Picked up my new to me 848 Evo SE today, new tyres and pissing rain on a blustery bad day for biking. Just come back from a second blast. I couldn't resist. I daren't take any pictures. I'd be drummed out of the Ducati club for bike abuse. I already have a deeply loved SF848 and the Evo has not let me down. Solid as a rock and light and lovely all at the same time. Even in the mud and rain I am very pleased with my purchase. Weather be damned. I shall further acquaint myself in the morning.
Yep, my collection of my 848 was in similar circumstances, wondered if I'd make it back unscathed... luckily I did. Only difference I guess is this is my first bike, so no SF or other bike to reference it to. So far it's been fantastic, great sound, and a smooth ride... smoother than my cars even. Hope you're enjoing it as much as I am.
Flippin' snow, then rain, and salted roads, the bike gods are conspiring against me today. I have given the new one a good clean and she is now tucked away with the family.
Is that dirty? Don't think so. I put a little polish on mine and pushed it out of the garage for a picture today:
Did you paint this using watercolours? Either that or you have the world's worst digital camera! :tearsofjoy:
As my camera took it. Now that you have mentioned it I also have a picture that the wife took with her much better camera and this is how that came out:
Its a lovely bike. I miss mine. I saw it yesterday still sat in the motorcycle dealer who bought it off me last July.....
I miss mine in some ways, it felt like a much gruntier engine than it had the rights to be compared to the 899! I actually got on the 1199 and thought it felt a bit lacking in bottom end compared to the 848 Evo tbf, just that it had a mental top end!
I bought mine last year. The nearest thing to a sports bike that I had ever owned before was a new BMW R1100S, I have owned BMWs all of my life. My first Ducati, an ST2 came along and I loved it, so different. I then saw an 848 in a dealer here in France and thought that it is the most beautiful bike that I have ever seen. I promptly went out and bought the red one in the pictures above, it is a 2010 and I bought it off a French copper with not many miles on it. My wife's BMW F800ST had a battery problem and so she used the ST2 for a ride out, the F800 is now up for sale and she wants a red ST3. The 848 has more than enough power for what I need around here, but is just so satisfying to ride. I dare not let the wife have a go on it though.
Fair enough. Pretty sure all sports bikes bikes come with bar ends stoppers as standard (my 848 did). I've got a spare set of factory ones you can have for free (one has a few marks where I couldn't get it off, the other is mint), no worries if you're not interested.
Thanks, but last week I fitted some that I bought from ebay China. The did not fit inside the bars, but after a bit of garage work I got them on.
