Bought a Ducati 1098 yesterday!
Below, please enjoy 4 of the 7 deadly sins!
From left to right:
Sloth
Envy
Wrath
& Lust
I know the other 3 are around here somewhere!
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Here is when we made it home from Birmingham in one piece. Pretty bad weather up there yesterday and we are ALL lucky to have made it back...
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Gratuitous Duc shot....
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Some thoughts after riding it twice today:
Tank bag? Fuggit about it, the tank is plastic!
Rear view mirrors? Hah, you cant see shi* in them. Ducati should have left them off!
Bike is hard, very hard to ride under 40 mph, very 'thumpy' and geared rather high.
6th gear? Only if you are above 90mph
This 1098 is the base model, I got it for $13K new and its suspension is atrocious. Very soft and the front dives like a cruiser when going down from speed. I'll be calling Traxxion Dynamics tomorrow to get some springs headed this way!
On the upside?
This bike is NASTY. Has a very harsh acceleration and pulls like a rocket. It goes from thumper to this vibratory freight train that is hyper stable and perfectly at home at 145mph (which is all I wanted on country back roads). My kids ZX6R had absolutely no chance in roll-ons.
The Busa is faster and pulls harder but make no mistake, the 1098 would hang with Mr. Busa up to... probabley 150mph or so.
Sound is F'n awesome and these Ducs are real attention getters! We came out of a store today and there was this older guy and what I think was his grandkid, they were checking it out and stayed around until I started it. "No, no" he said as his kid tried to pull him into the store. "We have to hear the Ducati fire up"!
I bought this bike for the track and I have two weeks until Barber. Got to change the springs and get the exhaust replaced.
Just thought I'd share our new family member with all of you.
I just love riding it, but still have a LOT TO LEARN about riding big performance twins!!!
Below, please enjoy 4 of the 7 deadly sins!
From left to right:
Sloth
Envy
Wrath
& Lust
I know the other 3 are around here somewhere!
ImageShack Links Do Not Work
Here is when we made it home from Birmingham in one piece. Pretty bad weather up there yesterday and we are ALL lucky to have made it back...
ImageShack Links Do Not Work
Gratuitous Duc shot....
ImageShack Links Do Not Work
Some thoughts after riding it twice today:
Tank bag? Fuggit about it, the tank is plastic!
Rear view mirrors? Hah, you cant see shi* in them. Ducati should have left them off!
Bike is hard, very hard to ride under 40 mph, very 'thumpy' and geared rather high.
6th gear? Only if you are above 90mph
This 1098 is the base model, I got it for $13K new and its suspension is atrocious. Very soft and the front dives like a cruiser when going down from speed. I'll be calling Traxxion Dynamics tomorrow to get some springs headed this way!
On the upside?
This bike is NASTY. Has a very harsh acceleration and pulls like a rocket. It goes from thumper to this vibratory freight train that is hyper stable and perfectly at home at 145mph (which is all I wanted on country back roads). My kids ZX6R had absolutely no chance in roll-ons.
The Busa is faster and pulls harder but make no mistake, the 1098 would hang with Mr. Busa up to... probabley 150mph or so.
Sound is F'n awesome and these Ducs are real attention getters! We came out of a store today and there was this older guy and what I think was his grandkid, they were checking it out and stayed around until I started it. "No, no" he said as his kid tried to pull him into the store. "We have to hear the Ducati fire up"!
I bought this bike for the track and I have two weeks until Barber. Got to change the springs and get the exhaust replaced.
Just thought I'd share our new family member with all of you.
I just love riding it, but still have a LOT TO LEARN about riding big performance twins!!!
