Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > A real pic of the 1098

[749er]

Originally Posted by jeff st4s

So who's bike are you putting down here 916 or 999, gotta be careful.

Granted that is probably not the finished article, but the 916 had a very organic style with rounded cans, rear sprocket, nose, fairings, bulbous tank and fairings, swooping swing arm.

the 999 is very angular, with slashes in the front fairing, triangular tank, creased fairings and seat unit

my problem with the bike in the picture is its a mixture of the two, so its not a coherent design. The swing arm/sprocket/cans are 916 (organic), the bit above the exhaust with the rear lights, the nose/mirrors/main fairings are very angular like the 999

so now having analysed it a bit more, there is no way it will look like that

[MJS]

If it looks like that I'll be straight down the dealer to buy a 999....

[ricco749s]

and...suddenly there will be a ground-swell of opinion that Ducati in fact made a pretty decent job of bringing the 916/99 into the 21st century by way of the substantially more comtemporary looking 999. Or is this fantasy?

[jeff st4s]

Originally Posted by ricco749s

and...suddenly there will be a ground-swell of opinion that Ducati in fact made a pretty decent job of bringing the 916/99 into the 21st century by way of the substantially more comtemporary looking 999. Or is this fantasy?

I think at the end of the day they'll do a damn good job in comparison to some other designers for the rival companies.
At first I did not like the 999, but given a choice of late 999 or early 916, I'm not sure where I would go now, both have their good points. So I suppose the designers are trying to morph the best bits together, maybe after it has developed in a year or so it could satisfy the masses.

[749er]

Originally Posted by ricco749s

and...suddenly there will be a ground-swell of opinion that Ducati in fact made a pretty decent job of bringing the 916/99 into the 21st century by way of the substantially more comtemporary looking 999. Or is this fantasy?

interestingly, even a lot of sections of the press are acknowledging that the 999 look is growing on them....still lots of designs/designers were not appreciated in there time. Van Gogh, Charles Rennie McIntosh.......

[Glyn]

cant say i've seen any pics at all that do any thing for me
i think all of the dukes past and present have looked damn fine
with the possible exeption of the st3/4 front end
and they have all been a real ground breakers when they were released
i just hope tthey come up with summit a bit better than what the press have been showin us

[jeff st4s]

Originally Posted by Glyn

with the possible exeption of the st3/4 front end

St3 is far better than my 4s

[Gaz 748]

Faster

[749er]

Originally Posted by Glyn

cant say i've seen any pics at all that do any thing for me
i think all of the dukes past and present have looked damn fine
with the possible exeption of the st3/4 front end
and they have all been a real ground breakers when they were released
i just hope tthey come up with summit a bit better than what the press have been showin us

I doubt the actual bike is anything like what has been shown in the press, maybe the odd bit here or there, but thats all.

am sure the final design wont be some compromised blended affair

[jeff st4s]

Originally Posted by 749er

still lots of designs/designers were not appreciated in there time. Charles Rennie McIntosh.......

Slight sense of patriotism creeping in there?
Next we'll be seeing an Alpinestars leather kilt on you.


I have to say I do like a bit C R Mc, just in case you thought I was anti scottish.