great bikes, long as you have some extra cash layin around if somethin happens. god overall power, very aggressive riding position, good handling. if you really want one and find a god deal on one then go for it. but fair warning they can get expensive for maintanance and parts

 

Thanks Kipp - yeah, I'm aware on the maintenance. The one I am looking at is a 2001 and needs the 6K done...which will probably be rather expensive...upward of 750...but I know the guy who is selling it and he has babied the bike since he got it in 2001.

 

Ollie, now I am starting to dislike you.

I know 888's from the Ducati Race team I worked with in Colorado. I have alwasy liked the Monsters. I can hear a Duc a mile away. Real easy with the clutch chatter.

 

Ducati 749 'Dark'' - possibly one of the hottest looking bikes in recent years?

I don't know the difference between a 748 or 749 though.

 

They 748(along with the 916, 996 and 998) are one of Ducati's best looking bikes ever, where as the 749 and 999 are regaurded as one of the worst looking(I Like them though). If you can get it then I would, since it is a Ducati and is such a desireable style I can't imagine it depreciating to much. The 916 is one of my dream bikes(all because of Fled) and if I every get the opportunity to buy one I will.

 

Here is the 748...looked at it today...and damn...I'm in love...gotta work on the wife a lil now...

Actual bike:

 

You suck Aw I tink Jackie will warm up to the idea.

 

^^ NOW WAY will she warm up to it...we already had several no so nice conversations...

 

They 748(along with the 916, 996 and 998) are one of Ducati's best looking bikes ever

AMEN! Timeless design...****..I just wanna look at it when it is in my garage...kinda like the Meguire's Tony Stewart commerial where he just stares at his Vet...

 

Ooooh it's got Termi mufflers. Nice

 

They 748(along with the 916, 996 and 998) are one of Ducati's best looking bikes ever, where as the 749 and 999 are regaurded as one of the worst looking(I Like them though). If you can get it then I would, since it is a Ducati and is such a desireable style I can't imagine it depreciating to much. The 916 is one of my dream bikes(all because of Fled) and if I every get the opportunity to buy one I will.

And least comfortable... I'm getting carpel tunnel just thinking about it.

Very aggressive exotics.

 

Let me clarify...This is 'just' a pic I found of the 748...not the actual one I looked at. The one I looked at is stock...for now...

Changed pic above...

 

looks damn good. personally i'd rather have a 749 than a 748. i just like the desi gn better.

 

Always like the look of the 748's

get it

 

*POOOF* goes the dream...after a 'nice' lil arguement with the wife I have to pass...I swear...

Checked it out today and fell in love...guess someone else is getting a hell of a bike...AWESOME...now I can piss along 'pud-pud' style in my f'in dawg jeep...The fact that I grew up around bikes apparently does not matter...I guess everything comes to an end...even dreams.

/End Thread... :screwy: :lock: :bang: :rant: :garage:

 

I look at Ducati's in the same light as Ferraris. They are great machines, but you never see many with any mileage on them. Its tough for me to justify buying something like that knowing that it won't get used much. I looked at buying a 748 back when I had my GSXR600, and decided against it after taking a closer look at the bike. The bike is horribly uncomfortable. It made the Suzuki feel like a touring bike. Its a work of art....not hardly something you'd want to thrash on a backroad. They are delicate, finicky machines that require as much time in maintenance as they do in use. They are one of the most beautiful of all modern motorcycles, but it comes at a price.

Later I ended up getting a TL1000 to get my V-twin fix. Its a different style of riding for sure. Some people like it, others don't. I prefer inline 4's myself.

 

yeah - I'm with you. I'm well aware of what ducati's are and require. And I am willing to put up with it...I have been a fan since they came out. A friend of mine in Germany has one and he told me once 'Italian build my friend...the sun shines outside and you wanna go for a ride...thing won't turn on...than the next day it rains cats and dogs...and she starts right up...' LOL....That actually happened to him...

Always dreamed about 'one day you have yourself one of these'...*POOF*...there goes that dream...today was like having an awesome dream...and than, within a freaking split second, the alarm goes off and reality kicks back in...BLAH..whatever...I gotta quit thinking about it now...so pissed.

 

Damn Ollie, sorry for that. For some reason I can picture Jackie "Putting her foot down" and saying no. Did your dad ride bikes? Is he taller than you? Too bad ypu are not turning 40 and then you could justify going out and getting it anyways.