1098R at the lights

98ninja · Post by **98ninja** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:28 pm

i was heading home from work on thursday afternoon and some moron in a car pulls out on me , bit of a swerve and gave him an earfull. noticed a red bike in the rear vision mirrors. at the next set of lights the bike pulls up next to me and its a guy on a ducati 1098r with all ducati gear on.
we talked a little while before i figured out it was a guy i knew from my cycling days and whos now casey stoners personal trainer. he said something about the 12 being an awesome bike. then pulled out of the lights and did a 200m wheelie.
maybe caseys been teaching him a few things.
i love the sound of twins pulling a wheely its like someone farting into a megaphone.

Valheru70 · Post by **Valheru70** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:42 pm

He's keen pulling a wheelie on a $60K bike

John · Post by **John** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:07 pm

Hi, A Ducati 1098r in the UK costs only £21,000 and a demo model you can pick up for about £17000.
Bikes are expensive in Aus.

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:24 pm

Valheru70 wrote:He's keen pulling a wheelie on a $60K bike

One word... Insurance.

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:29 pm

John wrote:Hi, A Ducati 1098r in the UK costs only £21,000 and a demo model you can pick up for about £17000.
Bikes are expensive in Aus.

yeah, but 21k pounds is still over $42k aus... and that's just currency conversion. Then there's the import costs....

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:31 pm

Valheru70 wrote:He's keen pulling a wheelie on a $60K bike

It might have been a spare one Casey had lying around so he gave it to him!

Blurr · Post by **Blurr** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:40 pm

hell if I could afford one I would ride it like I stole it too.

Che · Post by **Che** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:35 pm

Speaking of 1098's...anyone seen Bimota DB7 yet?

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:00 pm

Russell wrote:
John wrote:Then there's the import costs....

Because Ducatis are built in England?

Post by **robracer** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:13 pm

Shifty wrote:Because Ducatis are built in England?

WTF such sacrilege its "Bologna"

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:04 pm

Perhaps my sarcasm wasn't thick enough

IrishPete · Post by **IrishPete** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:06 pm

98ninja wrote: i love the sound of twins pulling a wheely its like someone farting into a megaphone.

Thats crazy, when I fart into a megaphone is sounds just like a ducati too

Benno · Post by **Benno** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:10 pm

One time I pulled up at a set of lights, and a ducati pulled up next to me and broke down. The end.

Six Addict · Post by **Six Addict** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:24 pm

Benno wrote:One time I pulled up at a set of lights, and a ducati pulled up next to me and broke down. The end.

too bad it still beat you off the lights...

kaneg · Post by **kaneg** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:57 pm

geez......I must try that, don't know the sound

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