Ducatis all over - New Robb Report

[Slide Panda]

Stopped by the book store as part of lunch and noticed the Desmo RR and 1098R smacked on the cover of the new Robb Report.  Though I only had time to skim the article, they took the two of them to the track and had some fun. 

A little more thumbing and I found a 5-6 page 'special advertising section' from Ducati Dynamic Driving splattered with HMT pron.

Last in my quick skimming - I found a Nationwide Insurance ad with an illustration of a 1098 head on - though they colored it some khaki tan... bleh.

[Statler]

It's a good issue.   I'll leave it out on the coffee table next time you're up for margaritas.

[ODrides]

There's an article in the latest Car and Driver, too, on the Desmosedici RR.  C/D NEVER reports on motorcycles!

[Duc L'Smart]

I guess our little secret's out

[NeufUnSix]

There's an article in the latest Car and Driver, too, on the Desmosedici RR.  C/D NEVER reports on motorcycles!

With good reason - car mags never do bikes justice, and the readership doesn't know the difference between a Vespa and a Ducati anyway.

[factorPlayer]

A little more thumbing and I found a 5-6 page 'special advertising section' from Ducati Dynamic Driving splattered with HMT pron.

Last in my quick skimming - I found a Nationwide Insurance ad with an illustration of a 1098 head on - though they colored it some khaki tan... bleh.

What are you doing man - that rag is for the bourgeois not working-class pukes like us.  Don't be getting any ideas...

[MadDuck]

But they have good pictures.

[kenrok1]

it's actually a seperate mag call Motorcycling - not the std Robb Report
the DD16 / 1098R comparo was pretty good

[Slide Panda]

Meh.. is say Robb Report in big letter on the front... details details

What are you doing man - that rag is for the bourgeois not working-class pukes like us.  Don't be getting any ideas...

I didn't say I bought it    I said I thumb through it like it was at the library

[mstevens]

the readership doesn't know the difference between a Vespa and a Ducati anyway.

Wait... There's a difference?!?

[slowpoke13]

Just surfing for new goodies and saw the Duc in the ad for the new MacBook Pro.

[NeufUnSix]

What are you doing man - that rag is for the bourgeois

We prefer the term "oppressors of the proletariat". 

I have subscriptions to RR (6 years worth in my library) and RRMC (every issue since they began). I like to keep on top of things in the world of conspicuous consumption and wretched excess, hehe. RRMC is a nice "light" moto mag, they are much more down to earth (do I care about spring rates and damping mechanisms in the front forks on bike blank?) and they are mature and sensible in their writing and reviews (cough Motorcyclist cough)

[hillbillypolack]

The wife got that mag for me last week.

I tend to hate that kind of coverage.  It's like"Men's Health" or "GQ" saying it's a good fashion accessory.  Like the guy who's thumbing through the Robb Report will be asking himself "what Italian bike goes well with my Bvlgari chronograph?"

Yuk.

Nice pics.  But a weird way to read about these bikes.

[DoubleEagle]

If you go back through the threads I started one about the Robb Report MotorCycling ( June- July )issue about a week and a half ago. It's an awesome issue w/ the Desmo and 1098R on a private track in Nevada. Best pictures and article I've read anywhere.

[hbliam]

RR is just Cosmo for men. I flicked through it at the magazine stand and noticed that I got to the first "article" after turning 61 pages (!) of ads. Crap through and through.