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1098R at the lights
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:28 pm
by 98ninja
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.
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:42 pm
by Valheru70
He's keen pulling a wheelie on a $60K bike
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:07 pm
by John
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.
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:24 pm
by JetPilot
Valheru70 wrote:He's keen pulling a wheelie on a $60K bike
One word... Insurance.
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:29 pm
by Russell
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....
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:31 pm
by ducati_paul
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!
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:40 pm
by Blurr
hell if I could afford one I would ride it like I stole it too.
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:35 pm
by Che
Speaking of 1098's...anyone seen Bimota DB7 yet?
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:00 pm
by Shifty
Russell wrote:John wrote:Then there's the import costs....
Because Ducatis are built in England?
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:13 pm
by robracer
Shifty wrote:Because Ducatis are built in England?
WTF such sacrilege its "Bologna"
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:04 pm
by Shifty
Perhaps my sarcasm wasn't thick enough
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:06 pm
by IrishPete
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
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:10 pm
by Benno
One time I pulled up at a set of lights, and a ducati pulled up next to me and broke down. The end.
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:24 pm
by Six Addict
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...
Re: 1098R at the lights
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:57 pm
by kaneg
geez......I must try that, don't know the sound
