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well hello Mr Wave2k!!!!!!!!
going by our past convos from years ago on here i think your be better suited on the Ducati 1299
If i could afford a Ducati 1299 id have one and throw my 08 R1 in the dust bin ____________________ Elen sila lummen omentielvo! |
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Are you back in England or are you still in America?
What ever bike you get lock it up cos bikelife!...........meh!
shit here has got worse in that respect as before they just used rob other peds now they rob everything and anything
once upon a time i only had to worry about the white van man looking to steal the bike and take off with it in his van
now you have the white van man, bikelife, and the opportunist thief! ____________________ Elen sila lummen omentielvo! |
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MarJay please excuse my level of POTATO ____________________ Elen sila lummen omentielvo! |
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Well, I have an RSV4 The 2016 one, not the latest one with the trick dash.
It's a monster, but then, all modern litre super bikes are. However, this one comes with the world's angriest sounding V4
I tried all the competition, and decided this way the most fun, but what I enjoy in a bike may not be your cup of tea
Whichever you choose will be fast enough to melt your brain, so pick the one that's most comfortable!
The Aprilia if definitely best suited for the shorter gent though. ____________________ Current bike - 2018 H2-SX, 2004 SV1000s, 2016 Aprilia RSV4 RF, 2017 Sherco SERF 300, 2003 Suzuki DRZ400 (stolen - AY53 JUU) |
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I have a major issue with the Aprilia in that it looks shit compared to the Panigale. They also have uncomfortably common catastrophic engine and gearbox failures. This comes from working in and around them. 2 I know of personally have failed spectacularly under 3k miles, one throwing a rod bearing, the other jumping out of second gear at 2500 miles. I live on the Isle of Wight and there aren't many people about so knowing of two having lunched themselves is disturbing. There was another on here that was jumping out of gear at 5k miles.
Little detail things, the headlight bulbs actually burn the inside of the headlights after a while, paint falls off, parts tarnish very easily. I have had numerous people ask if the bike on the ramp is a 125, not just because of it's size but because it LOOKS cheap. No one asks if a Panigale is a 125, they just stand there, jaw on the deck.
As regards the R1, it's kind of an also ran compared to the Italians these days. The big bang motor they continue to flog is raped sideways even by the ZX-10s screamer and it's Yamaha ugly. They seem to have this obsession with making motorcyles that look like they are fresh out of the latest Transformers movie.
Panigale all the way. Special looking, loopy to ride and it's a Ducati so even people who don't give a flying fuck about bikes know what it is.
IMO anyway. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Ended up going for a used Ducati 1299
Not sure why its flipping the image but meh, click the link below it and that /should/ work.
https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=101222 ____________________ Ducati 1299 Panigale
2009 Corvette C6 z51
RS125->CBR400->RXS100->GSXR750K2->Ducati749S->CBR600RR5->TL1000R->DRz400->RSVR1000->Honda VTR SP1->CBR400->GSXR1000K6->Honda H100->CBR600RR3->Ducati1299 |
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I suppose that's an acceptable choice.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 357 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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