Saw the 696 and talked to a Ducati marketing guy tonight

[MendoDave]

I got to see a 675 Daytona and a Street Tripple up close this weekend and they are the same bike. but the look very different. Ducati could do the same thing with the 848. Different Tank, seat headlight, and bars & call it something else. I think the Triumphs had different suspension bits as well with the Daytona having the adjustable stuff.

[Triple J]

I'm not sure why everyone is so anxious to get the 1100cc engine that currently puts out less HP than the 1000cc version.

Seems like the 1100 puts out more HP, but less Torque.

Here's a link to a bunch of dyno runs by Ducati Seattle.  There's a Hypermotard and an S2R1000 with similar exhaust/engine mods.  The 1100 puts out about 86HP/68T, while the 1000 puts out 82 HP/65T.

Close either way.

http://www.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=Ducati+Seattle&searchType=global&x=7&y=13