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[rcgbob44]

Her indoors would kill me!

[Chef]

I really like it

& will buy one...............in 2/3 years

Unless I get a monster bonus/lotto win!

Dickie - you got any jobs going in the city???

[iang]

I am undecided !

I like the front, tail and side plastics but the swinging arm looks monsterous in the pictures ( Might look better in the flesh ), that massive exhaust shield looks awful and I personally think the exhausts were only designed like that to please the old 916 brigade of which I was one of, a few years ago. They remind me of the awful exhausts strapped to the side of the ZX10 R, surely they could have hidden them a little like the desmosedici instead of using an old design. They do look much better in their Termignoni guise though.

Would I buy one, hmm, probably and may very well might, but the exhausts and that leg guard would be straight off.

Nice 749R anyone ? ( Over £18k spent ! )

[Sharpy G]

Originally Posted by iang

Nice 749R anyone ? ( Over £18k spent ! )

Ian, havent seen you around for a while m8 !

I'll have the exhaust !

[Stones]

Yep ordered mine 2 months ago.... comes week before xmas!!! Am trying to ignore my flippent spending, getting the s, having it re-sprayed and damn if I look at the accesories website one more time I will have to sell the house as well as the kids!!!

[Stones]

Originally Posted by CK

fankyoo

have been told I can have one for late xmas (by dealer), but need to order next week............hoping to sing "happy early burfday to meeeeeeee"

but cant order without knowing if I'll be able to touch the ground happily, and I do like to get both feet at least on tippytoes down

Have been told the seat hight is 820mm but rear ride height is adjustable not that that will make a big difference.... so about 40mm up on the 999 I think

[clint 999R]

im more than happy with my 999r but if i was thinking about a new un i wouldent bother yet i would wait till ducati are ready to enter sbk with it because they could well do some changes and then you could well have a new old bike. plus i have allways like ducati because they are unique not sure they have done that this time bit mv jap to me.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by KeefyB

Well I wont be ordering one.
It looks too Japanese,..the rear end is a mess and far too many cheap looking plastic covers.
I'm sure it will grow on me in time,but right now I'll be keeping my 999S.

So this is a not yet then KeefyB ..................if you don't end up buying one some time then Ducati is in the deep brown smelly stuff

I can't think of many other people who have bought successive generations of Ducati over many, many years, I guess if you were as old as Monty you would have had every Model (motorcyclewise )

I'm still on the fence as it were until I see one for real.

Ray.

[CK]

Originally Posted by JPM

Charlotte look at the HM it doesn't half look like it's pretty much a MS with different bodywork maybe I'm wrong but can you get on a multi?

I have taken a multi on test JPM, and had to 'wriggle' to touch down on one side
If I 'had' to ride one again, it would only be to help a mate out, as I would not feel happy in having to do a 'shuffle forwards, wiggle to the left' each time I had to come to a complete halt - and making sure that there wasnt too much of a camber at the side too!
I did try & ride when doing slow speeds like I was on a crosser but it was a tad too heavy to bounce at traffic lights etc.

The 07 Multi is a tad taller (I understand ) than previous models - can someone confirm that?

Have also 'stolen' a 999 back when they 1st came out, and again ride height was an issue for the 'stop-start' bits

C, going off to buy a strengthned mini-moto

[KeefyB]

Originally Posted by Ray

So this is a not yet then KeefyB ..................if you don't end up buying one some time then Ducati is in the deep brown smelly stuff

Yep,never say never,eh mate?! You know me too well!
I want to see how the bike evolves first,.....right now it dont float me boat.