[Ducati] 1098 USA pricing info

[rino]

What interests me is how cheap the Hypermotard will be :)

Rino
97 748
01 KTM 400EXC w/plate


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Staton Shed" <tojo92 at msn.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] 1098 USA pricing info


>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
>> To: ducati at ducati.net
>> Message-ID: <c83.6fca8fc.3283bcb4 at aol.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
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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
>> Audi allroad
>> Mailto:aortner at comcast.net
>> www.alexortner.com
>> _www.cyclecat.com_ (http://www.cyclecat.com)
>>
>> 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
>
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