Ducati S2R 1100

[mikeb]

Maybe to keep production costs down on a yet unproven model? Time will tell. We'll see. A company has to market to all buyers and the SSS has a very wide appeal.

Well, so far the 696 has been doing pretty well.  But I agree time will tell.

But it still begs the question.  If the SSS is such a hit why didn't they put one on the 696?  Seems if you want your new model to be popular an SSS is a sure bet since it has such a wide appeal.

I'm wondering how much the new exhaust routing and rear shock angle play into it?

[Rob Hilding]

Maybe to keep production costs down on a yet unproven model? Time will tell. We'll see. A company has to market to all buyers and the SSS has a very wide appeal.

Slight threadjack*

I like the SSS from the "empty" side.......... from the swingarm side - not so much just) MHO

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[herm]

the SSS actually turned me off of the s2r line when it first came out. i was actively looking for a left over M1000 until my dealer priced me one at a lower OTD than a left over M1000 that i was getting ready to buy.

[MendoDave]

Well they will come out with something. 

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[johnc]

Well they will come out with something. 

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geez mendodave ... it's like you have an information pipeline directly into ducati spa. 

[Travman]

But it still begs the question.  If the SSS is such a hit why didn't they put one on the 696?  Seems if you want your new model to be popular an SSS is a sure bet since it has such a wide appeal.

The SSS is more expensive to manufacture so it goes on the more expensive models.  The least expensive models get the cheaper DSS.  This has been the case for the past several years.  I like the SSS, but I also like good looking DSS so it doesn't matter to me what they do with the swingarm. 

[He Man]

696 dss looks good the 695 ones look gay. the 999 one looks SEXY!

but the 1098swingarm is the sexist

[IdZer0]

Whenever I see one in person I think it looks better than the pictures which seem to emphasize that beak nose.  Maybe I'll get one, chop the beak off and call it my new bike.

You mean like this:

[Grappa]

You mean like this:

I have seen this bike before and I LOVE it.  The first time I saw a Hyper in person, I wondered what it would take to tweak it a bit to make it look more like a Monster.  Love the undertail exhaust on the stock one.  Love the looks of the motor and the SSS.  This is more the direction I wish Ducati would take for the S2R.   

[kutter]

Travman if you really want more then why not just find a nice used S2R1K and have the motor rebuilt with a big-bore kit and get the DP ECU. You would have a complete animal then and it would look exactly the same. I know that MotoCorse in South Florida does this conversion all the time on DS motors with a lot of success.

[Travman]

You mean like this:

Exactly like that.  I could live with that.

[DucSteve]

that hyper is nice, but first thing i noticed was the huge rear wheel.  sort of odd

[Travman]

Travman if you really want more then why not just find a nice used S2R1K and have the motor rebuilt with a big-bore kit and get the DP ECU. You would have a complete animal then and it would look exactly the same.

I like this idea the best.  Soon I'll be living next to DucPond in Winchester.  This shop seems to have a great reputation and they seem to do a lot of engine mod work.  I'll find a used S2R 1000 that has some mods I already love and then add more to create my own version of a S2R 1100 S.

[Travman]

that hyper is nice, but first thing i noticed was the huge rear wheel.  sort of odd

Roland Sands designed that bike and he is part of Performance Machine which makes wheels for Sportbikes and Harleys, so of course he used his own wheels and he made them extra large to show them off.  I still like the bike though.  Just spend the wheel money on carbon fiber BST's of stock size and the bike would be much closer to perfection.