I think with any new design and change a lot of people will hate it, but eventually we all get used to it and like it.
Car engines are continually getting smaller in my eyes. For example most fords now have a 1.0 engine. Even mondeo will soon
Yup, said the same thing a while back in this thread. Once people are over the change curve it'll be accepted, it'll sell and we'll move on. But it's good to poke fun at it in the interim. It is ugly compared to the faired in pipe.
A huge over generalisation. I've never liked the DSS on the 899 and it hasn't improved with age in my eyes. Some will get used to it, I'm not one of them.
omg that is bad why didn't they go and see how gsxr do it right, what a mess ,how to ruin a bike ,well done ducati,
them cans look like a last minute effort knocked up in someones garage , surely they cant have been on the original plans ,959 gonna go cheap , can see it coming,
And Michael Neeves from MCN Facebook page: Motorcycle News I’ve just finished my first riding session on the 959 Panigale (on Pirelli Diablo Super Corsa SC2 race rubber) and it’s more of the same from Ducati’s ‘Super Mid’ machine...in a good way. Without putting it back to back with the 899, it’s hard to notice the 2% improved power to weight ratio, or the extra torque, but it should be more obvious on the road when the throttle isn’t on the stop everywhere. The 959 doesn’t accelerate viscously like superbike and here at a big track like Valencia it doesn’t feel crazy-fast, either. But getting the best out of the 899 and this new 959 is all about letting go of the brakes early and carrying corner speed like a Moto3 racer. The the faster you flow through corners, the better it feels. Agility is between a 600 and a superbike, electronics and quickshifter is superb and the Brembos work well, although not on par with the 1299’s earth-stoppers. We’ve got another three sessions to explore the 959’s voracious appetite for corners and if it’s anything like the 899, it’ll get better lap after lap. MN
More rear grip you say? That'll be the extra weight over the rear wheel from those scooter cans then. Must have been a function over form decision, good old Ducati
