Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > Weekend on a 999

[bolds]

Anyway, enough rambling ... my question - what is the rawness that the 996 had that the 999 lacks? Thanks.[/quote]

Probably the same sort of thing a MK1 Ford Escort has over a Ford Focus

[Sharpy G]

Originally Posted by bolds

Probably the same sort of thing a MK1 Ford Escort has over a Ford Focus

what, some style you mean !

[900MAN]

I'm surprised it did'nt feel raw.
Think loud termis help, the bike is always barking and snarling just daring you to nail it and hear the pipes scream
Lovely stuff

[KeefyB]

Originally Posted by 900MAN

I'm surprised it did'nt feel raw.
Think loud termis help, the bike is always barking and snarling just daring you to nail it and hear the pipes scream
Lovely stuff

Ooh yes!

[Animal]

I've just jumped from a 916 to a 999, I decided to go for the 999 over the 749 for this reason. If your willing to give the 999 a good kicking it will pay you back... I needed a bike that gives me some fun at the weekend but will also allow me to ride into London every day. The 999 does it for me!!!

[Loz]

With my 999S in for it's 18k service last weekend, I was loaned an SV650 by my dealer, CMW Motorcycles of Chichester. Many thanks guys, and thanks again to workshop John for looking after my P&J. The SV's fuelling is, how can I put it ... awful. At low revs (in town, etc) it's on-off to the extent that I ddin't feel 100% safe riding it. I had already test ridden an SV a couple years ago when I was thinking of chopping in my 750Sport ie, and decided against the exchange.

The 999's fuelling is exquisite, so smooth. Apart from the problem with cutting out sometimes when pulling to a halt with a hot engine, it seems flawless to me. (Has anyone come up with the definitive answer for that?) The bike handled 600 miles of touring the weekend before the Cadwell TD, then did the TD, and then got me the 270 miles home afterwards, without missing a beat. How's that for versatile? My body has been able to adapt to the shape you need to twist yourself into to ride the 999, so touring on it isn't the painful experience you'd expect.

I love my 999.

[MJS]

I've been debating this one myself for some time. I tried a 749S originally, it didn't have Termi's and it left me cold. Quick and easy to ride, but not 'special' in the way a 996 feels.

Since then I've ridden a 999 and I thought it was superb, but I won't be buying one at the moment, we're trying to move house and I can't really justify going out and buying a new bike right now. I agree with what's been said, the 996 feels aggresive and focused right from the start, the 999 is faster and easier to ride, so in my book that makes it a better bike.