For those that don't know about the latest Ducati...
 

The V-Rod killer: http://www.diavel.ducati.com/jsp/en/design/index.jsp

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I'd rock the shit outta it!

I couldn't find the MSRP.

looks like a v-max ish?

I'd say so. Same style exhaust doesn't help, even though the Duc only has it on one side.

I like it.

That bike is da debbil! and I love it.

I hate the tag holder...that would be changed but I don't hate the bike. It's kind of funky looking but kind of cool at the same time.

Yeah, that won't do anything to vrod sales. It's missing an all important feature.

The name ?

I was going to say the HD badge, but name works too.

Dlit must of hit his head on the curb if he thinks HD riders care about stupid shit like performance.

:lol: Well the V-Rod riders seem to but will still probably say..."it's not a Harley so I don't care about it".

It's not 'Merican either.

Ironically it is union built though

They do!


(isn't 'performance' where they make the exhaust louder and the idle rougher?)

True, HD is the best at turning hp to noise.

I'm not a big fan of the headlight. It looks awesome from picture two though. Maybe put a duc streetfighter headlight on it.

V Rod for me please. Or V Max. I like my Ducatis with cornering prowess.

I'd take a V-rod. That thing looks like a cross between a Buell and a Ducati 900.

It doesn't take much to kill a V-Rod in either sales figure or performance.

First Impression - Barf.


But its growing on me...

While I find myself in agreement with FnFalman as far as the difficulty of out performing a V Rod, I can't help but feel Ducati Built "Dumbed Down" Bike for the american market. When I first heard about this bike I thought is was going to be a Busa Killer instead well a V Rod? WTF

Gotta chase the moolah, I suppose. At least they curved the rear tire so that the bike wouldn't have to crawl through the corners, but had anyone here tried to hustle a V-Rod through the corners? Even the Street Rod was a "hog" to hustle through some gentle corners. This bike is lighter and probably shorter so it wouldn't be as bad, but I doubt that it would be a pleasant experience. No matter what Ducati says, that's still a 240 rear tire.

So, why would a true riding enthusiast want this "thing"? The answer is that the true enthusiasts wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft pole. The wannabes that don't want to ride American or Japanese cruisers are going to be the ones buying this "thing".

Two wheel equivelant of a porsche cayenne

Riding one was what killed it for me! :lol:

Well you were doing it completely wrong, it needs to be parked out in front of Hooters on Bike Night to properly enjoy it. Fail!

Looks like 700lbs of poo.

I don't know. The body has the looks of a stubby streetfighter, but not liking the rake on the front end and maybe if the rear wheel was moved forward some more.

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Bullshit. I'd ride the piss out of it... CW projects a possible 0-60 of 2.5s given power to weight ratio and a 60/40 front/rear weight bias... S1000R = 2.9s...

Try 500.

Everybody's got a big hard on (or off) for this machine despite the fact that nobody has ridden it... I don't judge a book by it's cover... This thing could be AMAZING. Is it going to handle like a SS? No, but that doesn't mean it's not going to handle. Max lean angle is 41º IIRC, not too shabby.

The bike isn't a cruiser, a power cruiser, or a sportbike... it's something in between... it's ok if you think it's ugly, but you can't say it's a piece of shit until someone actually rides it... otherwise you're just talking out your ass.

It's a piece of shit.

I wasn't aware that you wore glasses, Trip....

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It's the hottest looking most badazz bike on the planet...OR it's an ugly piece of crap that I wouldn't be seen on. It's fast as all get out...OR you don't ride it...you just park it and then go hang out.

Humm...I must be on the internet !! :rofl: :rofl:

Well I did type that like Jim Carey in Ace Ventura when he says "Let me ask you a few questions."

Why do you care so much what we think of this ugly ass bike?

I don't, I just like to argue. I think it's silly to blast a bike that has so much potential... especially since nobody's ridden one yet, well besides Ducati test riders.

I like all sorts of different bikes and while I think this one misses in a the styling department, I think it's a very cool concept and could see it as being a phenomenal street machine. Personally, I love where Duc (and BMW) has been heading for the past few years... They are (both) reinventing the motorcycle and setting the bar pretty high for other mfg's...

I suppose I can give you bmw, but you're gonna have to explain what you mean in ref to ducati

Hypermotard, IMHO reinvented the way people look at standard motorcycles... and in a much lesser vein, Desmosedici... MotoGP for the street... fuck yes.

And the planned successor for the 1198... monocoque frame, less weight, more HP than anything out there (or so I've heard)... MotoGP for the masses!

Touche, I was waiting to light you up if you said streetfighter :lol: I can see your point on those, though wouldn't the desmo be considered a follow on to honda's NR750? And I have strong doubts they can make higher numbers than the new i4s with that short stroke v2. Not normally asprirated anyway. Still, can't wait to see it

I like it... looks good.

What's the sticker price?

A lot

Even more than the v-rod? :skep:

What's a v-rod go for?

Nightrod at $14,700

Diavel starts at seventeen and can balloon past twenty

Then I'd take a nightster and with the extra saved money... just make it a crazy beast.

I think this one is supposed to go fast and turn though :)

That may be the asking price. The selling price is more like 11K.

Funny guys. Last nightrod I rode was a blast and stupid fast!

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Yeah, if you compare it to aircooled Hogs and BMWs.

I've been stuck cagin it so much lately that a Spree would feel fast.

Nope... remember I've rode fast bikes.

Yeah, you RODE fast bikes.

I'm just saying... I know what is fast. I've drove fast cars. Your logic is flawed. Just because I don't own one of those current "fast" things, that I don't know what fast is anymore? That just isn't so.

low 11s modded doth not scratch the definition when it comes to bikes

I said the one I was riding was modified... tuned, piped, etc... it was FUN!

It ain't fast by any standard but aircooled bikes' performances.

Shit, you may have ridden a Nightrod but I owned a Street Rod. That mutha got outranned by my oversized dirtbike which gave up 20-HP on it.

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You know, for me... a motorcycle doesn't have to be the fastest, best handling machine in the world for me to have fun on it... I guess I'm one of the rare ones on this board who cannot utilize any supersport to it's fullest capabilities.

No, it doesn't, and I don't dispute that at all. Now and then I still enjoy taking the Beemer out and let it thud around at 6000-RPM. But claiming that the V-Rod is fast...

I stand by my testament.

Preach it, brother. :dthumb:

I think that Ducati looks hideous.

Give a Nighttrain if I wanted a cruiser. Yummy.

You are preachin to the choir brother, I got a Superhawk and a Supermoto, i'm definitely not high speed racing tech :)

nobody said anything like that at all. gas made a blanket statement and got called on it, had he said it was fast for what it was there wouldnt have been any argument

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i got this old pile of crap for around $250 and it was one of the most stupid fun bikes ive ever ridden. you can ask gixxer1k, even at 20hp or so i could still get a power wheelie out of it :lol:

I really don't agree with that. It wasn't a blanket statement. It may not be top end fast, but I bet a proper Nightrod will take allot of sportbikes, especially off the line. I stand behind my statement, so I was not "called out" on it.

Crazy2sin's nightrod is not stock, its from there I got the low 11 figure. Yes he can dump it off the line and is probably one of the most skilled people I know in stoplight drags. Still doesn't make it 600 fast

Really you think so from light to light (being you said that)??

I don't own one so I can't even provide physicall proof or race a 600 from here. The one I rode was insane and I would have gave my left testicle to take home.
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If Uma was more comfortable on the vrod, I'd trade the nightster in for one.

You know 1130cc.com has a stickied thread with stock 1/4 times for various mfrs as a guide of what not to fuck with? :lol:

It can't even take my overgrown dirtbike much less a supersport. Not from a standing start, not from a roll-on.

I haven't heard of the site much less the sticky.

If you say so. I say differently.

I will only concede that the one I rode may have had more done to it than I know of.

I like it. I took one out for a 40 min. hooligan test ride through Scottsdale today and had a fucking blast. Good thing I can't afford it, this bike would make me do bad, bad things. It just hauls ass all the way through the rev range and has a fair amount of clearance for leaning it over. If I had money to blow on a 3rd bike like this, I'd probably do it.

need more info then that...

Looks good from that angle...

And a V-Rod would beat 99% of 600 riders, through the first 1/8th mile or so. And in city riding, that is what counts. Quarter mile times are pretty meaningless in the city.

Personally, I like it. But then I ride an ER6n, which is also kinda funny looking to a lot of people.