Heard the 696 is over at eximports...

[El Matador]

Friend let me know that the 696 is now at eximports..

Y'all might wanna go and check it out...

[hiero]

Friend let me know that the 696 is now at eximports..

Y'all might wanna go and check it out...

cool, maybe I'll go get me some fresh handmade noodles and dumplings, then head over to look at the 696 tomorrow...

[Pedro-bot]

Plan on stopping by around 5 or so.

[El Matador]

Plan on stopping by around 5 or so.

I should be back by that time.. Maybe I'll stop by as well 

[hiero]

I should be back by that time.. Maybe I'll stop by as well 

bah, stupid rain jsut made me feel like going home and finishing up detailing the car 

[Gone Ape]

Not to break in on youze Houston peeps....Ducati Austin unveiled one last night....dark scheme w/ termis....rode it today...power is very toned down in my opinion....if that thing has 10+ up on my 800, I have no idea where in the powerband it's hiding...   and the thing ran like crap in the  1/8 throttle range....but that's why you twist it farther to eliminate the "crap"....

Good forks (but LOTS of stiction) and true 1 finger front brakes which I did like..... though it feels to me that the bike would make an excellent "city" bike as it feels comfy in a "commuter" kinda way...although my nads kept getting pushed up into the tank.....track day potential? I don't see it at all.....


Uh, about that headlight...in my opinion it's uglier in person.....the triples look like they're "superbike fashion" and it seemed to a few of us there that if DucatiDuals came back, they'd have more than a few customers.....

[ivobivo]

I agree with the "nads" part, that's the first thing I noticed when I got on it. Maybe it was the DP Comfort seat they had on it.

[hiero]

Not to break in on youze Houston peeps....Ducati Austin unveiled one last night....dark scheme w/ termis....rode it today...power is very toned down in my opinion....if that thing has 10+ up on my 800, I have no idea where in the powerband it's hiding...   and the thing ran like crap in the  1/8 throttle range....but that's why you twist it farther to eliminate the "crap"....

Good forks (but LOTS of stiction) and true 1 finger front brakes which I did like..... though it feels to me that the bike would make an excellent "city" bike as it feels comfy in a "commuter" kinda way...although my nads kept getting pushed up into the tank.....track day potential? I don't see it at all.....


Uh, about that headlight...in my opinion it's uglier in person.....the triples look like they're "superbike fashion" and it seemed to a few of us there that if DucatiDuals came back, they'd have more than a few customers.....

very cool, thanks for the review!