Exclusive Test: 2006 Ducati SportClassic Paul Smart 1000LE
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Oh my, I've got goose bumps and that's not easy to do at my age. Well done on the review. I've been waiting for someone to write a report on these sport classics. I saw both the PS1000 and the S1000 in our local dealership and they are absolutely stunning. Ducati has done a great job of replicating the past while giving it modern mechanics. It is like no other bike on the road. I was going to buy a Thruxton but the Thruxton is like sitting on a kids toy bike compared to the Ducati.
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I think this calls for a special "Studio 54" edition of leathers.
It comes complete with a puke pouch, pocket mirror with one rolled 20, Ziggy Stardust makeup kit and one emergency adrenaline shot.
Colors come in white with rhinestones and extra wide collar, pink and green with feathered cape, or baby blue with matching blue foam cowboy hat.
Ducati will also offer a Googlephonics stereo system with each retro bike.
It comes complete with a puke pouch, pocket mirror with one rolled 20, Ziggy Stardust makeup kit and one emergency adrenaline shot.
Colors come in white with rhinestones and extra wide collar, pink and green with feathered cape, or baby blue with matching blue foam cowboy hat.
Ducati will also offer a Googlephonics stereo system with each retro bike.
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They're wrapping themselves in bubble wrap and posting more items on petitiononline.com
They're wrapping themselves in bubble wrap and posting more items on petitiononline.com
I saw the Sports Classics bikes in 2003 in New York.
It was wierd, no big sign, just the three bikes sitting there.
I had to walk up to one of the guys and ask him 20 questions.
Then I had to email Ducati to build them.
The bikes were beautiful reinterpretations of classic bikes.
Retro maybe predictable, maybe the right direction, if you belive like I do that over complicated one dimentional, all new is the wrong direction.
It was wierd, no big sign, just the three bikes sitting there.
I had to walk up to one of the guys and ask him 20 questions.
Then I had to email Ducati to build them.
The bikes were beautiful reinterpretations of classic bikes.
Retro maybe predictable, maybe the right direction, if you belive like I do that over complicated one dimentional, all new is the wrong direction.
room for improvement ...
as long as ducati is going to inflict extreme ergonomic pain on its customers they may as well take it a step or two further:
1) handlebar electrodes that deliver painful shocks at random.
2) shift levers with tiny pricks that puncture feet and leave you bleeding in your boots.
3) solo seat made of mahogany.
remember, ducati, any job worth doing is worth doing right ...
as long as ducati is going to inflict extreme ergonomic pain on its customers they may as well take it a step or two further:
1) handlebar electrodes that deliver painful shocks at random.
2) shift levers with tiny pricks that puncture feet and leave you bleeding in your boots.
3) solo seat made of mahogany.
remember, ducati, any job worth doing is worth doing right ...
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Another good idea would be for HONDA to design us a CBX with EFI and moderrn chassis bits.
Another good idea would be for HONDA to design us a CBX with EFI and moderrn chassis bits.
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Re: room for improvement ...
The super-extrean "riding position" of this sub-100 hp bike is all that stopped me from buying one, Showroom floor discussions with others told the same story. Ducati, please offer a SPORT with the Ohlins suspension and 2 up seating. Even at $15K I'd buy it.
The super-extrean "riding position" of this sub-100 hp bike is all that stopped me from buying one, Showroom floor discussions with others told the same story. Ducati, please offer a SPORT with the Ohlins suspension and 2 up seating. Even at $15K I'd buy it.
It is not just about nostalgia...it is about charisma. I was three years old in 1972, but I love the sport classics. I really look forward to seeing the GT.
They should have done this ten years ago. They should stop trying to compete head-to-head with the Japanese and do their own thing.
They should have done this ten years ago. They should stop trying to compete head-to-head with the Japanese and do their own thing.
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OK...I was 14 and into motorcycling big time. Now I'm pushing fifty. How are my wrists, back and hips gon'a feel after an hour on my new/old dream bike!
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Ok, I give... what's a "bevel drive"?
Oh, BTW, I thought Yossef's article was very good.
Oh, BTW, I thought Yossef's article was very good.
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