No. I think since Audi took over they're more interested in shifting bike numbers than anything else. We used to have the 'R' models which were a limited run and therefore special and made a good investment and were guaranteed to increase in desirability and value. The Panigale R is now a continuous production bike. They had four at my local dealer not so long ago. When would you have ever seen more than one 999R or 1098R in one place at the same time let alone 4? In fact you'd be lucky to even see one!.
but how many will be left in 20 years bearing in mind most who can afford one track them and wreck them?
I've seen 6 r s locally nice to see them being used but don't think have the niche of previous r s but superlegara I think defo collectible Desmo still everyone's number one
I think the 1199 Tricolore will be the one if any that will be the collectable rarity. They were only produced for a short while and no longer available, there will be fewer Tricolores than the 'R' by the time the panigale is replaced and goes out of production.
I think the 916 prices are already well on the way, other than that, maybe the 998 final edition, and the 998r and 996r but that's it. All the newer stuff is too high production numbers, the desmo has done well but 1500 bikes produced, I bet there are only a couple of hundred good tidy 998r's/996r's
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I didn't realise that the Pannigale R production run was unlimited... Really spoils it.. Wasn't initially supposed to be, until Audi came along I guess.. Imagine buying one of the first bikes and later finding out it's not as exclusive as you thought!
I have yet to see a single 999r or 1098r which actually increased in value. As a matter of fact they are piss poor investments.
Exactly, but the desmo was supposed to be limited to something like 750 units and the 'increased production numbers due to such extreme demand' to 1500!
They weren't numbered to begin with so there is no added value to limited production. Also limited is a relative term. If I recall correctly some of the limited r's were actually limited to the number they were able to sell. Testament to this are some of the 999r plaques with unique serial numbers which are available on ebay for bikes that were never produced. There is no such thing as exclusivity since everyone with a bag of cash is able to walk into the dealership and get one. Try to sell one or trade one in. On another forum someone is parting out a pristine 999r. Why? because why would you spend top dollar for a bike which is already 10 years old which only gives headaches and has ridiculous maintenance costs. When you could easily get the newest and hottest bike under warranty?
parting out, or breaking as we call it in the uk, is nothing more than business. Some polish twat bought my lovely 749r and broke it. twat. Did I mention he was a twat?
It's a shame to see such nice bikes broken for parts. Is the polish twat from Nuneaton? If so I've bought quite a few 1098R bits from him for my 1098S. Try to think of your old 749R as a donor bike to which many old and poorly bikes benefited from - see you're feeling better about it already! Lol.
Either people have more expendable funds to buy an R or whatever, or maybe Ducati are selling they too cheap. If they sell, sell them.
Ducati did ok before Audi took over and they actually built a bike that could win races. Audi may have increased the bottom line on the accounts but that's it. So if you're an fan of accountancy it's brilliant but if you want to see bikes that win races it's not. So has Ducati benefited in real terms from being taken over by Audi?.
