Comments on: Other Ducati EICMA News: New Versions of Diavel and Panigale (Bike Reports) (News)

By: alan

alan — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:31:04 +0000

bingo! motobell hit the nail on the head, couldn’t agree more.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:24:18 +0000

Norm G. says: “okay, why…?”
Manufacturers, for the most part, are not nearly discriminating enough nor demanding enough of dealers. They treat dealers as “customers” — they sell their product to dealers not riders.

“again, why…?”
Manufacturers have, mistakenly, relegated model selection to dealers who may or may not be either riders or good businessmen.
(often, merely lazy and looking for a quick buck)

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By: Mr.Mike

Mr.Mike — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:43:38 +0000

I am puzzled by the comment that “You will pay dearly for all this exotic goodness”, regarding the $29,995 price for this very sophisticated piece of machinery brimming with cutting edge technology that probably took thousands of hours of R&D to develop, while articles like http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2012/08/new-cvo-breakout-and-hard-candy-custom-options-highlight-2013-harley-davidsons/
make no mention of price which for the CVO Ultra Classic starts at $37,599 which while nice is essentially a tried and true design. Perhaps the writer believes motorcycles should be priced by the pound.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:54:39 +0000

re: “Many dealers just want to be “order takers” and don’t want to be bothered with either product knowledge or selling.”

okay, why…?

re: “Used to be — Honda dealers (for instance) had all of Honda’s product-line on-hand. Now, they just want to have the Cruiser models and ATVs.”

again, why…? these are the questions you have to ask.

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By: Mr.Mike

Mr.Mike — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:22:36 +0000

The Panigale on the other hand is a work of high art.

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By: Mr.Mike

Mr.Mike — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:39:14 +0000

The plain Diavel is cool because it is brutishly ugly but the Diavel Strada is just plain ugly.

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By: mpolans

mpolans — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:01:36 +0000

I think the Diavel looks a lot better with the backrest and touring stuff on it (except maybe the windscreen). Looks like a good V-Max alternative to me.

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By: zuki

zuki — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:37:12 +0000

Agreed. An ugly bike is the new Aprilia Caponord.

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By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:25:41 +0000

‘Struth..!
Many dealers just want to be “order takers” and don’t want to be bothered with either product knowledge or selling.
Used to be — Honda dealers (for instance) had all of Honda’s product-line on-hand. Now, they just want to have the Cruiser models and ATVs.
True too — many H-D dealers hated Buell…

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By: motobell

motobell — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:05:38 +0000

TOO MANY STRADAS BUT NOT ONE GOOD ENOUGH.. if Ducati is this Strada-happy they just need to make modern ST4s.. a tall-rounder in Multi (i don’t need 9 inch suspension for tarmac duty) and these new versions don’t cut it

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