Kropotkin
Not to hijack the thread (although that seems almost impossible on here), it is ugly, but it is also a bike looking for a reason to exist. It is too highly strung to be a cruiser (which is what they are marketing it as), it is too expensive to be a naked horsepower bike, it is too fragile and too needy of technical attention to be doing long, continental, iron-butt-style runs, it's fuel tank is too small and consumption too high to be useful for casual touring, which leaves posing as it's forte.
You can potentially use it as a stoplight drag racer, as long as you keep away from Japanese mega-displacement bikes and Ducati/Aprilia V4s, but I see its real role as amazing young boys with the breadth of its rear tyre. And scaring babies.
Not to hijack the thread (although that seems almost impossible on here), it is ugly, but it is also a bike looking for a reason to exist. It is too highly strung to be a cruiser (which is what they are marketing it as), it is too expensive to be a naked horsepower bike, it is too fragile and too needy of technical attention to be doing long, continental, iron-butt-style runs, it's fuel tank is too small and consumption too high to be useful for casual touring, which leaves posing as it's forte.
You can potentially use it as a stoplight drag racer, as long as you keep away from Japanese mega-displacement bikes and Ducati/Aprilia V4s, but I see its real role as amazing young boys with the breadth of its rear tyre. And scaring babies.
Joined Oct 2007
4K Posts | 744+
Tuscany, Italy
The Ducati Diavel is the new 'monster'... The word says it all.
BTW, have you guys actually seen it? It's not a big fat bike, it's rather mean and lean compared to most other bikes in that segment.
The only bike that could beat it at its own game is the (sadly discontinued) Yamaha MT-01 imho.
BTW, have you guys actually seen it? It's not a big fat bike, it's rather mean and lean compared to most other bikes in that segment.
The only bike that could beat it at its own game is the (sadly discontinued) Yamaha MT-01 imho.
mtorn
The biggest problem is that Ducati have no experience and no brand recongition in the cruiser segment. Flat trackers, on the other hand, are perfect for lightweight steel frames and air-cooled Desmodue engines. If Ducati had gone after the sportster market, they would have established a customer base in a market that is often aligned with crusiers. Furthermore, 1100cc Ducati flattracker would have made an HD 1200 Sportster look pathetic, and Duc could easily have charged Monster 1100 money without any problems.
The biggest problem is that Ducati have no experience and no brand recongition in the cruiser segment. Flat trackers, on the other hand, are perfect for lightweight steel frames and air-cooled Desmodue engines. If Ducati had gone after the sportster market, they would have established a customer base in a market that is often aligned with crusiers. Furthermore, 1100cc Ducati flattracker would have made an HD 1200 Sportster look pathetic, and Duc could easily have charged Monster 1100 money without any problems.
Dr No
Oh my eyes! That is the ....... love child of a TL500 and 450 Rebel. What were they thinking?
Oh my eyes! That is the ....... love child of a TL500 and 450 Rebel. What were they thinking?
Joined Oct 2006
25K Posts | 4K+
Your Mom's House
Dr No
I thought someone would give me grief for the Apollo, which was only a prototype, but I got blindsided by the Ducati Indiana. :yucky:
I thought someone would give me grief for the Apollo, which was only a prototype, but I got blindsided by the Ducati Indiana. :yucky:
J4rn0
Jumkie
Ducatii could make all their money selling ........ for all I care. Bring the 916 back.
Jumkie
Ducatii could make all their money selling ........ for all I care. Bring the 916 back.
bluegreen
No doubt, but it should be a 917, and it should be a refined, updated version of the 916. Each subsequent model should continue the perfect the 916, while staying true to the silhouette and styling concept.
BMW should bring back the E30 as an E30b and continue refining their perfect sport sedan. Get rid of the ....... 1-series.
Back to the original topic of Suzuki, I hope Preziosi shows up in their pit box in 2015.
No doubt, but it should be a 917, and it should be a refined, updated version of the 916. Each subsequent model should continue the perfect the 916, while staying true to the silhouette and styling concept.
BMW should bring back the E30 as an E30b and continue refining their perfect sport sedan. Get rid of the ....... 1-series.
Back to the original topic of Suzuki, I hope Preziosi shows up in their pit box in 2015.
Joined Feb 2009
3K Posts | 2+
siebenbürgen süße heimat!
cough the e36 is quite alright too as were the 996/998. It went all downhill with the vanos and a french dude.
Joined Feb 2009
3K Posts | 2+
siebenbürgen süße heimat!
