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[jon bda]

Get A Factory Ducati 999

Nice, do you think if i bought one they would repaint it in the 'black mint' livery they used...

[Tumble]

I think if you could afford to spend 40k on a bike you'd be able to blag a black mint fairing from SOMEWHERE... that tye always manage somehow.

[|_GuNsLiNgEr_|]

I think if you bought that, you'd have to be stupid. Much much much nicer bikes out there for that money.

[Agent]

Agreed. Overpriced IMO and certainly not my type of bike

[TiG]

I was drooling at this in Sainsburies last week while reading the article on it in one of the bike mags. Guarenteed to kill myself if i ever had one of those though.

TiG

[Grey M@a]

40k for a bike that will break down more times than it works. Ducati's aren't best known for their reliability.

[jon bda]

40k for a bike that will break down more times than it works. Ducati's aren't best known for their reliability.

Do enlighten us...

[Rave]

I think for 40k I'd rather have a Desmosedici- probably more of less the equal of this, plus I think your 40k buys you a long Ducati warranty?

Apparently it's surprising easy to buy factory works bikes once the teams are finished with them, there are plenty of collectors out there with Harris Yamaha YZRs and the like in their living rooms....

Edit: I suspect Grey M@a merely has a now-unjustified prejudice against Ducatis, but it's true that the works V-Twins have to have the nuts tuned off them to be competitive with the fours. The lifespan of a pair of crankcases is 1000 miles apparently....

[pendulum666]

Do enlighten us...

You not heard of Ducati reliability issues? I've heard some horror stories, but I think people do overexagerate them somewhat. Mainly electrical issues tbh.

[schmunk]

You not heard of Ducati reliability issues? I've heard some horror stories, but I think people do overexagerate them somewhat. Mainly electrical issues tbh.

An Italian vehicle? Electrical issues? Surely you jest..!

[Rave]

Ducatis have not had unreliable electrics- or indeed any serious inherent flaws- since the mid-90s. All bikes are prone to electrical faults if they're not looked after properly- rain gets in and corrodes things. It's a fact of life. Just recently Ride magazine bought a ten year old 916 for about £2500, spent another few hundred tidying it up, and then rode it to Bologna and back. It was completely reliable over a round trip of more than 2000 miles.

A factory race bike needs very few wires to run- no lights, no speedo etc.- and those wires it does have will have been put together with race grade connectors. I think it is safe to say that if you are considering paying £40k for this bike, the reliability of the electrics need not be your primary concern.

[pendulum666]

Ducatis have not had unreliable electrics- or indeed any serious inherent flaws- since the mid-90s. All bikes are prone to electrical faults if they're not looked after properly- rain gets in and corrodes things. It's a fact of life. Just recently Ride magazine bought a ten year old 916 for about £2500, spent another few hundred tidying it up, and then rode it to Bologna and back. It was completely reliable over a round trip of more than 2000 miles.

A factory race bike needs very few wires to run- no lights, no speedo etc.- and those wires it does have will have been put together with race grade connectors. I think it is safe to say that if you are considering paying £40k for this bike, the reliability of the electrics need not be your primary concern.

Yea I saw that ride article which was good. They did spend a fair bit of time rebuilding though. Im just saying that I know of bikes such as a 1989 gsxr which a friend of mine uses day to day with no issues at all. You have to admit there are some horror stories about ducati reliability, they even state so int he article. I have heard of bikes catching fire etc. But as you say, that was then...this is now. Ducati make great bikes and at 40,000 I dont think they'll be an issue