The Most Powerful Middleweight Ever??
 

Holy facking sex.

http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motor...ti_848_Evo.jpg
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WOW. Black windscreen and DONE with that bike. Perfect!!!

Michael Jackson

Nice, that's 954 powa

For the first time ever... I might actually want a Ducati. :lol:

that black is kick ass and the price isn't bad at all.. sweet bike..

That bike is gorgeous, nicely done Duc.

I do like it, but can 848cc really be considered a middleweight? That's a lot closer to a liter than a 600, and nearly the same size as some of the stuff that was considered big-bore just a few years ago.

On valve area yes

Quoted for truth.

With listed prices, why would anyone get a red one?

Listed numbers are about what my 1125 put down at the rear wheel... not bad.

That is pretty sexy...

Damn

I'm surprised that the price isn't higher...$12,000 isn't that bad considering that a Japan 600 trips over $10k these days...

Where can I buy one?

Yeah, that's what the 1125 was new. I'll trade, even up. :)

probably trying to clear out all the surplus parts before the rumored 2011 1198 makes its entrance. that, or they are worried about competition from bmw and aprilia and are trying to move some marketshare to the 600 market

Possible... Maybe, they are tired of being a "boutique" brand and the newish owners are ready to see some real money!!!:lol:

On the serious side, some of those components are almost worth the entry fee...

Gawd that bike is hot
:eek:

:idk: I haven't ridden a middle weight Duc since the 748 BUT I have never been even slightly impressed by the 3/4 liter V-Twin... I know, here we go again but the story is told every weekend at the races. The middle weight V-Twin has never been able to hang with the 600s...and I can't ever understand why. You would think that the 848 would be kicking major butt out there!:idk:

Incredible....


I wouldn't buy it, but incredible looking bike.

Yeah, that's VERY sexy...but...

1) I can't say there's too much wisdom in a flat black bike. People try hard enough to run your ass over on a good day, you might live a lot longer if it's fucking fluorescent orange....but really, there's no guarantee even then. You could put fucking strobes on it, and some comatose cager cocksucker would still prolly pull out on ya.

2) Middlewieght my ass!

That said, if someone wanted to give one to me, I'd keep it, fo sho...

:drool:

Flat black is soooooo 2005.

Is the GSXR 750 considered a middleweight?

There is still a middleweight class?

Yes.

My understanding of middleweight comes from the old AMA rules: 600cc 4s, 675 triples, and 750 twins. They all produce similar peak HP but with different powerbands. 750 fours and 850 twins would really be in their own class IMO. I wouldn't call this a middleweight. Of course this thing is faster than a 600 four, it's like 40% bigger or some junk.

This thing is hawt, I want one. I might be the weirdo that gets it in red, although I'd get white over either of those!

Yep.

Ducati: Taking over where Buell left off.

My 636 is that screaming-ass orange they only made for '04, and it's gorgeous. Doesn't help with stupid fucking cagers, though- even with the highbeams running, the M4 cranked up, and my 6'6" ass in reflective gear on it. People are just retarded.

im surprised, with the D&D i never have issues :lol

Why can they hardly hang with the Jap 600s in the AMA then? Bobby Fong and Rapp put on a good show at Mid-Ohio, but other than that... not much all season. Do we have to get into the whole displacement arguement again. I think that company started with a B.... its on the tip of my tongue..... :scratch:

:lol:

Do the Ducs have to run restrictor plates?

Very nice bike. I've always compared it to the GSXR 750 as far as where it "fits in". I had no desire to buy the last 848...would have taken the 750 over it but I do like this one.

I'm going to disagree with the brightly colored bike theory... Next time you see a bike coming down the road, tell me if you can see weather it's black, white, orange, purple, brightly colored, dark colored, etc when coming up on you at a cross street. You can't, until after the point in which you would have noticed ANYTHING. The only thing you see when it counts is lights... if anything at all.

If I owned one, it'd be hard for me to stop sitting in my garage and staring at it.

I wouldn't put it in the garage... it would go in the living room. Seriously.

Park it behind a big picture frame and shit.

Nah, just jack it up and hang it on the wall... like with one of those trailer hitch haulers.

Wonder how many are gonna buy one and it'll never see a second on a track?

probably half as many as Desmosedici that shared that fate

Far fewer than R6's or R1's. ;)

I would.

I'd buy one for a street machine... and rock my Tiller at the track.

Needs some regular black. Flat black reminds me of kids in their Civics & Integras.

True that. I got to ride a bud's 848 on my favorite road out here. The whole time I was thinking about what a killer track bike it would be! Just the ergos alone, how they set you up for some agressive riding sold me. I didn't open it up too much because it wasn't my bike though.

I've never ridden a twin. How did you like engine/ power delivery comparatively speaking to your R6?

I didn't open it up enough to give a good answer.

I've never ridden an 848 but I have ridden a 999R and we have an R6 in the garage.

Handling was/is similar and very good with both. The power to weight is also similar but just delivered totally different. The R6 is gutless down low but the Duc was ready to roll as soon as you twisted your wrist. In the upper rpm the R6 would take over...where the Duc would peter out and be ready for the next gear...the R6 is just getting started...just wind that baby up !!

All in all both are great bikes...to me...they just deliver the power differently...the Duc down low and the R6 up top.

That's why you buy a liter and get both!!!:lol: