Duc 999 -- Booo

[James Deuce]

So... what you're saying, Jim2, is that you really quite like the 999 then? :spudwhat:

Well - If I'm going to spend the best part of $30k (or more) on a bike then I want it to look as good as a V-Rod or, well, your bike for instance. I don't want to have to excuse it's Igor looks by saying it's better to ride than it's older sister. In fact I reckon the 999 qualifies for "butterface" status: everything looks good, "but her face".

[Two Smoker]

Well - If I'm going to speed the best part of $30k (or more) on a bike then I want it to look as good as a V-Rod or, well, your bike for instance. I don't want to have to excuse it's Igor looks by saying it's better to ride than it's older sister. In fact I reckon the 999 qualifies for "butterface" status: everything looks good, "but her face".

and ofcourse there is the 999R which sell for $70k

[ajturbo]

i would rather have the naked MV...

[vifferman]

i would rather have the naked MV...

I tried that (but not very hard - it foundered when vifferbabe said, "Where do I sit?!?")

[duckman]

I tried that (but not very hard - it foundered when vifferbabe said, "Where do I sit?!?")

"on the couch until I get back" ....

[guzzi_nz]

MOTO- GUZZI is my only pick

[vifferman]

MOTO- GUZZI is my only pick

No! Surely you jest?!?

Well, well - who would've thought...?

on the couch until I get back" ....

That sounds good, but what sounded even better was after we test-rode the VifFerraRi, and the vifferbabe said, "I think you should buy it!"

Which means, effectively that she will be paying for most of it.
Y'gotta remember too, duckman, that this purchase was the result of a non-committal window-shopping expedition to look at helmets....

[guzzi_nz]

No! Surely you jest?!?

Well, well - who would've thought...?
That sounds good, but what sounded even better was after we test-rode the VifFerraRi, and the vifferbabe said, "I think you should buy it!"

Which means, effectively that she will be paying for most of it.
Y'gotta remember too, duckman, that this purchase was the result of a non-committal window-shopping expedition to look at helmets....

Havent work out how to get mrs guzzi_nz to pay for a new guzzi

[vifferman]

Havent work out how to get mrs guzzi_nz to pay for a new guzzi

It's quite a complex task/game, involving some, all, or any of the following:

• Money
• End of year craziness
• Misunderstandings
• The bus timetable
• An obesssion with motorcycles and all things related
• A reasonably good marriage
• Mental problems
• Copious quantities of alcohol
• The annual Christmas work do
• Stupidity
• Prescription poisons
• One of the world's most boring jobs
• Sleeping in the car
• Violence
• More alcohol
• Recreational drugs
• Nightmares
• Drug withdrawl
• Madness
• Family stuff (or is that "stuffed up"?)
• An irresponsible friend (now 'ex-friend')
• A short 'holiday'
• Reconciliation
• Madness
• Stupidity
• Alien abduction and body-snatching
• Sex. Lotsa sex.
• Pretty paintwork
• Chance encounters
• A responsible childhood and irresponsible adulthood
• An irresponsible childhood and irresponsible adulthood.

It'd probably make a good story, or screenplay, if it wasn't so weird and totally unbelievable.

Perhaps it's all a dream.

Or nightmare.

Or summat....

[Paul in NZ]

Yarghh!

The 999 is a truely ugly mother.... Just another homo cycle....

Mind you... I could be wrong, as owning a Moto Guzzi (and an old Triumph) does subtly shift your perceptions and ruin you for the common breeds.

My Mk2 LeMans is a gentlemans express (has an analogue clock in the instrument panel so it is obviously a true gents bike) and a real mans bike. (says so on the side dunnit)

No queer eye for the straight guy types would dare come near it. It is a wonder to all that behold it... Not like those gay 999 things, ... Hey, 999 is 666 upside down, do you think a 999 would look better upside down?

Paul N

[Daisy Duke]

Ducati's aren't real bikes, they're for guys going through a mid life crisis!

[750Y]

i like them in yellow better... still like the 996 for looks but wouldn't buy a ducati because i don't believe they're good value for money performance-wise, i'm comparing them to a jappa though & i'm sure by the time You threw a set of ohlins forks,shock/steering damper & added some marchesini wheels & brembo brakes you'd be up there in price. I guess You're paying for quality & exclusivity...
i'd buy one if they were under 20k but look at the gsxr1000 which can be had for as little as $17500...bargain any way you wanna look at it & there's only a handful of machines that can compete or better it for outright performance.

[Motoracer]

The new ducati 999s or 749s look great as race bikes I reckon.

As road bikes, I am not too fond of the butt ugly 2 in 1 mirror/indicators. The front looks OK IMO. The rest is still beautiful, specially the arse (although still not as sexy as the MV agusta arse end!!).

The 916/998s and 748s shape I reckon look great from any angle as road or race bikes. They are bloody cheap these days too!!

[**R1**]

I think when it comes to pure sex on wheels the new R1 takes the cake, but then i own an old 1 so i would have to say that. as for the Duc's cant realy say i like any of em. when i was a kid i thought the 916 looked hot! but then i was educated about bikes and realised that unless you spent $100,000 on em they were a slow heap of shit, that cost you an arm and a leg, then once you had one the poor handling would probly cost you an arm and a leg literally. as for looks i would have to say the 999 looks ok, but then im new school and enjoy modern advancements.

[Cajun]

i like them in yellow better... still like the 996 for looks but wouldn't buy a ducati because i don't believe they're good value for money performance-wise, i'm comparing them to a jappa though & i'm sure by the time You threw a set of ohlins forks,shock/steering damper & added some marchesini wheels & brembo brakes you'd be up there in price. I guess You're paying for quality & exclusivity...
i'd buy one if they were under 20k but look at the gsxr1000 which can be had for as little as $17500...bargain any way you wanna look at it & there's only a handful of machines that can compete or better it for outright performance.

Dave mate any bike in yellow looks better (c:<
I have always wanted a yellow 748, pity i don;t like v twins, ohh hum dc:<
but i agree with ya the gsxr1000 at $17500 is the best bike for ya buck currently, i had not brought the sixxer thats what i would be buying