New Ducati 1200?

[TLDV8]

I think the 749/999 range was so different to the 916/998 because they were not Massimo Tamburini (The ta in Bimota ) designed....He also did the MV Agusta F4 also.

As far as WSB the first 8 valve Ducati's in the late 1980's were 851cc,the eqauliser was a weight break ...The Honda RC30 of the time was no slouch.

[desmo dave]

them ducati,s just keep getting better

[vifferman]

What a pretty bike (apart from the welds on the swingarm...)

http://www.ducati.com/flash1098/eng/index_eng.html

[imdying]

Nice! All the nice bits from the 916, none of the ugly gay homo fag bits from the 999 Stole a little bit of Desmosedici too which is cool

[et al]

Wow - thanks for posting the flash - that is hot! Sexcellent in fact. If I wanted to be hypercitical stylingwise only thing I am not sure about is the exhaust pipe heatshield - looks a bit fugly and out of proportion to me - but I could live with it (or would remove it). Re-assurring to see they are now talking about it on www.ducati.com so now I am believing that it really is going to happen. One comment I can decipher from the Italian blog (http://blog.ducati.com/post/90/la-nu...98-godetevela/) says: ".... for the base version of the 1098: 160 HP and 172kg".

[gav]

It was always going to happen, the official launch is suppose to be 13th November. Theres been so much speculation and hype (and probably a few "official" leaked photos) that they've just decided to add to the spice by coming out a bit early. Sounds like its going to be $15K in the States, not too sure how that compares to here, but is getting alot of interest, especially from RC51 owners!