fish_antlers
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posted February 25, 2007 11:15 AM
To "S" or not to "S"?
That is the question.....
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Rich Miller
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posted February 25, 2007 11:38 AM
You KNOW you're not going to get an unbiased opinion from the first guy in Oregon to take delivery on an S model,eh? :-) Once i'd decided on a 1098 a bottle of wine ( or 2) later in the hottub had my wife and I both convinced that the short hop $$$ wise to the S was the way to go.
Origionally when my son convinced me to consider a Duc, we thought a used Starbucks 998R special ( all the cool billet and cabon fiber bits, all the upgrades, 2500 miles and 1 1/2" of chicken strips) would be the ticket. Beautiful.......... BUT, reading the specs 35lbs and 30rwhp difference ended that thought. For me, I've always admired and wanted a Ducati, but I've considered them somewhat under achieving performance wise and too maintenance intensive for a guy that only gets about 8K street miles on a year.......... I want to RIDE, not fiddle......... anyways, I digress :-) Go for the S if you can swing it. Ohlins suspension and the 2lb lighter wheels alone justify the $$$$
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fish_antlers
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posted February 25, 2007 11:43 AM
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You KNOW you're not going to get an unbiased opinion from the first guy in Oregon to take delivery on an S model,eh? :-) Once i'd decided on a 1098 a bottle of wine ( or 2) later in the hottub had my wife and I both convinced that the short hop $$$ wise to the S was the way to go.
Origionally when my son convinced me to consider a Duc, we thought a used Starbucks 998R special ( all the cool billet and cabon fiber bits, all the upgrades, 2500 miles and 1 1/2" of chicken strips) would be the ticket. Beautiful.......... BUT, reading the specs 35lbs and 30rwhp difference ended that thought. For me, I've always admired and wanted a Ducati, but I've considered them somewhat under achieving performance wise and too maintenance intensive for a guy that only gets about 8K street miles on a year.......... I want to RIDE, not fiddle......... anyways, I digress :-) Go for the S if you can swing it. Ohlins suspension and the 2lb lighter wheels alone justify the $$$$
yeah.... but the only difference is the ohlins and the wheels... will "joe average" notice that on the street? Sure it's nice kit, but the bike's all motor.. and the motor is the same on both, no?
tough call... but I could buy a lot of widgets for that bike with the price differential.
just thinking out loud!
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Rich Miller
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posted February 25, 2007 12:05 PM
It depends on the rider. I stiil rrace with OMRRA and the bike WILL see track days. I will notice the difference, but I've raced a lot of different stuff, from TZ 2 strokes to GSXR's, SV's etc.......... As with anything, there's the pose factor, and the " better " factor. If I am to be honest I'll admit to a little of both, but probably %80 to %20 for pure performance. For straight street riding a penske shock and revalved front end will probably have even hard chargers grinning. Cool bikes in either flavor.
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dougmeyer
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posted February 25, 2007 08:02 PM
I chose not to get an S because I'm not going to track the bike, and if I want to upgrade it, I can get the forks and shock later (I know people, but then so do you......right?)
If I need the Ohlins on the street, I'm going too fast!
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fish_antlers
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posted February 25, 2007 09:04 PM
but it's so purdy! 
yer thinking what I'm thinking doug...
this bike's all motor 
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