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Ccryder
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:46 pm: |
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What was it that someone said about the sincerest form of flattery................ Hmmm, I guess pods are catching on:
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Ratbuell
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:50 pm: |
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Pods are the new underslung exhaust! |
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Tyrroneous
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:51 pm: |
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Does anybody else think the new Multi is just as ugly as the old one? I'm sure its still a great bike though. |
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Milleniumx1
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:54 pm: |
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I like Ducati bikes ... But for me, I'm filing this one under "hideous". Looks are always subjective though, so opinions vary! Mike |
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Sl33py
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:58 pm: |
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! those PODS are soooo UGLY! Ducati is going to go out of business now...
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Socalmoe
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:58 pm: |
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The white one would look nice in ma garage! |
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Hogluvr
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:58 pm: |
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What the hell is going on with the back tire on the red one? Floating mini-fender?? |
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Whynot
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 01:02 pm: |
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More here http://www.multistrada.ducati.com/jspmulti/index.j sp?lang=en I'm sure it drives great, but ... |
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Duphuckincati
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 01:27 pm: |
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I told my ducati freak buddy (who calls my red CR ugly) that's what a crashed Buell would look like. |
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Xl1200r
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 01:36 pm: |
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Not sure what they were thinking with that one... So much for italian styling. |
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Bmonty72
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:02 pm: |
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That's really a great improvement over the previous Multistrada. I am a Ducati fan..I ride a Monster. I am thinking of selling it and getting an 1125CR. Opinions..... |
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1324
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:04 pm: |
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CC, that was my VERY first thought when I saw Ducati's email come through my inbox. PODS! That being said, it looks lightyears better than the old multi. I'd own one if it weren't so damn expensive to buy and own. |
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Whynot
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:20 pm: |
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"That's really a great improvement over the previous Multistrada. I am a Ducati fan..I ride a Monster. I am thinking of selling it and getting an 1125CR. Opinions..." Bmonty72 -- I sold my '07 Monster S4R recently -- I felt that the chassis was just not matched to the power of the 998 motor. Some of the track day regulars at Loudon reported handling anomalies with Monsters. I'm happy with the 1125R. If you get a CR, I would caution against going with higher bars. I put SpeedyMoto risers on the Monster, and while it was comfy at lower speeds, anything over 60 you got blown around. HTH - Kurt (Message edited by whynot on November 12, 2009) |
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Shoredairy
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:29 pm: |
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fugly. |
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Badlionsfan
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 03:29 pm: |
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That's ducatis answer to the 1125 Uly that never came I guess. |
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Hellgate
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 04:13 pm: |
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Not my cup of tea, and I love Ducs. The rear wheel flapper-doodle thing is really ghay looking. The muffler looks like its from a Yamaha FZ6R. This is a Ducati...
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Whynot
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 04:34 pm: |
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Or like this?
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Whynot
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 04:37 pm: |
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... and this?
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Bmonty72
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 05:31 pm: |
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My Monster is a 2 valve/cylinder 800cc.
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Whynot
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 06:09 pm: |
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Very nice. Here's the M S4R I just sold:
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R2s
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 11:50 pm: |
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Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Lots of people call the 1125 ugly in both. versions. I love my 04 black Multistrada, its an awesome bike,with the hard bags and a double bubble windscreen. the fact that its looks ain't for everybody is a plus in my book. It makes quit a pair of different looking motorcycles sitting next to my 08 1125R. Both bikes work beautifully at what they are designed to do an give the finger to conformity. The new Multistrada is going more toward the BMW GS styling, which is one of the biggest selling non Harley bikes out there and its target market. They will sell a lot of them, just like the older version. Personally I don't care for the CR, but that's why their are so many different bikes out there, and different is good. |
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R2s
| Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 11:55 pm: |
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Oh yeah, and it had pods in the old version too back in 03, but they where more for storage. |
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Vanslam
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 12:23 am: |
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Multistrada's are always considered ugly but they grow on you. I had one for a year or so it was a very nice bike. Looks like the new one picks up where the old on left off in more than one category. |
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Redscuell
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 02:13 am: |
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Benelli was well ahead of Buell with its 1130 with true radiator pods http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/beneli/bene lli_TNT%2004.htm |
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Ccryder
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 05:21 am: |
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Red, ohh ok and so were others. |
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Slojon
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 05:55 am: |
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My 97 F650- thats a ROTAX engined BMW for Ya 'newbies', had the hugger rear fender piece. Was told is a Euro safety thang...da WEB, enough, time to get ready to RIDE... |
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Court
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 07:23 am: |
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Benelli . . now selling less than 1,000 bikes a year . . . is pretty much little more than a wealthy Chinaman's hobby.
quote:While Ducati is recording all-time high sales figures, times are significantly tighter at Benelli, that other Italian motorcycle manufacturer. With many of its workers on part-time status (and with the Government paying part of their paycheck), production at the Benelli factory has been scaled back to around 1,000 motorcycles for 2009, down from the 20,000 the company had anticipated to make when it set it goals back in 2007. This year, Chinese owner, Qiang Jiang, is taking a closer look at the Italian acquistion, with the possibility of folding the company not ruled out. This just a few months after Qiang Jiang pumped $26 million into the Italian brand. In 2005 Qiang Jiang bought Benelli, which was struggling to stay afloat with its one bike pony show. The Chinese company paid off the debts of Benelli, restarted production, and introduced new streetfighter TnT models into the company product line. At that point in time, Benelli was only making a limited number of motorcycles, but by 2007, Benelli was on its way to making several thousand motorcycles per year. Not content with that, Benelli stated it’s new goal to increase figures considerably. Benelli announced that they would aim for 10,000 bikes for 2008, and 20,000 in 2009. For those doing that math, that’s almost a 50% year-over-year growth level, virtually unheard of in any business, let alone one as entrenched as Benelli. Benelli bet these sales figures on the fact that they would be increasing their product line, adding a new parallel and single twin bikes into the mix. The first of these bikes, the Due, is essentially the same Benelli triple, with one cylinder taken away, thus the bike would have 756cc displacement. Styling is an evolution on the TnT streetfigher appearance, and generally pleasing. Last year, a prototype Due was unveiled to the general public, where it also got a positive response, but the bike remains to be vaporware, with the occasional sighting here and there. While the world waited for the Due to be released, it kept itself busy by nose diving into the recession. The current economic struggle has hit Benelli hard, and seemingly consumers do not have the extra cash laying around to buy an expensive motorcycle that has a parts problem worse than Aprilia’s (and that’s really saying something). To combat this affect, Qiang Jiang invested another $26 million into the Italian company, hoping the cash infusion would push the brand back above water. Water Wings would have been a better investment it seems. Talking about the current state of Benelli, Gianluca Galasso, the former World Supersport racer who works as Benelli’s PR chief, said the following: “The recent plan was to produce 5000 bikes this year, but we couldn’t achieve it. The Chinese owners understand the problems and there will be meetings soon to decide Benelli’s future. Scooters will be built in China and motorcycles in Italy, apart from some low tech parts such as mirrors. At the moment Qiang Jiang doesn’t have the same quality and technical levels in China. What we can do is help them improve their quality and design to produce a better product.” Times are tough indeed. When was the last time you saw a Benelli on the road? A quick look at a local Benelli dealer here in San Francisco, and we see that they have two bikes left out of the 5 or so its been trying to sell for the last 2 years…with $5,000 taken off MSRP. Ouch!
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4cammer
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 10:21 am: |
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Bevel drive Ducati's are just so sweet. The black and gold 900's that the UK wanted just might be one of the best looking bikes......ever. |
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Redscuell
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 07:09 pm: |
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Really, Court, which of the following is the biggest failure? "Benelli . . now selling less than 1,000 bikes a year" "Buell . . . now making less than 0,000 bikes a year." Two wrongs don't make a right; Erik Buell let us down. Court 'defending' him by inferring that Benelli anticipating his design but having low sales is a negative, is farcical in the face of BMC's shutdown. You still don't get it, do you? |
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Jaimec
| Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:39 pm: |
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Red, what color is the sky on your planet? Erik didn't let us down... Erik had the rug pulled out from under him! HARLEY and Keith Wandell let us down. |
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