well im really lookin forward to tommoro , my panigale is gonna be arriving hopefully and the weather last i heard is looking not too bad , so ill be havin a bit of fun on that . ive been teaching my brother how to ride my current bike as he,s gonna be havin that one , its a gixxer 600 L1 , he's never rode before today and he managed to get up to second gear so theres been some progress there . but aside that lookin forward to tommoro , does anyone have any tips as this panigale will be the biggest ive ever rode in terms of engine cc , the most cc ive rode is my 600 L1 so its like twice the engine size here and its a twin not an inline 4 , will anyone know how differant it will feel , thanks
It'll feel like a bag of spanners compared to an IL4 at first. Then you'll get used to it and then you'll learn to love it. Enjoy.
haha , i know eh , its quite a machine to learn first on , but we all gotta start somewhere , just he's learnin in the deep end !!
must be smoother than previous Dukes with the exception of 848, isn't it wet clutch,well maybe not smoother but no rattle.
from what ive heard , its not like other twins in terms of low end grunt and not like other ducatis for the same reason , however ive never rode a twin or a ducati for that matter so im not gonna know any better , all im gonna be able to compare it to is my gixxer 600 , would anyone be able to say how differant my 600 and an evo 848 would be in comparison , cheers
i might also add the one im gettin tommoro has done around 800 miles and has had its first service , would this have been bedded in ?
The difference is 248. HTH :wink: ps I wrote a bloody lengthy reply to answer the question properly and my wifi went flakey and I lost the flaming lot. I cba to type it all again. It was pure gold too. :frown:
yeah i know but its got 2 cyliders less than the 600 , anyway reason im askin is because ive heard the panigale down low is like a 600 and ive heard its like 848 down low also , so which would you say its like ?
Dont rush it Suzi Man, take it easy, i started biking on a 125cc for 2 weeks then got a 748s and xxit my self! after a couple of years now got 1198:smile: ENJOY
Right I'll start again now I have a proper keyboard in front of me and not the iPad. I had decided a few years ago that I'd like a Ducati (must be the Italian in me) but I'd had a bad experience trying to buy a new 1098 when they first came out and so went into a sulk with them for about five years. But I still had a Ducati itch that needed scratching, and when the 848 Evo Corse came up I couldn't ignore the itch any longer. I went from a R1 crossplane crank to the 848 Evo Corse and noticed several things immediately. Firstly, on the ride back home from the dealers, I noticed how the riding position was more focused than any JIL4 I'd had (including the R1, GSXR1000, ZX10R and Blade I'd had in recent years). They were like armchairs in comparison. The 848 Evo Corse was proper head down, arse up and subsequently put a lot of strain on my wrists. I really did wonder what the hell I'd done in p/x'ing the R1 for the Duc. And I couldn't say anything to the wife cos she'd have killed me so I had to suffer in peace. It took me three weeks of solid riding to get used to the riding position and now my wrists don't ache at all. Phew! Secondly, the ride was a lot harder and stiffer than I'd been used to so I felt every bump in the road. But that's good feedback isn't it :wink: Thirdly, compared to an IL4, it also rattled like a bastard whilst I was running it in. This also made me think I'd done the wrong thing. But after the first service when I could start to give it beans this just disappeared. You work out what the revs should be and off you go. It's no longer a problem to me now. Fourthly, going from years of riding an IL4 1000cc where you can ride everywhere in third, at any speed, I was finding with the 848 that it was like riding an IL4 600. You have to use the gears a lot more. But that made the ride more involving and you have to think a bit more. And I like that. Fifthly, I'd read and heard that riding a Ducati round bends/corners would be fantastic and it was like riding "on rails". I wasn't sure that I was that good a rider to be able to tell the difference. However I know exactly what they mean by that comment now. The bike is easy to flick over (prolly the back tyre size compared to today's thou's) and it is most definitely like riding on rails. The stability is fantastic and gives you increased confidence when taking corners/bends so that each time you do one you lean over a bit more each time. I was never a slouch on my IL4's but I love the feeling the 848 gives me going round corners. :smile: And last but by no means least, when the 848 Evo Corse is parked up somewhere everyone stops to look at it. It is a beautiful piece of machinery. And when I go back to the bike everyone wants to talk to me about it. That never happened when I had new JIL4's. And that's it really. In short it took a bit of getting used to at first but I love the ride now. And I can see why everyone gets excited by them Hope that helps :smile:
