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  1. 6th April 2011, 21:31 #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    Got it home. It may or may not wheelie. Depends who's asking.

    I'm running off to Las Vegas to get married to it...................
    ha ha, I know how you feel
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    Sounds very nice - any idea why the previous owner got rid of it? I'd imagine a bike as good as this would be a keeper.
    it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
    those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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  3. 7th April 2011, 08:12 #18
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    As you age and the bikes become more seen the wierdness seems to disapate...

    Of course the REAL difference is that while you once looked at it asking, hmm, would I buy that?, now you are thinking, crikey, how can I sell that?... Time and circumstance changes a man...
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  4. 7th April 2011, 08:44 #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I'm running off to Las Vegas to get married to it...................
    Ah! Now I know why there's no ring on my finger....
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  5. 7th April 2011, 08:51 #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff View Post
    Ah! Now I know why there's no ring on my finger....
    No the real reason is that you are far to nice and understanding... Let me know if you need a course in creative nagging and whistful sighing 101
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    I don't think it's just cos he wants to sell it, I couldn't shut him up about the thing when he got it home.

    I never really looked at the bike objectively when I rode one, I only had it to race the hillclimb, and it was surprising how close I came to winning on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I "imagine" it'd be one of the easiest bikes to wheelie ever made. And I've imagined a few wheelies on a few different bikes in my time.
    Ride a gen two Hayabusa and get back to me Sonny. By the way...they're still the ugliest Ducati EVER made.
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  8. 8th April 2011, 12:11 #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Ride a gen two Hayabusa and get back to me Sonny. By the way...they're still the ugliest Ducati EVER made.
    Not even close - have you ever seen an Apollo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Not even close - have you ever seen an Apollo?
    Hahaha...yeah think I've seen a picture of one some time ago. Funky!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Ride a gen two Hayabusa and get back to me Sonny. By the way...they're still the ugliest Ducati EVER made.

    You've obviously blanked the Paso out of your mind dude.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    You've obviously blanked the Paso out of your mind dude.
    Yeah...as we all know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. And I actually appreciate some folk love the 999. I actually thought the Paso was ok. I guess the main shock to me was, the 916 shape to the 999 was a huge backward step in styling to me. The 999 was for sure a far better bike to ride though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Not even close - have you ever seen an Apollo?
    Or worse, an Indianna

    Mind you the current StreetFrrightener is pretty bad too...
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    the 999 reminds me of this bad boy

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  14. 8th April 2011, 16:06 #29
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    Nice read man, good shit. Get some pics up of that thing.

    It looks shit in some photos like the one there at red baron but I know these things look awesome.

    congrats.
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    A great write up on it.

    Sadly no matter how nice it is to ride I am not sure I could buy one after years of making fun of Ducati's breaking down and calling them Du Crappies. My friends might laugh me into oblivion! (That and the price tag of course!)
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