[Ducati] 1098 USA pricing info

[Staton Shed]

I have to admit, I am usually screwy on the "like it or not like it" 
decision when a new bike comes out.  I didn't like the 999 when I saw it 
magazines, but I really liked it after I saw it in person.  I thought I had 
to have a MHE when I saw the pictures, then wasn't so impressed after seeing 
in person.   The 1994 900 SS/SP I own now...Well, I have come to of think it 
as one of the most beautiful bikes I have owned and I didn't even notice 
them until I got mine in 2000.  Also at that time, the 916 got all the 
attention.  Yes, I have always thought the 916 was beautiful.  Still may try 
to get one eventually.

When I saw the price and specs of the 1098, I couldn't believe it.  Two 
things ran through my head,

"That's much cheaper than I expected!"

  and second,

"I wonder how cheap I can pick up a 999 in few months?"

Yep, I like bargains.  If specs are correct and price is real world, seems 
like a great deal.

I will withhold my "like it or not like it" until I see it in person due to 
my history of indecision.  But I like the pictures so far.

Staton Shed


> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:05:24 EST
> From: JSRatCAS at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 USA pricing info
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> In a message dated 11/8/2006 4:03:51 PM Central Standard Time,
> aortner264789mi at comcast.net writes:
>
>>I'm  admittedly not the design school graduate here, but it looks to me
>>to  be a nice looking motorcycle, with good equipment on it,  with
> asingle
>>sided swingarm (which I prefer from an aesthetics  standpoint,
>>notwithstanding the DSS rigidity advantages), and with  more
> displacement
>>than previously, 160hp and weighing only 381  lbs.  If that weight is
>>true, and this puppy is selling for  $14,995., that's a pretty
> impressive
>>package, ain't it?
>
> Yes  DJ it is a very nice package.
> Alex Ortner
> 1036CS
> 908SSP
> 966Gp  Due
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> Gotta say 1098 is workin for me!  And 12 years later it's  virtually the 
> same
> price as a 916 was.  I find that the most  remarkable bit.  It's a good 
> thing
> I don't sell Ducati's because everthing  I have just became less valuable.
>
> Scott Rothermel