We’ve just published a gallery for the new Ducati 1098 R that is taking SBK by storm, oh and an article from Ducati as well 
The detail in the bike is unreal. I’m quite surprised at what Ducati have done with the R over the S.
Gallery:
http://londonbikers.com/galleries/gallery/eb72e466-4292-45af-8eb6-7a0bb429c9b4
Article:
http://londonbikers.com/articles/6b969c81-e639-466d-9339-bcacac1296c3
Totally beguiling! How could you not want one?!
i think i need some tissue :w00t:
Go on then how much?
Cor, that ticks all my boxes! She’s beautiful. No doubt out of my price range though.
Is that the one that’s £24k ? Don’t get much for your money do you . . . the engine is not that special given what the Japs are doing, apart from it being missing a couple of cylinders . . .
taxi . . . . 
Yes, that’s the cost Owning a bike like that is not at about value for money, it’s about quality, difference and the ownership experience. I’m sure if we were in a position to own one, we’d find a way of describing how wonderful it is, heh.
It’s a gorgeous machine…no doubt…but…50 grand for a bike is a big ask. Particularly for a bike custom built for ONE purpose only…the track…and all the risks associated with riding a spirited pace on a closed circuit.Clearly it’s intended for the people to whom wadding a 50 grand toy is not a big deal. (Unfortunately, I am not in, nor do I ever expect to be in, that particular club. 
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You can’t build a good engine by simply putting together a bundle of bits with the right badges on them 
I think good engineering is always about value for money too, it’s easy to throw a lot of money at something to make power but it’s much harder to do what Suzuki or Kawasaki for example do to make similar power, in a road useable design that will do 50,000 miles without a problem. Look at the busa engine, I hate to mention it again but it is a perfect example, even though it was designed 12 yeears ago it still offers one of the best, most reliable power deliveries around today. I guess the gixer 1000 and ZX10/R1 are up there too now.
My car cost more than that Ducati but is it better ? It’s certainly different, would I spend £24k on a bike ? No, not when a great 600 is £6k and a litre bike is £8k. A car with similar performance to my Dax would be £60k from Caterham or £45k from Aeriel so I think I have the better engineered car, cheaper, faster and just as reliable.
Gregman, I don’t think most owners ride them like you’re suggesting, most just pose on them and ride around wealthy parts of town in the latest top-shelf Dainese leather jacket whilst hunting for a an appropriate coffee shop with the right number of available darlings in.
Of course, if this stereotype is inaccurate, can existing ‘R’ owners please post up and claim otherwise
Damn, man…you are cursed with poseours over there too?
