to buy the new L-twin



the test drive was indeed an amazing experience

Quote from: '04gs500fto buy the new L-twin



the test drive was indeed an amazing experience

well at least you have good taste in cars.

Quote from: makenzie71well at least you have good taste in cars.

What so wrong with Ducati's?  I love em.  Except for the price tags.

Quote from: annguyen1981What so wrong with Ducati's?  I love em.  Except for the price tags.

Nothing really...they're just a bit too maintanance involved for my liking.  I'd deal with it for a monoposto testastretta 998S...in red...or any 916.

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Quote from: annguyen1981What so wrong with Ducati's?  I love em.  Except for the price tags.

Nothing really...they're just a bit too maintanance involved for my liking.  I'd deal with it for a monoposto testastretta 998S...in red...or any 916.

oh you mean like the other one in the shop?



not exactly what you want, but pretty close if not better....mmm stock with full ohlins suspension and raked front forks

Quote from: '04gs500foh you mean like the other one in the shop?

yeah I'd probably sex that thang, too...

916~998...before and after just don't do it for me.

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Quote from: annguyen1981What so wrong with Ducati's?  I love em.  Except for the price tags.

Nothing really...they're just a bit too maintanance involved for my liking.  I'd deal with it for a monoposto testastretta 998S...in red...or any 916.

key words here: for my liking. you dont like a particular bike is alright, to say someone has bad taste is unnecessary IMO [ie moderator].

Quote from: pantablokey words here: for my liking. you dont like a particular bike is alright, to say someone has bad taste is unnecessary IMO [ie moderator].

I never said he had bad taste in bikes... ...I complimented his taste in cars (I'm assuming the E36 in the background is his...but might not).

The 999/749 is simply not my taste.

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Quote from: pantablokey words here: for my liking. you dont like a particular bike is alright, to say someone has bad taste is unnecessary IMO [ie moderator].

I never said he had bad taste in bikes... ...I complimented his taste in cars (I'm assuming the E36 in the background is his...but might not).

The 999/749 is simply not my taste.

that was the shop owners car

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Quote from: pantablokey words here: for my liking. you dont like a particular bike is alright, to say someone has bad taste is unnecessary IMO [ie moderator].

I never said he had bad taste in bikes... ...I complimented his taste in cars (I'm assuming the E36 in the background is his...but might not).

The 999/749 is simply not my taste.

when you said:well at least you have good taste in cars. the wording implies not having good taste in bikes.

Also, you have eagle eyes! I checked the photos before commenting to see if there was a car in any pictures and didnt see them. On further looking I can see the corner of the car in the last picture, barely in the frame.


ps-oh yeah, for the record I also prefer the 998/748 bodystyle.

Quote from: pantablowhen you said:well at least you have good taste in cars. the wording implies not having good taste in bikes.

A harmless stab.  Having taste in any bike for the right reasons is good taste.  Glad I got that cleared up.

QuoteAlso, you have eagle eyes! I checked the photos before commenting to see if there was a car in any pictures and didnt see them. On further looking I can see the corner of the car in the last picture, barely in the frame.

That's the shot that caught my attention.  That's an E36 tail light.  But it's the glimpse in the second shot that tells me it's a 1992~95 325i/iS.

jeez. I totally missed that one too. I was blinded by the yellow paint I guess.

Quote from: pantablojeez. I totally missed that one too. I was blinded by the yellow paint I guess.

Well, Ducati does know how to do "yellow".

YES!
I actually prefer the yellow on the ducs to the red. god, a 998 in yellow would be awesome, for a twin.

Quote from: pantabloYES!
I actually prefer the yellow on the ducs to the red. god, a 998 in yellow would be awesome, for a twin.

This is the only reason  I wouldn't want a yellow one...



...even in infared you can see everyone of them from space.

okay, that was DAMN funny.
rotflmao funny.

Gah. I am so SO jealous. I'm in love with Ducatis. I really liked the 999/749 body style when I first saw them, and actually DISLIKED the old 748/916-998 style. However, the old style grew on me and now it's a toss up between the two. The old body style gives the sexy Italian lines, while the new package is extremely sporting. I actually looked into how much a red 748 monoposto would run me. ~$6000 for the bike, plus about $1500/yr for insurance (I think)  for liability only. I can do the maintenance myself, so that's not an issue for me.

God they're gorgeous though.

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Quote from: pantabloYES!
I actually prefer the yellow on the ducs to the red. god, a 998 in yellow would be awesome, for a twin.

This is the only reason  I wouldn't want a yellow one...



...even in infared you can see everyone of them from space.

Nice one!

Wow....That's tasty.  I was in Cocoa Beach a while back and didn't see any high-performance bike shops.  Where's this one at?

http://www.ducati.com/docs_eng/model04/superbike/sounds/749Strack.zip


she sounds so beautiful


yes an official 749s sound clip

     :kiss:

side note

636 posts, somewhat commemorative of my old ZX-6R (636)