Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 1198 / 1098 / 848 > H*nda owners' prepare to jump ship..!

[crm250]

i put my 2p's worth in there.
did i hear RC30 mentioned - i have to say that if i was offered a new 1098 for a swop of my RC30 then its bye bye honda.
The RC is a fine bike, its fast, exciting, flatters you, looks and sounds great, but it has its faults too, oil needs to be kept an eye on, gets hot in traffic, ok its a pure race bike but to enjoy on the roads it can be a pain. but when right and on the right day its untouchable.
Its also priceless picking of superbikes at weekends who assume its just another NC30 - till around 70mph and it starts to fook off

[weeveetwin]

Originally Posted by crm250

...did i hear RC30 mentioned - i have to say that if i was offered a new 1098 for a swop of my RC30 then its bye bye honda.

Ahh! But would you still be saying that two years down the road?

All I ever see written by ex-RC30 owners is: "Wish I'd kept my RC..!"

[crm250]

I know, not 1 bike i wish i had kept in the past, but cant see me letting the RC30 go, but i really really do like the tricolour.
thing is the RC30 is worth around 10k and going up if used lightly and well maintained and looked after around 1k per year at the current rate. in 3 years i bet i could find someone willing to buy a new 1098 / 1198 and swop.

And all the people that wish they kept thier RC30's say that but not many stump up and buy another even at todays inflated prices