1299s or 1199R

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Re: 1299s or 1199R

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Ahhh, the joys of the dwell angle....
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D41 wrote:Sooooo.....what's the general consensus on that?? I'm tending towards people getting more 'fickle'...everything has to be 'perfect'...opposed to the 'good old days' where you just accepted stuff as it was and made the best of it.

I don't think quality control/development has gone backwards.
In fairness D it's a gearbox recall. I don't think people ever accepted using a gearbox on the edge of going pop and calling it character.
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StMarks wrote:Ahhh, the joys of the dwell angle....
And pissing your mate off by stealing his rotor (lol)
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Or unplugging the distributor cap lead. :D
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Still got a xenon timing light and a dwell meter somewhere amongst the junk in my garage. Points and distributor were terrible compared to modern CDI.
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Ref the OP, deffo the 1199R, my gauge on Ducati's is wait 20-30yrs and see which one is most desirable, and it's nearly always the pita one with "character" that makes it.
Let's be honest if we were talking Paso or 888 we all know which one we'd have. ;)
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Just a bit of info, Blade but the new place in Stoke- DMC will allow you to take their demo bikes out for the full day. Its affiliated to Ducati Manchester so i guess their rules are the same.
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Any ducati with an r after its name is gong to be worth more money in the future
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duke63 wrote:Just a bit of info, Blade but the new place in Stoke- DMC will allow you to take their demo bikes out for the full day. Its affiliated to Ducati Manchester so i guess their rules are the same.
Ducati Manchester were very help full when i test rode the 899

I think the R will hold on to its value more but will be harder to sell. Also mileage will come into it people buying them wont want decent mileage on it. The 1299s will easier to sell and the mileage wont matter as much.
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