I see white'uns are more expensive according to the new pricelist ? http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/news/newsresults/new-bikes/2014/november/2015-ducati-prices-announced/ducati/899-panigale/_/R-EPI-145514
Bounced up and down on new one at the show on Sunday. Weird catch tank thing on left hand side against engine! Looked like an old mini oil can. Service intervals now 9 and 18K. No sign of fairing inner cubby hole for toll tickets etc and couldn't find the spring out lever for help with putting bike on main stand. Unless I was looking at wrong version of the Mutley? Aux power sockets now one by clocks and one under seat tray as before. Liked it overall so will wait for bugs to be ironed out and save up for a one year old with warranty.
Be aware the NEC bikes are US Spec models , the black can is a "Carbon Filter" that is now required by the state of California for emission regulations! It wont be fitted to EU / UK bikes, The show bikes also have the US side reflectors fitted. All the models have "Pre-Production" stickers on so looks like we will have to wait until Demo models get to the UK to look at the finer details of a production bike. I like the 2015 Mutley looks and I would also like to try out the BMW XR, due about April / May time. Ruled out the KTM even sitting on one at the show was enough - maybe its just my backside
Phew, that's alright then. Must admit the plastics around the clocks were really soft and I was told this one I was sitting/bouncing on was a prototype/show mule. (bad donkey) :Nailbiting:
Unfortunately they will come to europe with the canister and side reflectors as the bikes are euro 4 complient and have to be fitted with those parts, whether you remove them or not is a different matter
The bikes at the NEC had warnings all over them about not being production models and noting parts were unfinished (switchgear was all dummy on the one I sat on and the clocks looked vacant too)
I went to the show expecting to be blown away by the new multi and spend the rest of the year working out how I can swap my 2014 PP for one early next year, suffice to say I wasnt and I won't be. it looked a bit bland to me, perhaps a bit too much of the German influence.
