Not sure about this thing yet. Hub's right, the one to own is the 1199 S sans ABS for $22,995. I just came from the Ducati forum and there is a 6 to 7 month waiting list, you will pay full pop or you don't get a bike.
Voted most beautiful motorcycle in the world at the Milan International motorcycle show but IDK, to my eye something doesn't flow quite right, jury is till out, we need Rook's artistic eye here. The front fender supports look like small coal shovels and I hate gold fork tubes, they shout bling, give me natural aluminum or a gun metal grey like my 10R. The lines, shapes and textures of the motorcycle if styled properly should not need gold paint to draw attention to themselves...at least that's my opinion.
Side exhausts look like drop lights without the bulbs and the fuel tank has a "chiseled' look about it rather than a flow. Almost looks like someone caught the tank in the automatic garage door and crushed it.
A real concern is the frameless design. Notice that the steering head and rear subframe, swingarm and horizontal shock mount directly to the engine as a fully stressed member, there is no traditional frame. This is part of the reason why it is so light but isn't this the same design that even Rossi can't win on?
* Last updated by: bgordon on 12/16/2011 @ 11:47 AM *
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