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959 vs. 1299

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Post by kingfixer »

I have only test ridden the 1299 albeit a short ride as Riders Ducati limit you to about an hour :^ so can't comment on the 959. By all accounts the 1299 is a lot better than its predesessor the 1199.
Why are thinking of buying one ?
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Depends what you are going to use it for. A 1299 would be wasted unless you intended doing some trackdays on it, IMHO.
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The 959 is also noticeably quicker than an 899.
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1299.. not having ridden either.

Reason being, my trackday at Silverstone last year was the first time I saw a 959 go hammer and tong yet my zx6r was keeping up with it in a straight line... I'm not paying all that money for something a £4k bike can do
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Yeah...I hear you Cav.....but a Duc is more than the sum of it's parts....something that most other bikes can only aspire to.
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Post by rocket »

One of the reasons I sold my 899. Yes it handled great and was plenty fast enough. However for a 10500. My 4500 gixer was more exciting
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Dukes may cost more but they hold there value more so although the cost of purchase maybe higher the cost of ownership could be less.
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Not when you look at the service costs for something that won't be used that much or go very far in most cases.
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Well....that's just bikes in general...at least for me. They're a toy....not something I ever want to use on a daily basis.
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If I go for a rideout it won't be less than 200 miles. If I'm buying an expensive bike for weekends I will be out almost every weekend - sometimes twice in a weekend. Say 25 rides a year, that's 5000miles/year on the bike. I can't own it for more than 18 months before losing most of its value and I just don't see the point in that
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Cav wrote:If I go for a rideout it won't be less than 200 miles. If I'm buying an expensive bike for weekends I will be out almost every weekend - sometimes twice in a weekend. Say 25 rides a year, that's 5000miles/year on the bike. I can't own it for more than 18 months before losing most of its value and I just don't see the point in that
Or you could say you've had most of it's value.
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To me, a Ducati is a two-wheeled Ferrari, it's as simple as that.

Except the Monster, which is a two- wheeled tractor.

And maybe the Diavel, an Italian Harley.

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Bollocks to the resale, enjoy the thing.
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Yup, my thoughts exactly
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Yeah....you worry about the resale then you're worried about NOT owning something.

No-one worries about buying a curry, and they know it's gonna turn to sh!t in no time at all....
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You say bollocks to resale but I can't afford to lose that money.. it's why I bought the bike I did. It was a bargain at £4500 and I'd still get £3500 for it considering mileage.. losing £1000 for adding 20,000 miles to a bike is a bloody good deal if you ask me!!
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