My next bike
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Re: My next bike
Before you buy a BMW, ask yourself one question, "Do I want to smell of wee?"
And that Ducati is very ugly, Lings in Ipswich had one, it's horrible in first person.
And that Ducati is very ugly, Lings in Ipswich had one, it's horrible in first person.
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Re: My next bike
Like this, although not sure I want matt paint as on my mate's Mrs 07 it was a bit of a pig to clean without using special stuff. But it's got a top box and screen

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-detai ... 500&page=2
Cheapest new shape I've seen, guessing possibly a demo bike?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-detai ... 500&page=2

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-detai ... 500&page=2
Cheapest new shape I've seen, guessing possibly a demo bike?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-detai ... 500&page=2
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Re: My next bike
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
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Re: My next bike
All the toy's you'll ever need on the mt. Tip : don't bother with a tail tidy. 
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Re: My next bike
They are all as ugly as fuck.
I'm with @KungFooBob on this. Although my 2016 Monster 1200 is a lovely looking naked

I'm with @KungFooBob on this. Although my 2016 Monster 1200 is a lovely looking naked

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Re: My next bike
G.P wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:28 pm They are all as ugly as fuck.
I'm with @KungFooBob on this. Although my 2016 Monster 1200 is a lovely looking naked
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Talk about pot calling kettle black. Those monsters really ain't pretty. Like someone put a magnet on the engine and pushed it into a parts factory. Bits all over the shop. It ain't much differently fuggly to the Jap bikes but no one pretends they are good looking but like MVs Ducati don't really make good looking bikes anymore.
Plus I ride a 690 so looks aren't too high up the list. Fun is much higher.
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Re: My next bike
You have to own a Ducati at some point.
Do you even ride if you've not had a Ducati?
I'm going to buy a Porsche at some point, just so I'll have owned a Porsche before I die. Same thing.
Do you even ride if you've not had a Ducati?
I'm going to buy a Porsche at some point, just so I'll have owned a Porsche before I die. Same thing.
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Re: My next bike
I agree 100% and why I bought a 916, because, well you e got to.KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:43 pm You have to own a Ducati at some point.
Do you even ride if you've not had a Ducati?
I'm going to buy a Porsche at some point, just so I'll have owned a Porsche before I die. Same thing.
Since then I think I've owned another 5-6 Ducati and despite them getting expensive, I don't regret a single one. The SC1000 was just incredible and it still baffles me why I ever sold it.
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Re: My next bike
lol. clearly its in the eye of the beholderSupermofo wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:41 pmG.P wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:28 pm They are all as ugly as fuck.
I'm with @KungFooBob on this. Although my 2016 Monster 1200 is a lovely looking naked
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Talk about pot calling kettle black. Those monsters really ain't pretty. Like someone put a magnet on the engine and pushed it into a parts factory. Bits all over the shop. It ain't much differently fuggly to the Jap bikes but no one pretends they are good looking but like MVs Ducati don't really make good looking bikes anymore.
Plus I ride a 690 so looks aren't too high up the list. Fun is much higher.
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Re: My next bike
If I've owned a Guzzi do I a HAVE to own a Ducati....
'94 Sprint 900 and the scabbiest Himalayan in the country
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Re: My next bike
I could own a Ducati, I spent yesterday perusing 950 Multis but it's a myth they are great looking, lovely finish, but not pretty. A handful maybe but lots aren't. They made the Paso FFS! And my fav at the moment is the Desert Sled and that's a blatant XT copy.
Probably the 848/1098 was the last bike of theirs I'd get a trouser tent for
Probably the 848/1098 was the last bike of theirs I'd get a trouser tent for
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The Desert Sled is a great looking bike.
If you could get over the looks of a Multi, they're the ultimate do everything bike. Win Europe Tours, Win Inters, Win Pikes Peak, Win Traffic light GP.
If you could get over the looks of a Multi, they're the ultimate do everything bike. Win Europe Tours, Win Inters, Win Pikes Peak, Win Traffic light GP.
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Me too, rode a 1000ss and was expecting something to stir in my soul like everyone says.
But I thought it rode like a pig and I owned a Z750 at the time. I actually tried to hand it back earlier than I did but my mate was happy on mine.
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Re: My next bike
A 1994 900SS in 2000, in was low mileage and in tip top condition, it was horrible to ride, slow and agricultural.
But modern ones have got to be better than that, it would be an achievement to be worse.

