Two Wheeled Passion

[Bimati]

Any other VXer's out there share my Superbike passion?

I bring you the Ducati 1098 for 2007: 160hp, 381lbs. Only $14,995.

Have my deposit down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.ducati.com/flash1098/eng/index_eng.html

[nfpgasmask]

Well, I think the Monster kick @$$, but this is more my style:



Crotch rockets just ain't my thing...but I bet its fun.

Bart

[etlsport]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... thats sexy.. i love those headlights.. they look so mean... im only about 14,500 short (after taxes) but one day...

[shoota77]

i have a tt600...not the fastest, or best looking, or best handling...but it gets me where i need to go and i have a good time

[nocturnalVX]

I own a 1995 Ducati Monster M900, and love it. However, I recently purchased an '06 Yamaha VMax... talk about power & looks! I'm glad to see Ducati went back to the wicked looking cat-eye headlights... did not care much for the vertical lights of the 999. I'm going to check this out at the next bike show, but I'm certain the seat hight will be too tall for me to consider owning one. I'll have to post a pic of my VX, the VMax, and the Monster.

[Commando]

Right there with you, Bimati. Ducks are the only way to fly. I'm somewhat low on lira these days so the 1098 will have to wait. My '97 916 is still a much better bike than I am rider so I think I'll keep her around for another twenty years or so. Besides, the styling is ageless and I can't think of any other bike that gets my juices flowing quite so well. When my wrists cramp, I've got a '92 Paso for working out the kinks. The rounded fairing that blends into a rather angular tail section takes some getting used to, but the sharp handling and mellow thunder are atributes that can't be beat.

I never had a problem with the 999's looks, but I was in the minority it would seem. The 1098 solves most of the former's styling quirks. The horizontally opposed headlights do look as if a Triumph might have snuck into the barn prior to gestation, but they are a vast improvement. So to are the twin underseat mufflers. The 999's single slab-sided affair had more than a little Morgan-Tec influence. Hot stuff on a VX but a bit austere hanging under a Duck's tailfeathers!

[pbkid]

bim, i love it....damn i wish i had some more money lol because i would have my deposit down lol...
gorgeous bike =D
hey if you get one we need to meet up so i can check it out...**** ill come to GJ if you want...

[TEN36VX]

A little out of my price range... I ride a '02 GSXR 600, Black/Yellow.

I would still like to be a style biter and get a 'Busa motor unit like OK Highway Patrol for work. :_drool:

[thedutchguy]

This model's comming soon over here.
It has Hayabusa power.
Can't wait to try it!



SUZUKI BKING.

[Bimati]

Oh, the '97 916. Last year of hand assembly before Americans bought the company.

PBkid: My deposit is down at Fay Myers. They are at Arapahoe and I-25 in Denver and they always have the best bikes on the floor like the $40,000 MV Agusta Tamburini and plenty of Ducs...stop by and drool sometime. faymyers.com.

I do enjoy the middle finger styling of the new B-King (although your picture didn't load for me). Every time I hear the name, I picture that plastic headed Burger King mascot stunting on it.

The only part of the 999 I grew to like was the breadbox exhaust....I guess I'm in the minority there.

Having owned all of the "nutter" bikes, I settled on the original '97 TL1000s (yep, the one that was recalled for spitting so many people off).

I think I have a problem, 'cause that's just not enough anymore. I need more horses, updated suspension components etc. I'm a closet adrelaline junky I guess.

Here's one of the good 'ol days: CBR600F2

[crager34]

This is my 07 Suzuki V-Strom DL650

[MSHardeman]

I am currently riding the monster 1985 Suzuki GS300L. Let me tell you, this thing is a SCREAMER. Kidding. It's my first bike, and it's been chopped and stripped enough to make it look like a little cafe racer. It's not much but I like it, and like the VX, everyone is always asking what it is.

[nfpgasmask]

Ahhhh, so that's what it is. I saw a VMax before I left Chicago. It was a silver one that caught my eye. Until now I didn't know what it was! That bike looks pretty sweet, a little too big for my taste, but it does look bad@$$.

Bart

PS - Now that I have so much open desert road, I almost hafta buy a bike. The problem is, every single person I have ever known who has ridden a bike has wrecked at least once, and many resulting in serious injury. So, I try to supress the temptation...but I think I am destined to ride a rat bike someday.

I own a 1995 Ducati Monster M900, and love it. However, I recently purchased an '06 Yamaha VMax... talk about power & looks! I'm glad to see Ducati went back to the wicked looking cat-eye headlights... did not care much for the vertical lights of the 999. I'm going to check this out at the next bike show, but I'm certain the seat hight will be too tall for me to consider owning one. I'll have to post a pic of my VX, the VMax, and the Monster.

[JHarris1385]

Buel is better.

[Bimati]

MSHardee: I'm diggin that cafe look.

Crager: I've heard that V-Strom is AWESOME!

JHarris: I'm sure you are an expert from that insightful analysis....Grab a dictionary. (Buell) Just pokin a little fun, man. Take it easy.

Glad to hear other VXer's are out on two wheels as well. If anybody gets to Western Colorado or Moab, Let's VX and Ride!!!!!!!!

Bim