I can't hassle Ducati owners any more...

[Bend-it]

BTW If your after a batton measuring contest you post a photo first and then I'll do the same!

Fine... I hate to make you feel bad, but since you asked...

Those girls over there were playing to the tune of my "baton"...

[Sparky Bills]

I would be interested to ride an 1198 and a gsxr1000 back to back to see which is actually faster...

I rode a 1098R (which has the 1200cc motor) at Manfeild a while ago and can say out of all the bikes ive ridden in my life (which is a shite load as anyone who knows me will tell you), its by far one of the fastest... no shit!
AND it stopped on a dime. One finger braking.
The 1198 would be an amazing bit of kit if you ask me.
And yes I am VERY bias to Ducati

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Girls cant be Bastarrrrrds.....

Well they can depending on if you use the orginal meaning of the word... child born out of wed-lock

[Bend-it]

Shoudn't be the chilren who are called bastards since really, they had no say in it... The parents are the bastards...

[glice]

Ahhhh You can keep trying the SBK card on as much as you like, but given that they always alter the rules to give twins an easy time after Ducati has a little cry, it hardly holds much water... yep that's right, Ducati tobacco money doing it's thing once again.

You would be better putting their MotoGP championship win on a pedestal. Admittedly it's just the one, but at least it was earnt on a level playing field.

baylis won on the 999 when all the bikes had the same capacity? I doubt theres much between budgets. I am biased though. As someone said earlyer, you cant be a half arse duke fan.

[johan]

Here's a pretty good attempt of building a race replica! It's got all the good parts

http://tiny.cc/Jas9N

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I can't hassle Ducati owners any more...

I can, have, and will... then again I hassle every one

[flame]

Was that literally, financially or both?

literally.....from lack of use and lovin.

Well they can depending on if you use the orginal meaning of the word... child born out of wed-lock

oh shit... didn't think of it that way. I guess I am one then!
nothing too much wrong with hassling Ducati owners.....some of us deserve it and we are SO MUCH more fun to hassle than Honda owners

[Brett]

check this out 1098r vs 1098rs --> http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2009/...-bsb-spec.html

Interesting read. US$125K gets you a bike that makes 200hp with full ohlins etc. but can only do 1500kms on one engine with one rebuild included at 750kms then it is finished and another needs to be sourced at US$22,500.

Shit, I know it is a Ducatti but c'mon, you could build at least 2 Jappa bikes such as a GSXR or R1 with higher specs and much much much better longevity and still have change for spare part when you bin it.

Even if I had the cash, this just does not make sense to me.

[Insanity_rules]

Fine... I hate to make you feel bad, but since you asked...

Those girls over there were playing to the tune of my "baton"...

Priceless but check out mine.............

[Insanity_rules]

and we are SO MUCH more fun to hassle than Honda owners

Not to mention sexy, fun, intelligent and wild.

[SlowHand]

I can, have, and will... then again I hassle every one

You need to learn to stand up to yourself

[madbikeboy]

I would be interested to ride an 1198 and a gsxr1000 back to back to see which is actually faster...

I rode a 1098R (which has the 1200cc motor) at Manfeild a while ago and can say out of all the bikes ive ridden in my life (which is a shite load as anyone who knows me will tell you), its by far one of the fastest... no shit!
AND it stopped on a dime. One finger braking.
The 1198 would be an amazing bit of kit if you ask me.
And yes I am VERY bias to Ducati

Okay, this is going to piss some people off.

In terms of power and acceleration -my GSXR kills the Ducati 1098 - it's not even close. I'd be more than willing to do a standing start, and a roll on if anyone wants to see this. The Ducati has a very tall first gear. Drop a tooth or two on the front, and it'd be closer.

In terms of race track - getting the power down with the GSXR is tough, takes a pretty competent rider to ride it at 10/10ths. I think the Ducati has significantly better brakes, but it dives excessively. The Ducati felt more composed.

the Ducati has more presence, it's classier in comparison, and it will hold it's value better.

But, the GSXR is faster.