New shape 848 / baby 1199?

Discussion in 'Panigale' started by Ducatibob848, Feb 20, 2013.

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  1. Seems to me that on this forum, the 749 has a bigger following than the 999, and the 848 has a bigger following than the 1098. They are both smaller versions of the bigger bike. Now that the smaller version is a whole 900cc, I'm not quite following why it is suddenly a disaster. On the road you are still going to get licence-shredding performance and more handling than you require for roundabout surfing. I am struggling to think why you'd need a full fat Panigale.

    Oh, I get it, it's the double-sided swinger - the one that 749 owners seem to live with so happily.

    So that means that if a Ducati now doesn't come with a SSSW, it's not worth buying? Weird.
     
    #721 gliddofglood, Sep 10, 2013
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  2. It's just "purist" snobbery.
     
    #722 El Toro, Sep 10, 2013
  3. It doesn't have a trellis frame or a dry clutch anyway so surely losing SSSA won't make much difference :wink:
     
    #723 Iceman, Sep 10, 2013
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  4. Hopefully it'll completely buck the trend and spend more time working just fine than broken and needing a trip to the garage.

    Cheers 749 you beautiful bike. I'd have kept you if you weren't such a pain!!
     
    #724 pingping010101, Sep 10, 2013
  5. Would it be greedy to have a 848 and a 899?

    (And a 1100s monster)
     
    #725 d8mok, Sep 10, 2013
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  6. Makes perfect sense to me :tongue:
     
    #726 El Toro, Sep 10, 2013
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  7. Be as greedy as you want pal that sounds like a good idea :)
     
    #727 brog86, Sep 10, 2013
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  8. #728 Ducatibob848, Sep 10, 2013
  9. I too think the swinging arm looks nice. Who gives a monkeys about whether the dash is coloured or 'normal' like every other bike out there. For the price it will be a much better buy for the roads, pity I just changed mine !

    Cannot see how they have cut £4000 off the 1199 price though, the Showa BPF forks will be more than the standard 1199 forks and apart from having the swinging arm, dash etc changed it cannot amount to £4k. I bet if you priced the single s/arm and the dual s/arm up there will be very little difference in price. Maybe as mentioned previously the range toppers subsidise the smaller models.

    Really like it though.
     
    #729 iang27, Sep 10, 2013
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  10. Anyone else think that video is absolute rubbish I could have made it better filmed on my phone. Ducati needs to ask Ktm how to make a decent promo video
     
    #730 brog86, Sep 10, 2013
  11. Yup I like it,be ace in 2012 corse se colours then I would consider changing bike
     
    #731 Ducatibob848, Sep 10, 2013
  12. I agree shit vid
     
    #732 Ducatibob848, Sep 10, 2013
  13. Or the tricolore paint job :upyeah:
     
    #733 El Toro, Sep 10, 2013
  14. Agree, video is crap, at least the 1199 one has chess pieces on it !
     
    #734 iang27, Sep 10, 2013
  15. 12.5k is a lot for a not very special bike.
     
    #735 testingtesting, Sep 10, 2013
  16. Well it must be good cos my 15 year old daughter has just texted "dad 899 panigalle omfg" I must really speak to her about texting me whilst in school:biggrin:
     
    #736 Ducatibob848, Sep 10, 2013
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  17. Not at all.
     
    #737 mervyn, Sep 10, 2013
  18. You can say that kind of thing about any "branded" merchandise.

    Do you think the full fat version of the Panigale is £10k better than the current JIL4's? I don't think so. Nowhere near.
     
    #738 El Toro, Sep 10, 2013
  19. That's it there's some brilliant bikes for £12k anything for than that is spending a lot of money for very little gains I would say
     
    #739 brog86, Sep 10, 2013
  20. Will an 1199 motor go in it? Has anyone looked at the bore/stroke etc in comparison to the 1199? Barrel and piston change to make a big bore 899?
     
    #740 Cranker V2, Sep 10, 2013
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