Comments on: MD Triple-Tested: 2012 Ducati Panigale 1199 S (Bike Reports) (News)

By: biker

biker — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:34:04 +0000

well done.. one of the best super sportbikes ever from Ducati… but I still loving the Classic 1000. ..

By: MGNorge

MGNorge — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:19:38 +0000

I also find all the negativeness spewed here and in other forums as doing nothing for the sport. I guess that’s what you get when you have a great wide open Internet with so many with nothing good to say about anything except that which meets their ever changing criteria. I’m more than sure most of us would find the ride thrilling and would love to have one in the stable.

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By: BigGeorge

BigGeorge — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:32:31 +0000

In case ya didn’t know Panigale is the suburb of Bologna where Ducati make their bikes.
So I guess we can soon expect releases of such products as the Kawasaki Chūō-ku, Honda Minato-ku, Suzuki Hamamatsu and the Yamaha Iwata, along with the Triumph Hinckley, BMW Berlin, and of course the Harley Davidson Milwaukee.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:55:08 +0000

re: “to have a cutting edge, near WSBK caliber, motorcycle for the same price as a Nissan Sentra. I know I would.”

ahem you’re missing the critcal USP… “a cutting edge, near WSBK caliber, (ITALIAN) motorcycle for the same price as a Nissan Sentra”.

the unspoken secret behind why many choose to consume Ducati is because they know they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of ever affording a Ferrari. in that context, R models and even the D16 are steals.

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By: tla

tla — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:25:04 +0000

word….

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By: Just Joe

Just Joe — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:17:24 +0000

So many complaints from people who have likely not even seen one in person, much less ridden one…and it’s in it’s first year of developement to boot. I wonder how many of you poo pooing the electronics package would have been, years ago, lamenting the passing of the hardtail for all that new-fangled suspension crap. I mean, all ya need is a good sprung seat to ride it like a man right?

If you hate it, hate the electronics, or don’t think it offers the value of a Japanese bike, that’s fine, this is obviously not the bike for you. Some of us would like the choices to be offered to us; to have a cutting edge, near WSBK caliber, motorcycle for the same price as a Nissan Sentra. I know I would.

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By: RRocket

RRocket — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 04:44:25 +0000

But in the past couple of years, the Japanese didn’t need factory specials to lap quicker than the 1198. Most liter bikes were quicker around a racetrack. Period.

This new bike has so many electro gizmos on it it sorta takes away what makes riding a bike quickly special. Here we are all begging MotoGP to get rid of electric nannies, and now Ducati comes out with a street bike with loads of them. Thanks…but no thanks.

Who would have ever thought that Japanese bikes would be thought of as more pure than an Italian bike? With the introduction of the Panigale, this is now the truth.

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By: vato_loco_frisco

vato_loco_frisco — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:08:48 +0000

After reading the motorcycle-usa shootout and motorcycledaily’s review, I can only scratch my head and think, Are they taking about the same bike?

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:14:32 +0000

re: “I’m 100% positive that the Panigale must be actually best to ride when using the 120 RWHP setting”

1 button push and thoughts of an 849 middle-weight become moot.

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By: strogateta

strogateta — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:55:12 +0000

there goes another connection:

DUCATI – BUGATTI.

it rhymes, doesn’t it ?

Leistung fuer die Volks (Folks).

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