I think that's definitely on the cards! They have tried to push 60 profile rear tyres and while popular in supersport there aren't 'that' many options for the road, not really sure why.
Its quite funny reading the thing about Ducati CEO rubbishing claims of a V4 being developed and then seeing all the other stories about things that were 'rubbished' in the past such as Stoner leaving Ducati or Rossi joining Ducati!
They normally spill the beans on the first trade day which I think is the 17th this year. We are there on the second trade day, 18th.....
Bologna Design Week kicked off today (30 Sept - 3 Oct) and Ducati are part of this, so expect to see more snippets over the next few days/week - this was my "2 days" comment.
Ducati 959 is set to replace the 899. Model came to light as a document was leaked in California with a document outlining emissions of the new model.