Comments on: Whatever you Call it, Ducati’s New Superbike will likely be a Knockout (Bike Reports) (News)

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:00:36 +0000

“Remove credit card from wallet…”

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:34:02 +0000

Yes, it’s called “Mass Centralization” and is a valid engineering concept that pays dividends to the rider (without the need for “electronic nannies”).

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By: MikeD

MikeD — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:19:19 +0000

C’mon people…there’s got to be an MD reader from Italy here…the July Issue is already out.

Bring those Photocopies Pictures out…

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By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:51:31 +0000

I’d bet serious coin it will not be be called the Xtreme.

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By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:49:34 +0000

My 996 ST is super practical. I actually got 50 mpg on the thing on a recent trip I was able to use 5 and 6th gear on, which isn’t common.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:01:32 +0000

he means the “wiz-bits” like traction control and power settings. which is ironic since ducati is in many ways the LAST manufacture to adopt these things…? other than TC, the japanese and other euros have way more of this stuff and as i elude, had it first.

throttle by wire…? yamaha. variable throttle bodies…? mondial & mv agusta. variable throttle bodies (en masse)…? yamaha. electo-mechanical slipper clutch…? aprilia. handlebar power settings…? suzuki. sport ABS…? honda. combined ABS & TC…? bmw. header valve…? bmw. dual throttle plates…? suzuki. exup valve…? yamaha (held the patent iirc?). dual injectors and launch control…? kawi, etc. etc.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:25:19 +0000

re: “How much more than the current 1198, 1198SP???”

LOTS…

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:16:16 +0000

re: “Per the above drawing, the valve proceedure should start something like this “Remove frame from engine…””

hoping that this is just an R homologation and the trellis models will make up the base, and S (or is it evo now?) offerings. of course there could be some clever attachment point (to the head would make sense) that we can’t see in the patent drawings…?

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:43:55 +0000

What are those “compensators” you keep talking about?

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:07:35 +0000

re: “By the way, as good as the Multistrada is, it´s not at the same levels of performance of the latest open class offerings.”

since when is it supposed to be…? keep YOUR comments in context.

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