Streetfighter 848 & 1198

[zarn02]

I'm assuming, for the moment, that the particular yellow showing up in the picture is the fault of lighting.

My guess is it'll be the same shade of yellow Ducati has been painting things for 20+ years. Which, in fairness, is a pretty good shade.

[thought]

the color combo's i would love to see it in is one like the current 848evo, red frame/wheels and matte white plastics.

barring that, the other would be the senna colors... dark grey plastics and red wheels/frame.

the new monsters have a spoiled me a bit though... now its kind of annoying thinking of bike color combinations and knowing that you cant as easily switch around the colors if you get bored of what you have currently.

[positivecarry]

would be sweet if they make SF796. lower seat and slightly higher bar.

Agreed on the lower seat...33" on the existing Streetfighter is too tall for my short inseam.

[DRKWNG]

prev yellow ducs looked a bit less orange to me.

ahem...

[iRam]

ahem...

Everytime i see your bike i spend countless hours looking for 1 on sale.

[zarn02]

I stand corrected on the topic of what yellow Ducati paints things. They have the yellow they've been using for 20-something years, and the somewhat orangier yellow they used in the 60s and 70s and then tracked down cans of again for their retro bikes.

[DRKWNG]

Everytime i see your bike i spend countless hours looking for 1 on sale.

Funny you should mention that.  I get closer and closer to selling it each season.

[zarn02]

Everytime i see your bike i spend countless hours looking for 1 on sale.

Funny you should mention that.  I get closer and closer to selling it each season.

A match made in heaven?

[thought]

if i ever got a sport1000 i would hands down get it in that color... but i would also hands down need to have a chiropractor on call.  haha

but also please note the tail end of that sbk in the upper right of the pic for the duc yellow zarn was talking about   haha

[iRam]

Funny you should mention that.  I get closer and closer to selling it each season.

Let me know when your ready to part ways with your baby 

[Betty]

I stand corrected on the topic of what yellow Ducati paints things. They have the yellow they've been using for 20-something years, and the somewhat orangier yellow they used in the 60s and 70s and then tracked down cans of again for their retro bikes.

... and the yellow used on the S2R

... just sayin'

[duccarlos]

Me wants!!! So it might have been a good thing that I did not buy an 1100evo. I would need to buy it in the US then ship it down to Chile.

[corey]

i wonder if this will cannibalize sales from the 848 itself?
might help with my quest for an 848... lol

[Goat_Herder]

I think SF848 will hurt the SF1X98 sales more than the SBK848.

[Speedbag]

Now they're the laughingstock of the motorcycling community. As lonf as ducati keeps the desmo, it shouldn't be a problem anyways.  

double-

Doing away with the high maintenance costs of the desmo might bring more sales, IMO (might bring me back for one). After all, valve spring metallurgy has come a long way. And then you'd be able to buy hot cams from scads of suppliers, rather than the odd few. Put in timing chains while you're at it also.