Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

If dealers end up with too much p/x stock it's got to effect used values.

Very bling. That wouldn't take much getting used to.

Get a test ride on one Kwacky, if nothing else a good afternoon out. I would be very interested to hear your opinion on one after a test ride.

I doubt they would let me near one if I rolled up on my battered kwak

Book it over the phone.

Blade wrote:Book it over the phone.

Great idea that Blade, I could do that,:
Book a test flight over the phone.
Then turn up on my battle-scarred 675 with her track trim.
Watch the Dealers panic & swiftly backtrack..

Its what I've done when I've been for a test ride. I wouldn't worry want you turn up on just go for it I say.

Blade wrote:Change gears using the buttons on the left bar. No need to use the clutch lever or gear lever whether going up or down the box.

Is that like a grip shift on the old Grifters?

That was on the right, wasn't it?

I got blisters on my thumb knuckle from the rubber guards at the inside edge of those grips.

not sure i like the idea of that on the handlebars,prefer a foot shift,bet it would take ages to get used to

I don't think it would take long.

No different to getting used to a autobox car.

Seriously considering seeing out my last few years of sportsbikes with a Panigale. Not a new 1299 mind.

D6 wrote:

Blade wrote:Change gears using the buttons on the left bar. No need to use the clutch lever or gear lever whether going up or down the box.

Is that like a grip shift on the old Grifters?

Spoke with Ducati today at the NEC show and its total bollocks by MCN and not a gear shift its just an up and down toggle switch for changing settings in the electronic settings for tc and abs.

Blade wrote:is total bollocks by MCN

Now there's a thing... I reckon we should sell the info from tankslap roving reporters to MCN, it would be a lot more accurate...

I'd love to see a foot operated DSG / paddle style gearbox.. Absolute perfection would be to combine that with the ability to override back to a full manual box..

Isn't the foot operated quickshifter which works up and down pretty much the same thing as a foot operated paddle box?

Tbh as nice as the 1299 is it is expensive at £16695 for the base model imo. You can get a HP4 for that with better electronics, better components, more carbon and forged wheels etc...

It is a premium product and extremely desirable but at that money for the base model its bad value IMO, however saying that expensive price tags haven't stopped Ducati selling sports bikes before. I guess if you want a Ducati you want a Ducati.

Journalists got to ride them yesterday. Looks more stable than the 1199.


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have they done anything to the suspension then ??, when I looked at it at the bike show it looked no different unless they are subtle changes.

Changed the front rake and trail to the same as the 899.

have they done anything to the rear suspension as this is where I was having the most problems with mine ?

What's issues were you having out of interest Mick ?