New Ducati scrambler announced today, oh my!
 

Me oh my, I think there might be a Ducati in my future!
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...1e71f8e704.jpg

800cc twin and just looks like a blast.


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They did that one just about right

I hear that! Looks like they have 4 variations to choose from.


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orange ftw

http://nostatic.com/photos/duc.jpg

That does look great, should be lowered though.

I wish someone made a modern 1946 Harley. This is the bike I want.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1412132390.jpg

I'd still rather have the KTM 690 Duke. About the same HP(70) and TQ(48)...but 40 pounds lighter.

That duc is a good looking bike for sure...

I think the KTM is a 2 stroke and 70hp out of a 4 stroke is so much more usuable. I love it.

It needs some drag bars, street tires, a less dorkish swing arm, and finally a less gay exhaust. Frankly it looks like a Frankenstein bike assembled from mid '00 Japanese parts trying to be clever. Never been a fan of Ducati.

Shaun, do you suppose you could make one of those out of a Sportster? Only way you get something like that is you make it yourself or pay someone to do it for you.

That minimalist retro thing is pretty boss, but I bet that front suspension is not that great. I had a buddy with a bicycle that had a front fork like that. Funky steering. preferred no suspension to that.

Looks hipster.

Shaun, come out with a line of Kevlar skinny jeans, you'll make a mint!

Ugly.

It's not hipster, it has a front fender.

The KTM Duke is very much a 4 stroke.

I'm working on a women's couture line based on composites and a variety of different durometer epoxies, so I'll look into it.

I have no idea and have way too many projects as it is, but I love the look of the bike. I would buy a modern version in a heartbeat. Best I could do is take a CB400 and start cutting and welding.

Friggin' awesome!!!!

If I wasn't so fearful of being killed or maimed by careless drivers on "auto pilot", I might actually one day learn to ride! Perhaps it can be my "REAL" mid-life crisis?!

Wow.

That's two exciting recent announcements, the other being the BMW R1200RS.

Looks like a Honda Ascot.
Circa 1993.

YES please

This!^^^ Why Harley doesn't jump on the café/naked/bobber bike craze and come out with something other than cruisers is beyond me.

Harley XR1200:

http://images.traderonline.com/img/5...mb_770x574.jpg

Or if you really want flat track the XR750

http://www.classicsportbikesforsale...._2-550x412.jpg

I knew it!

Open faced helmet, tee shirted hipsters everywhere!

Scrambler Ducati - Scramblerducati.com

Sweet baby Jesus. That commercial is enough to keep me from buying one!

+1

Ugh, can I pretend I didn't see it? I closed the video before it was done playing.

I sold my Triumph. This is probably my next bike.

Why'd you sell the Triumph?

I remember when you bought it. I've never owned that style of bike, but I thought it looked really cool, it even moved me to try a couple out.

In the end, it looked better to me in the pictures than it did in real life, and I didn't much like the way it rode - at least not for the kind of riding I do.

Still have your V-Rod?

Won't be parting w/my '12 'tard any time soon.
I do like those Pirelli MT's, though.

I changed the suspension and had it handling beautifully, but I've had torn labrums and rotator cuffs in both shoulders and even after surgery the weight forward stance caused a lot of discomfort after a long ride.

I still have the V-Rod as love it like I did when it was new. It doesnt handle really well, but it's a big comfortable cruiser I like to ride in the mountains. And it doesn't rattle like a paint shaker like an air cooled Harley.

Really, really want the 750... however as far as I can tell they stopped making/selling those in 2010

I wuz gonna keep quiet but now that I can see I'm not the only one that doesn't "get it" .......

Well, they do both have two wheels . . .

http://www.carsfotodb.com/uploads/ho...a-ascot-09.jpg

V-Twin version

http://www.classichondabikes.com/ima...vt500ascot.jpg

It's a 4 stroke. And a single. And has 100 cc fewer. It's a VERY impressive engine.

Sounds GREAT. I'm very out of date with my motorbikes :(

Design Single-cylinder, 4-stroke, spark-ignition engine, liquid-cooled, fuel injected
Displacement 690 cm³
Bore 102 mm
Stroke 84.5 mm
Performance 50 kW (67 hp)
Starting aid Electric starter, automatic decompressor
Transmission 6-speed, claw shifted
Engine lubrication Pressure lubrication with 3 Eaton pumps
Primary gear ratio 36:79
Secondary gear ratio 16:40
Clutch APTC™ Anti-hopping‑clutch / hydraulically operated
Ignition system Contactless, controlled, fully electronic ignition system with digital ignition timing adjustment

http://images.passionperformance.ca/...ke.jpg?640x400

They're gonna sell a 11ty billion of them here in SoCal, alone.

I love that new Ducati but here is a Harley 750 racer as a street bike

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1412249061.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1412249086.jpg