Date: 27-04-24  Time: 12:43 pm

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taylor

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« on: 23 June 2013, 09:46:28 pm »
me been looking at a ducati daivel, they any good.?
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Re: ducati
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2013, 09:48:24 pm »
Don't know, but saw one at Blades, Swindon, a couple of weeks back - they sure look the mutts!  :)

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Re: ducati
« Reply #2 on: 23 June 2013, 11:23:58 pm »
Yer man Rio Ferdinand has one. Nuff said!  :rolleyes
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Re: ducati
« Reply #3 on: 23 June 2013, 11:28:36 pm »
Suppose to be a very fun bike to ride, handle, brake and accelerate very well. Not so sure on the styling myself! Not sure I could ever own anything that looked like a cruiser, even if it didn't handle like one, I'd much rather an 848 personally  :D

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Re: ducati
« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2013, 08:05:06 am »
I'd much rather an 848 personally  :D

848 Corse... I'm drooling over my keyboard now...

WANT.  :)
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Re: ducati
« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2013, 08:58:44 am »
Georgous looking bike, never ridden one but recently got talking to a mc cop and his wife that had just bought a brand new one each  :eek and they were raving about them, would love to able to afford one  :rolleyes

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Re: ducati
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2013, 11:07:08 am »
I had one for a year .
Awesome power and totally reliable (although that depends on the dealer ).
However - short range , hard work cruising at reasonable speed , suspension will need expensive sorting.
Great for hooning about on ,only sold it for a much more suitable Multistrada (Pikes Peak of course) which is also brill.
Seems to be loads of 2nd hand Diavels about at the moment , but owning both doesn't sit right with me.
 
I'm still waiting for a Gen 3 Fazer with the new engine. Some hopes lol.
 

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Re: ducati
« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2013, 04:31:14 pm »
I'd much rather an 848 personally  :D

848 Corse... I'm drooling over my keyboard now...

WANT.  :)


Aye, that'd be the one Christo!

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Re: ducati
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2013, 04:45:16 pm »
have a look on roadcraft nottingham's youtube channel
does a couple of reviews / rides on one.
decent bloke and says how it really is, not what you want to hear.

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Re: ducati
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2013, 08:46:22 pm »
I like the look of them and reviews rave about them
But
I saw one in London the other day with an aftermarket exhaust, for some reason it sounded like a 125 with an aftermarket exhaust, not a nice sound at all!
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