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1098 was a mistake in the long run..
Oh yeah Ducati made huge mistake by bringing out the 1098 V-Twin. They should have produced a street version of last years MotoGP bike that would compete in World Superbike. Yes you could buy the V-4 but at very high price.. A 1000 cc V-4 like Aprilia would have been the best way to go.. They already abandoned the V-4 once before .... i.e. Buz's favorite bike the Apollo
Oh yeah Ducati made huge mistake by bringing out the 1098 V-Twin. They should have produced a street version of last years MotoGP bike that would compete in World Superbike. Yes you could buy the V-4 but at very high price.. A 1000 cc V-4 like Aprilia would have been the best way to go.. They already abandoned the V-4 once before .... i.e. Buz's favorite bike the Apollo
Is it a matter of riding style or weight of Pedrosa?
Is it a matter of riding style or weight of Pedrosa?.. i.e the 1000 was more friendly for point and shoot which done in the U.S. cause we don't have the free flowing tracks that Europe has. And Pedrosa is an ex-250 rider i.e. high corner speed. Although Hayden was fast at Catalunya test
Is it a matter of riding style or weight of Pedrosa?.. i.e the 1000 was more friendly for point and shoot which done in the U.S. cause we don't have the free flowing tracks that Europe has. And Pedrosa is an ex-250 rider i.e. high corner speed. Although Hayden was fast at Catalunya test
Interview: Ducati's Julian Thomas Read and weep Duc fans
"Not a lot of people know that until now there have been two regulations in WSB, one for the 1000cc fours and one for 1000cc twins. The twins are allowed a lot higher level of preparation and tuning than the fours. That's been standing since 2003 to keep them competitive against the fours. We would now like to reduce that level of preparation and tuning on the twins but have the 200cc increase because we believe the 1200cc twin can compete with the same regulations as the 1000cc four at the same level. That would also help to bring the costs down for us because basically we have a prototype out there (in WSB) with a certain level of MotoGP technology and we are unable to continue in the same way with a bike that does not exist anymore, the 999, which is no longer our production bike as it has been replaced by the 1098." Read more
"Not a lot of people know that until now there have been two regulations in WSB, one for the 1000cc fours and one for 1000cc twins. The twins are allowed a lot higher level of preparation and tuning than the fours. That's been standing since 2003 to keep them competitive against the fours. We would now like to reduce that level of preparation and tuning on the twins but have the 200cc increase because we believe the 1200cc twin can compete with the same regulations as the 1000cc four at the same level. That would also help to bring the costs down for us because basically we have a prototype out there (in WSB) with a certain level of MotoGP technology and we are unable to continue in the same way with a bike that does not exist anymore, the 999, which is no longer our production bike as it has been replaced by the 1098." Read more
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