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Stereo wrote:...Like in the Ducati Cup? Ooops I mean world superbikes....

we used to refer to the WSB as the Ducati World Championships years ago !! Glad I am not the only one who thinks along these lines...

Didn't it used to be the case that the Ducatis are allowed larger inlet manifolds to be competitive in WSB ? Given a 999s output compared to a ZX10R, is that still the case?

Gosling1 wrote:

Stereo wrote:...Like in the Ducati Cup? Ooops I mean world superbikes....

we used to refer to the WSB as the Ducati World Championships years ago !! Glad I am not the only one who thinks along these lines...

years ago??? mate it was only abt 2-3 years ago..i even rember it being called the "duck cup"

Neka79 wrote:....years ago??? mate it was only abt 2-3 years ago..i even rember it being called the "duck cup"

nah, WSB started in 1988 (who remembers Flyin' Fred ?? ), and it was the early 90's that the nickname kicked off .....remember, the 916 was released in 1994 (bloody hell, 12 years ago), and prior to that, Carl Fogarty and Giancarlo Falappa had won everything on the works 888 Ducks, I think between them they won 91 through 93 ......

Somebody out there will have the WSB stats, I can't remember the WSB 'Honour Roll' off the top of my head.

red_dave wrote:Still a seriously horny looking piece of machinery...

i'm disappointed in u dave

Stereo wrote: Like in the Ducati Cup? Ooops I mean world superbikes....

is that on at the same time as our march piss up

Gosling1 wrote:

Neka79 wrote:....years ago??? mate it was only abt 2-3 years ago..i even rember it being called the "duck cup"

nah, WSB started in 1988 (who remembers Flyin' Fred ?? ), and it was the early 90's that the nickname kicked off .....remember, the 916 was released in 1994 (bloody hell, 12 years ago), and prior to that, Carl Fogarty and Giancarlo Falappa had won everything on the works 888 Ducks, I think between them they won 91 through 93 ......

Somebody out there will have the WSB stats, I can't remember the WSB 'Honour Roll' off the top of my head.

no... i meant up until only 3-4 yrs ago..when they let the 1000cc 4's play...i mean prior to the the R7, gix7, and mighty zx7r did there best, but there were a few yrs (00-02 maybe??) where there were 20 odd dukes, and 4 other bikes...

I got an email from the ducati Club and apparently this new 1098 will be at the Sydney Bike Show this weekend! only it's second appearance worldwide!

ducati_paul wrote:I got an email from the ducati Club and apparently this new 1098 will be at the Sydney Bike Show this weekend! only it's second appearance worldwide!

I'll make sure I'm wearing my armani suit and dive the lambo when I go
for a look

Neka79 wrote:....no... i meant up until only 3-4 yrs ago..when they let the 1000cc 4's play...i mean prior to the the R7, gix7, and mighty zx7r did there best, but there were a few yrs (00-02 maybe??) where there were 20 odd dukes, and 4 other bikes...

Gotcha, I remember seeing nothing but a sea of Red over those couple of years.... Maybe the GP's will go this way if Bayliss was running as a GP starter !!!

Gosling1 wrote:the 916 was released in 1994 (bloody hell, 12 years ago), and prior to that, Carl Fogarty and Giancarlo Falappa had won everything on the works 888 Ducks, I think between them they won 91 through 93...

Somebody out there will have the WSB stats, I can't remember the WSB 'Honour Roll' off the top of my head.

You'll need a better excuse than that for forgetting that Scott Russell took out the 1993 title. On a Kawasaki.

bugger !! Forgot about that one......I wasn't 100% sure on how many Foggy and Flappa had won between them, they dominated for a few years....

Falappa won a lot of races, but it was his team mates who won titles. Raymond Roche in 1990, then Doug Polen went back-to-back in 1991 and 1992 and I think it was 1993 when Falappa had his super-massive crash that put him out of action for a year, or something.

[quote="I-K"]Falappa won a lot of races, but it was his team mates who won titles. Raymond Roche in 1990, then Doug Polen went back-to-back in 1991 and 1992 and I think it was 1993 when Falappa had his super-massive crash that put him out of action for a year, or something.

If my memory is correct Little John Kosinski won in 97 on a H H H Honda.
It wasn't until Edwards won again on a H H Honda (although a V twin) in 99 i think that anything other than a Ducati won.
The only Inline four win was in 1993 on a ZXR750 L model. Until Troy Corser last year.

At the recent Sydney Motorcycle Show I was told the S model will be here first in January at $31,000 and the base model is at the show in April $24,000.