Hayden-rep 848 launched at Laguna Seca MotoGP

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Jul 4 2009, 02:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hayden-rep 848 launched at Laguna Seca MotoGP

Ducati will launch a special edition Nicky Hayden 848 at the Laguna Seca MotoGP in America this weekend.

Besides the paintjob inspired by Ducati’s struggling MotoGP rider, the 848 features an LED dash, 30mm mirror extension kit (thereby rendering them useful) and aluminium cam belt tensioners to reduce weight.

Price in the US is rumoured to be $14,495 (£8858), which is – rather annoyingly - £2000 less than the standard 848 in the UK. For the time being the bike will remain an US-only bike.
Poor effort by Ducati USA in my opinion... Woo hoo LED dash and TOURING mirrors...

i think it looks sweet. I will be surprised if jumkie doesn't chop his duke in for one of those.

You should have posted this in the petrolhead forum mate, i nearly missed it

Ducati's are horrendous looking machines. I mean, sheesh..... take a look at that frame, looks like someone just grabbed a few tubular bars and welded the thing together.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Jul 4 2009, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ducati's are horrendous looking machines. I mean, sheesh..... take a look at that frame, looks like someone just grabbed a few tubular bars and welded the thing together.
Its called a Trellis frame you knob and i have always like that in ducati. What do you ride ?

Well I think the 1198/1098/848 are really beautiful bikes. While I don't like much the rest of their bikes, and find the Multistrada ....... ugly.

Make mine pearl white or just red. If I was buying a Ducati just for looks it would be the 749 Dark, or a 07-08 Black 1098s to show off that sexy red frame..

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Jul 3 2009, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

Hayden-rep 848 launched at Laguna Seca MotoGP

Ducati will launch a special edition Nicky Hayden 848 at the Laguna Seca MotoGP in America this weekend.

Besides the paintjob inspired by Ducati’s struggling MotoGP rider, the 848 features an LED dash, 30mm mirror extension kit (thereby rendering them useful) and aluminium cam belt tensioners to reduce weight.

Price in the US is rumoured to be $14,495 (£8858), which is – rather annoyingly - £2000 less than the standard 848 in the UK. For the time being the bike will remain an US-only bike.

mcn

I keep looking at this bike and i've finally decided I do like it, but i'd rather have a Yam!

I'm not a fan of that paintjob at all! But i'm not a fan of the 1098 shape Ducati's so only the very best colour schemes appeal to me

The bike is nice but the scheme looks disco-ordinated if you know what I mean.