New Diavel Looks awesome.... But ehhh...The looks???

[ROBsS4R]

I saw it today at IMS

The carbon version looks killer but not 20k killer.

Also it was pretty comfy to sit on. A bit long of a reach for my short stubby arms.

However when you get close to it the fit and finish was atrocious. I am not sure if these were rushed demo bikes but all the body panel tolerances were way off much worst than your normally fit and finish on dome model bikes.

[zooom]

I saw it today at IMS

The carbon version looks killer but not 20k killer.

Also it was pretty comfy to sit on. A bit long of a reach for my short stubby arms.

However when you get close to it the fit and finish was atrocious. I am not sure if these were rushed demo bikes but all the body panel tolerances were way off much worst than your normally fit and finish on dome model bikes.

that sounds a lot like the Hypermotard when it came to the shows...it was a quickly rushed for showing finish job...I remember looking at the painted over shitty welds on the frame for example and going OMFG...then seeing finished real bikes, it wasn't as bad....I am assuming the same here, but the Ducati booth isn't making it to some cities on the IMS tour and DC happens to be one they won't be at...so I guess I won't see a bike with a shitty finish...

[junior varsity]

why do people get so defensive when someone doesn't like something they do?

Like my opinion insults you or something.

Nobody is insulting the bike's future owners or those who like it.  I'm not saying YOU are ugly... just your bike.   

(if somebody posts mods I don' like I keep my mouth shut... as that's a little personal... but stock bikes are fair game.  Ducati isn't going the right design direction for me).

i'm reporting you to the board mods.

[duccarlos]

why do people get so defensive when someone doesn't like something they do?

Like my opinion insults you or something.

Nobody is insulting the bike's future owners or those who like it.  I'm not saying YOU are ugly... just your bike.   

(if somebody posts mods I don' like I keep my mouth shut... as that's a little personal... but stock bikes are fair game.  Ducati isn't going the right design direction for me).

I am easily offended and you have no taste. There's nothing wrong with the 999 or the 1098, but it was blasphemy when the 999 replaced the 998 and the 1098 was compared to a Jap bike. I don't personally like it, but there's no reason to point out that others, like Statler, have no taste.

[Massinova]

not sexy, it's designed based off a male sprinter...not sexy

Male sprinter?   

The front end reminds me of a cross of a retro vacuum cleaner and the head from Alien's http://aap.blackaris2001.org/AlienHead/AH.html

[Turf]

Theres a better sketch, but this was easier

[Massinova]

Theres a better sketch, but this was easier

...a picture is worth a thousand words "assume the position" is one of them   

[dennisd]

A lot of people are comparing it to the V-Max but I say also:



The Harley even has a tube trellis frame (sort of).

We have the V-Max;

We have the V-Rod;

Maybe Ducati should have named it the V-Duc.

[junior varsity]

duc-rod

[Raux]

Vuc

like in Vuc you!

[triangleforge]

Theres a better sketch, but this was easier

Whew, for a second there, I thought you meant this:



Which is red. Also.

[Turf]

Whew, for a second there, I thought you meant this:



Which is red. Also.

na, that thing is actually kinda cool

[triangleforge]

na, that thing is actually kinda cool

Especially for hauling your Diavel to Sturgis.

(Full disclosure - I'm in the "sort of like it" camp on the Diavel.)

[Turf]

(Full disclosure - I'm in the "sort of like it" camp on the Diavel.)

go sit in the van

[junior varsity]

i am in the "i can dig it" camp, because there's different bikes for different things. For a cross country slow ride, this would be pretty ideal, especially when whoopin' ass stoplight to stoplight in new towns