Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Desmosedici now on ducati.com

[MJS]

Wow.... looks fantastic... new house or new bike...

[Lee1980]

Interesting quote on www.motorcycledialy.com,


"Each Ducati Desmosedici RR owner can benefit with a three-year warranty and three years of scheduled maintenance, free of charge".


Good news for anyone that can afford one!!!

I have my lottery tickets! hehe


Cheers

Lee1980

[749er]

very nice! Is it not about £35k for the magnesium/carbon loaded one, with a "less expensive" one being released later for about £15k? I'd have one of those,

Dont think it looks like a ZX6R. I have one of those and the lights in the Duke are much sleeker. Goes to show Ducati dont need to reinvent the 916 to come up with a fantastic design, some real clever detailing going on there.

[Ian Harris]

Originally Posted by 749er

very nice! Is it not about £35k for the magnesium/carbon loaded one, with a "less expensive" one being released later for about £15k? I'd have one of those,

Didn't Ducati issue a denial that a cheaper version would become available?

[deej]

i dont see why everyones so hung upon the pirce, you can buy a mv for £30k thats nowhere evcen near winning a wsb race leat alone a motogp race/title !!!

that bike is stunning and if i could afford one i'd have one and i'd ride the damn thing too, theres no way it would just sit in the lounge and never get ridden

ducati have also denied that they will homolgamate it for wsb racing too

[TORTUGA]

How long before a race team owner buyes a couple of these and goes WSB/BSB racing. I cant see what would stop them. In anything other than a factory team the 999 is not competitive with the fours and so £35.000 would be a bargain for race team who will have 200bhp before they even think about tunning. Foggy Petronas seem to be able to race bikes that are not even and wont ever be in production so I see no reason why these RR's cant be bought and raced. I have to say that I dont want to see the twins disapear from the grid but in a place where money and winning is the order of the day I see it as a for gone conclusion. (Maybe someone will point out the error of my ways)

[Paul James]

The other manufacturers will just have to catch up then won't they ? I seem to recall H*nda spending zillions to get a big ugly twin to take on the Ducati's in WSB some time back. Not sure how the Foggy bike gets away with homologation rules, can't say I've heard of many being sold ?

The price tag is pretty irrelevant, if you want one and can afford it go and buy it, if you can't afford one and you want one get out there and work your nads of to buy it, if you don't want one don't buy one. They will be made in limited numbers (or so those with deposits on one hope !!) so there should be a reasonable resale value.

Lets face it £35k is pocket change to some people.

In honesty this sort of bike isn't ridden much on the road whereas WSB homologation bikes seem to get well used. Different price bracket but I doubt many will be left unsold.

I'd have one but just don't have any more bike space in the workshop now.

[chillo]

Originally Posted by khushy

bearing in mind that most Ducati dealers and their technicians are sh*te - who would you trust to service/fettle it????

exactly!! i wish i lived nearer too the midlands..........


was very seriously thinking about one but decided against it after getting rogered with the 999r! £35k is 10k too much imho.
It would be a shame to thrash such an exquisite bike within an inch of its life but it would just have to be done!
I get the feeling anyone buying one wont suffer the depreciation nightmare of the early 999r, but once bitten!
Now if it was £25k then i would have gone for it.

[sbwells]

Originally Posted by TORTUGA

How long before a race team owner buyes a couple of these and goes WSB/BSB racing. I cant see what would stop them. In anything other than a factory team the 999 is not competitive with the fours and so £35.000 would be a bargain for race team who will have 200bhp before they even think about tunning. Foggy Petronas seem to be able to race bikes that are not even and wont ever be in production so I see no reason why these RR's cant be bought and raced. I have to say that I dont want to see the twins disapear from the grid but in a place where money and winning is the order of the day I see it as a for gone conclusion. (Maybe someone will point out the error of my ways)

A number of the Foggy Petronas bikes complete with headlights and indicators were "homligated" for WSB a few years ago now. I have no idea of how many of the bikes have been produced or sold to the public. I assume there is a bit of gray area in process between "intented sale" and actual

In order for a model to be homligated in WSB it has to be "presented" for homligation by the manufacturer. Ducati have stated that they will not homligate the D16 for WSB. They will continue with the 999 platform and, at a guess, lobby for a displacement increase to close the HP gap with the competition.

The V-twin represents the Ducati marque and has done so for the last 30 years or so. Ducati believe its customers of the past, present and future want to retain V-twins as the core powerplant for the company and it's respective models.

Homligation of the D16 would be commercal suicide for the BRAND. Alienation of current and prospective customs is not the wat forward for the company

[TORTUGA]

Originally Posted by sbwells

The V-twin represents the Ducati marque and has done so for the last 30 years or so. Ducati believe its customers of the past, present and future want to retain V-twins as the core powerplant for the company and it's respective models.

Homligation of the D16 would be commercal suicide for the BRAND. Alienation of current and prospective customs is not the wat forward for the company

I couldn't agree more. Ducati are V-Twins and that is why I hope they get their capacity increase because otherwise they will be forced down another route or withdrawl from WSB. As long as the rules are changed so the playing field is level then long live the twin.