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02-19-2012, 12:46 AM | #1 | |
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First year, last year...it doesn't matter. They will find a way to fuck something expensive up, no matter what. Ducati specializes in "complications". I'd still take one over the BMW, but then again, I'm a fucking idiot. JC
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02-19-2012, 08:09 AM | #2 | |
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02-19-2012, 08:22 AM | #3 |
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It doesn'tis has a It is a perimeter framed engine
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02-19-2012, 10:17 AM | #4 |
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Not really, unless they changed the design from what I'm looking at.
Perimeter frames connect the steering head to the swing arm in one piece. The Panigale is a two piece frame, (three if you count the engine). Not quite the same thing. Perimeter vs. Panigale: JC
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02-19-2012, 01:39 PM | #5 | |
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02-19-2012, 10:00 AM | #6 |
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Sorry, I worded that poorly.
All modern Ducati's have used the engine as a stressed member. My point was, the stressed member design has been around for a long time (the 1949 Vincent Black Shadow was such a design) and the design itself would not cause me to worry. JC
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02-19-2012, 11:12 AM | #7 | |
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I'm slow as hell anyway so any performance difference is irrelevant and a Duc with a good exhaust, well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfH...eature=related |
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02-19-2012, 11:29 AM | #8 | |
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Fucking Ducati's....I've had four of them, and I should really hate them by now, but I can't. JC
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02-19-2012, 12:21 PM | #9 |
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The BMW is a great bike in stock form.
If you are looking to maximize the potential of the bike, there are far better platforms to start from.
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Yeah, everytime I sell one... another one follows me home. I completely understand, yet I'm confused by our illness...
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