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Title: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: duccarlos on October 08, 2012, 09:21:38 AM http://www.ducati.net/2012/10/ducati-unveils-1199rs13-superbike-today-at-colognes-intermot-show/ (http://www.ducati.net/2012/10/ducati-unveils-1199rs13-superbike-today-at-colognes-intermot-show/)
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 08, 2012, 09:31:25 AM And they've already tiger'ed one up:
(http://www.desmotosport.com/images/stories/panigaleupdate%20006.jpg) Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 08, 2012, 09:34:51 AM Step-by-step transformation pics:
http://www.desmotosport.com/on-track/panigale-1199.html (http://www.desmotosport.com/on-track/panigale-1199.html) Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: duccarlos on October 08, 2012, 09:39:15 AM And they've already tiger'ed one up: (http://www.desmotosport.com/images/stories/panigaleupdate%20006.jpg) That was a stock Panigale that they slapped some CF on. The RS13 is the racing version from Corse. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 08, 2012, 09:50:22 AM That was a stock Panigale that they slapped some CF on. The RS13 is the racing version from Corse. Don't say that around Tigre...those WSBK spec forks and umpteen instruments he put on there to measure every parameter are far more than just plastics :) Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: duccarlos on October 08, 2012, 09:57:30 AM He could have just bought an RS13.
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: derby on October 08, 2012, 10:02:39 AM He could have just bought an RS13. don't think he won't (eventually)... Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: gm2 on October 08, 2012, 11:36:35 AM there are a few more zeroes in that "just"
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: duccarlos on October 08, 2012, 12:00:06 PM A few
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 08, 2012, 01:12:00 PM By the time he finishes with his current Panigale, it'll probably cost more than the RS13.
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: ducpainter on October 10, 2012, 04:05:29 PM By the time he finishes with his current Panigale, it'll probably cost more than the RS13. Tiger stripes is 'spensive. ;DTitle: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 10, 2012, 06:45:09 PM Tiger stripes is 'spensive. ;D So's the carbon fiber that goes under them...oh, and the superbike forks. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: Triple J on October 11, 2012, 07:40:32 AM Those don't look like WSBK-spec forks to me...and the description just sounds like he put cartridges in them (standard fast guy mod). Not cheap of course, but not on the level of new WSBK forks.
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 11, 2012, 07:53:33 AM Those don't look like WSBK-spec forks to me...and the description just sounds like he put cartridges in them (standard fast guy mod). Not cheap of course, but not on the level of new WSBK forks. The picture there has the stock forks. He had the SBK forks on his 1198 until the end of this racing season, but I think he's going to put them on the 1199. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: Triple J on October 11, 2012, 08:52:43 AM The picture there has the stock forks. He had the SBK forks on his 1198 until the end of this racing season, but I think he's going to put them on the 1199. Gotcha. Has he had a chance to ride the 1199 yet? Any word on the comparison to the 1198 from him? The guys I've talked to really like how easily the 1199 transitions compared to the 1198, but getting the suspension correctly set has been challenging...probably just because there isn't a baseline for the bike yet. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 11, 2012, 09:01:32 AM Gotcha. Has he had a chance to ride the 1199 yet? Any word on the comparison to the 1198 from him? The guys I've talked to really like how easily the 1199 transitions compared to the 1198, but getting the suspension correctly set has been challenging...probably just because there isn't a baseline for the bike yet. Last I talked to him, he was testing the 1199 at track days and in warm-ups...in fact, he even crashed it once :) I didn't get into much detail about performance... Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: Drunken Monkey on October 11, 2012, 10:41:28 AM I keep telling him he should just get a big pile of money and light it on fire [evil]
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 11, 2012, 11:01:26 AM I keep telling him he should just get a big pile of money and light it on fire [evil] You don't get trophies and wimminz from lighting money on fire. Then again, you don't get wimminz from racing. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: zooom on October 11, 2012, 11:20:26 AM Then again, you don't get wimminz from racing. YOU DON'T?...how the hell do all those riders have such hot GF's and wives then? Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: Triple J on October 11, 2012, 11:36:54 AM YOU DON'T?...how the hell do all those riders have such hot GF's and wives then? Fixed: Then again, you don't get wimminz from club-level racing. Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: ducpainter on October 12, 2012, 10:22:54 AM ...and it's really hard to spend plastic trophies.
Title: Re: 1199 Ready for WSBK! Post by: desmoquattro on October 12, 2012, 10:52:49 AM ...and it's really hard to spend plastic trophies. Metz will sell his on eBay :) |