ducati make wonderful hyper-sports bikes, they should not forget that they got there via the 2V air-cooled route and there's still a lot of life left in that particular arena that they should target.
Can I get off the soap-box now......? |