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Title: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: Speeddog on March 12, 2012, 10:43:48 AM http://www.ducati.com/news/ducati_and_rm_auctions/2012/03/12/2403/index.do (http://www.ducati.com/news/ducati_and_rm_auctions/2012/03/12/2403/index.do)
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: lethe on March 12, 2012, 10:45:34 AM 11ty billion...and one ;D
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: MikeZ on March 12, 2012, 11:02:25 AM So who needs a new track bike?
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: fastwin on March 12, 2012, 11:05:29 AM Not for me. I hear it has front end issues. [laugh]
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: MikeZ on March 12, 2012, 11:17:06 AM I wonder if the coated the tanks or are we eligible for new tanks from Ducati when they expand?
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: zarn02 on March 12, 2012, 11:45:24 AM I wonder if the coated the tanks or are we eligible for new tanks from Ducati when they expand? Actually, I sort of suspect they're aluminum (though I have absolutely no data to back this up, apart from superstock/superbike tanks being aluminum). Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: hillbillypolack on March 12, 2012, 05:30:26 PM That's horrible. Horribly weird since I thought Ducati held onto their race bikes longer that that, shuttling them to the museum.
Must be the impending sale and debt load they have that's forcing the sale. Tragic, in a way. I wonder if it had a better record during its season if it would have been put up for auction. Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: zarn02 on March 12, 2012, 06:22:44 PM Must be the impending sale and debt load they have that's forcing the sale. Tragic, in a way. I'm sure the bikes will bring good money, but I really can't imagine that their sale would bring anything close to the "corporate debt" money. Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: CayoHueso on March 12, 2012, 07:54:15 PM So how long after some wealthy weekend warrior buys this beast and it gets binned?
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: zenjim on March 13, 2012, 06:38:06 AM He's not gonna bin it more than Rossi did.
Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: VisceralReaction on March 13, 2012, 09:32:43 AM I might be hated for this but screw the GP10 and GP11, I mean wow they are super sexy and all but
did you go into the actual auction list and see all the old bikes that are also being auctioned??? http://www.rmauctions.com/CarList.cfm?SaleCode=MC12 (http://www.rmauctions.com/CarList.cfm?SaleCode=MC12) Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: zarn02 on March 13, 2012, 09:48:34 AM http://www.rmauctions.com/CarList.cfm?SaleCode=MC12 (http://www.rmauctions.com/CarList.cfm?SaleCode=MC12) Lots of neat stuff there. Of course the GP10 and 11 are almost certainly still the rarest vehicles for sale, and if you have the sort of money to actually get in on this auction there's probably a lot to be said for having something that, perhaps with the exception of the factory museum, no one else will have. *has an extra-pretentious sip of wine* [wine] Title: Re: My bid is 11tybillion... Post by: VisceralReaction on March 13, 2012, 09:59:01 AM ^true since they are one off vehicles.
I think I would pick up the GP10 and the 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter Spyder Corsa |