How to convince people who ride jap bikes ducatis r better and will last longer?

[desmodoktor]

I need some high mileage ducs. 100k +
facts ect... sorry to ask all that but i'm at work and got no time to search on the web ...
i just have to prove my friend that he's wrong... (he rides a 2011 zx6r)

[militar3rd]

I remember reading about PhilB's M900 (pure stock) reached 130K+ Miles. And still climbing very fast.

[Howie]

I believe PhilB has passed 200K at this point.  Bigian has well over 100k as does a buddy of mine.  I'm only up to 63K on mine.

[Triple J]

Good luck with that. While Ducs are good bikes, and they can indeed last a long time (especially the air-cooled ones), I wouldn't say they're necessarily better. They're just different.

Regarding your buddy who rides a ZX-6R...I'm guessing you'd be very hard pressed to show that a Ducati SBK (middleweight or liter) is better than the Japanese equivalents in terms of reliability.

[MadDuck]

I need some high mileage ducs. 100k +
facts ect... sorry to ask all that but i'm at work and got no time to search on the web ...
i just have to prove my friend that he's wrong... (he rides a 2011 zx6r)

Yep.  The problem is that your friend isn't necessarily wrong.    

[ungeheuer]

Good luck with that. While Ducs are good bikes, and they can indeed last a long time (especially the air-cooled ones), I wouldn't say they're necessarily better. They're just different.

Regarding your buddy who rides a ZX-6R...I'm guessing you'd be very hard pressed to show that a Ducati SBK (middleweight or liter) is better than the Japanese equivalents in terms of reliability.

^ This.

Yep.  The problem is that your friend isn't necessarily wrong.    

^ And this.

Vive la Differénce 

[Cloner]

Your fruend is right if reliability and longevity are the standards....statistically speaking.

[stopintime]

To answer your original question:

by riding faster, with fewer/no crashes and by keeping your bike running longer than they can 

[desmodoktor]

To answer your original question:

by riding faster, with fewer/no crashes and by keeping your bike running longer than they can 

[Privateer]

ask him how many world superbike championships kawasaki has won.

[Nero-92]

Ducati's are better but it's a state of mind and body thing it's almost zen like.

[GK]

With the troubles I've been having with mine, and the constant niggles it gets as a result of the previous owners x3 poor service, your mate with the Jap bike will get no argument from me! 

I've only had one foray into the non Japanese world before owning this Ducati. That bike was a 69 Norton Commando and that ended badly. LOL!

Once it's all sorted though, I'm sure I'll have a good run (GK says whilst praying that this indeed will be the case!)

GK

[jaxduc]

saying ducatis are better than Japanese bikes is like saying that my college sports team is better than yours.

[BastrdHK]

saying ducatis are better than Japanese bikes is like saying that my college sports team is better than yours.

Exactly, all good fun....no reason he can't be well informed with a few stereotype busting facts.  To throw the naysayers back onto their heels!

[memper]

I think what jax meant was that the comparison is irrelevant and petty.