I think if people want a superbike it should be a Ducati.I rate it 10 out of 10 because it looks good and goes fast that is what i want when i am older.I saw one come though the village the other day and i thought it looked cool and my freinds said i want a aprilla and said no this goes faster than an aprilla.I recommed that if you want a superbike it should be an Ducati.It is not bad on petrol it is quite cheap to run so i have heard. ...
Advantages: Raucous, rebellious, reliable....brings out the rascal in you Disadvantages: It aint 'alf hot mum
I?m just reaching the end of my first 12 months owning a Ducati 996 and want to add my support to the praise here for this outstanding machine.
I used to own a Ducati Darmah 900 back in the 80?s but have exclusively owned rice grinders since then. The old Darmah was a good machine and gave a smooth if solid ride.
It was VERY loud and it was fun but at 70 BHP you had to ring it?s neck a bit to get the same top end as it?s Jap equivalents and the dodgy electrics had you heading for the cover of a motorway bridge every time at the first sign of rain. Maintenance was harder because of the precision nature of all aspects of engineering on the machine.
So it was with a degree of intrepidation I approached the purchase of the 996 but heck, mortgage be damned, what else do you spend a redundancy cheque on. The machine I purchased was ...
At one time a Ducati was one of the motorbikes to have. I can?t tell you for certain what made the Ducati name so prestigious, but it was probably a combination of things. Back in the early ?90s when Kawazaki?s green team were winning all the races, Ducati were lucky if they could get a bike to finish a race and if they did they were nearly always last. But even then the Ducati still held an attractive quality. I?m not sure whether it was because it was Italian or (which is more likely) because of it?s distinctive twin cylinder rumble which meant you felt it coming (clean those dirty minds!!) before you saw it. When all the other bikes were whizzing past with their high pitched revs, you could barely make out the different makes, but the Ducati was always recognisable just from the sound of it.
Some years later the 916 started ...
Ankes-un-amun 27.09.2002
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