899 S - Will / when will there be one and what will it have ?

Would they do that? It might be slicing their market a bit thin. Sports bikes aren't even sold that much these days compared to all the other "lifestyle" categories.

Rather than slicing and dicing the sports bike market, can't we just have a tasty sports tourer with one of their top engines? I don't mean a "go anywhere adventure bike". I mean a tarmac oriented comfy bike with proper wind protection that looks fab and doesn't have a sit-up-and-beg riding position.

 

What a modern ST4s?

 

Yes. One that doesn't look like a shitter.

 

I like the ST's, didn't sell well though, the world fell in love with adventure bikes

 

The STs are great to ride and practical. But the styling was unworthy of Ducati, in my opinion.

 

Hopefully it wont have that pig ugly cheap looking arm.

 

Yeah - just like the one on the Desmo...

 

You know you can put the Panigale swing arm on the 899 don't you.............

 

THE 1199 single-sided swingarm will fit if you really can't deal with the looks. But it'll cost you a decent amount and it's heavier too, meaning the 899's looks would have to really bother you to make the change worthwhile.

Read more: 7 things you didn't know about Ducati's 899 Panigale - Features - Visordown

 

I prefer the DSS on this bike. But the ease of use of SSS takes some beating