Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Panigale: V4 / V2 / 1299 / 1199 / 959 / 899 > Who's ordered one?

[bradders]

maybe if I hadn't chucked so much into racing next year....

lucky boy - not seen on the flesh yet but videos make great promo

[antonye]

I'm tempted, but I'd want the S with all the gadgets.
Looking at them at the NEC, the red just doesn't do it ... or more accurately the Tricolore is awesome, so I'd have to have that one...

[Bionicle]

TBH it just did not give me that "i want one" feeling when i saw it at the NEC this week, actualy put some black spots on it and from the front it would look like a ladybird, those mirrors just dont do it any justice at all. drop it on the left and your looking at replacing a few grands worth of rear shock... so i will be keeping what little money i have in the piggy bank for now.

[numbskull]

I haven't seen it in the flesh, and I can't afford £24 grand for the tricolore, so I guess i'll have to settle for the cheap one that has loads of faults.

[bradders]

cheap one - yeah right

[Jolley]

Originally Posted by numbskull

I haven't seen it in the flesh, and I can't afford £24 grand for the tricolore, so I guess i'll have to settle for the cheap one that has loads of faults.

If it is really that bad, I'll take it off your hands.... No charge!

Anyway, it is cheaper than a couple of years racing!

[bradders]

Originally Posted by Jolley

If it is really that bad, I'll take it off your hands.... No charge!

Anyway, it is cheaper than a couple of years racing!

jeez, you did spend some cash didn't you?!

[Jolley]

Originally Posted by bradders

jeez, you did spend some cash didn't you?!

3 seasons cost an 1199 whoever you are or however much you lie to yourself about how much it costs.....

3 seasons entries - £7.5k
1 sorted bike that can win (even on a budget by buying a prepped bike and spending almost nothing else) - £2k
(and that assumes you stay in one class)
food and travel - £3k (£1k/season, and that is optimistic at only ~£120/weekend)
Trackdays, crashes, anything else -£1,500

So that is an absolute minimum, no matter who you are of £14k.... How much is an 1199?

Or, look at it another way.... Your 848 and a Class A bike will cost you pretty much an 1199 even before you start any racing this year.

[Stealth]

I think its gorgeous and I feel an irrepressible need to adopt one as my new touring bike (still stuck in the 70s where I fervently believe all bikes have to have clip ons and rear sets). Make mine an S. Now just have to sell some body parts - someone else's that is.