Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 1198 / 1098 / 848 > It's even better in the flesh!!!

[gossa]

Originally Posted by Stones

How excited must you be....... I went to Coventry yesterday to see their demo...... mine in on the 5h January...... agree with all you said about the detail etc...... and at 6'2" I have to say us taller ones wont have a problem either, felt more roomy than my 749. One thing to worry yourself about though, notice the fitted tyres are Diablo Super Corsa's! Not ideal for running in on cold damp January roads!!!!!!!

Yeah I noticed the tyres, loads of tread on the sides then!!! NOT!!!!

I ordered termi's and a hugger which won't be here for a few weeks. I think we'll be riding just a little bit carefully with this weather, I binned a Gixxer with 8 miles on the clock before because of new tyres so i'm very cautious!!!

Think I'll look on BBC and see where the sun might be tomorrow and ride there!

[Ozz]

Gossa, feel free to pop and have a coffee at my office in Poole if you are on the 1098.....

[rcgbob44]

Gossa

WE AINT INTERESTED IN RICH PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO GET A NICE NEW SHINY 1098....................GEDDIT!
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[gossa]

Originally Posted by rcgbob44

Gossa

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Rich? If you want it bad enough you'll find a way. I've done a long finance deal where i'm paying £100 more a month over the cost of a Jap 600.

I definately wouldn't call myself rich at all but is £14000 a lot of money nowadays? That's the price of an average family mondeo.

[Rob B]

Gossa,

Pop in for a coffee on the way home to Poole :-)

Rgds,

Rob

[Monty]

Evolution or revolution-you decide.

John

[Jools]

Well I popped over to St Neots today and what can I say... I know that some of my mates have reservations about it, but I am smitten.

There are bits of it that I thought I wouldn't like from all the photos. I thought that the front end was too Japanese, I thought that the back end was too MV and that the cans didn't fit properly, I thought that the swingarm was too big and clumsy and I didn't like the dogs ear shape of the mirrors. I reality the styling has definitely got more Ducati DNA than Japanese in my eyes and it looks much more together than it looks in photos. It is bloody gorgeous.

There are bits that I really like. It was stood next to a 749 and the bigger tubing used on the frame really stands out and is VERY cool. I love the big narrow track discs and the chunky calipers and the instruments are as cool as frozen cool pie. I also love the magnesium cam covers and the forged Marchesinis are a work of art (it was the S I looked at)

There are a couple of bits that I didn't like. The infamous exhaust shield/valve cover looks naff to me and is crying out for a piece of carbon to replace it and the forward section of the seat unit is finished in dark grey plastic which has a cheaper feel than you might expect or want on a 14K bike.

Overall though, I would still love one

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Jools

Well I popped over to St Neots today and what can I say... I know that some of my mates have reservations about it, but I am smitten.

There are bits of it that I thought I wouldn't like from all the photos. I thought that the front end was too Japanese, I thought that the back end was too MV and that the cans didn't fit properly, I thought that the swingarm was too big and clumsy and I didn't like the dogs ear shape of the mirrors. I reality the styling has definitely got more Ducati DNA than Japanese in my eyes and it looks much more together than it looks in photos. It is bloody gorgeous.

There are bits that I really like. It was stood next to a 749 and the bigger tubing used on the frame really stands out and is VERY cool. I love the big narrow track discs and the chunky calipers and the instruments are as cool as frozen cool pie. I also love the magnesium cam covers and the forged Marchesinis are a work of art (it was the S I looked at)

There are a couple of bits that I didn't like. The infamous exhaust shield/valve cover looks naff to me and is crying out for a piece of carbon to replace it and the forward section of the seat unit is finished in dark grey plastic which has a cheaper feel than you might expect or want on a 14K bike.

Overall though, I would still love one

I'm a bit like you jools, had reservations until I had seen it in the flesh. The singarm is a work of art in my opinion, looking at it from an engineering point of view. Its still very Ducati from the cockpit even with the new dash. I like the sprocket carrier and the calipers. Calipers remind me of billet brembo's
My one on only reservation is the ends of the cans? I just can't get my head around them, they look ab it too R1. I would like to have seen ends similar to the desmodecci :-)

[fab]

Originally Posted by Dseered

Went to Ducati Leeds today and within 2 minutes of walking through the door, Derek had said, swing your leg over and fire it up, keys are in

I was there too, was going to ask if it was your " well used" example downstairs after al lit's the only one i know of with white wheels. Wonder if our paths crossed? ha ha!

Back to the 1098s they had in there! Amazing. I liked the first shots i saw but wasn't 100% convinced but now i've seen it in the flesh well! HOw to afford one without ruining the rest of my financial life is the other question

[fab]

Lookin at the MV's downstairs and nearly fell over the advertising hoarding?