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Surgut said:
So for many thousands more Ducati has such inferior electronics it is unable to overcome this challenge despite lighter weight and more HP? You sure know how to bring some cheer in to the hearts of fellow R owners..... Way to go Duckie ;)
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I don't think many R owners would lose sleep over not having the fastest 1/4 mile times. There are plenty of other platforms better suited for straight line drag racing and what the Pani may lack in this department, it makes up for in bounds in others.

I have no idea what you said here as I do not follow racing or other manufactures.

This discussion seems to irritate you a great deal, all I was trying to do here is to pick a on Dennis...a little, and what I thought at the time were his overly optimistic views of this beloved manufacture; little I knew there were people seriously invested in production numbers . You could have this argument if that would make you feel better.... I don't really care one way or the other what 1199 has at the crank.

All the Best. :D
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Sounds good; nothing personal.
 
The website seemed to unlock at around 12:30 PM mountain time for the mechanical stuff. I imagine the same tomorrow (for me) too.
 
zaster said:
Now there is somebody desperate to find out what's going on.
It's only past 5 A.M. over there :D
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I admit I am desperate. I can not help it because I am a fan . ( one of those who sleeps in a movie house to watch the latest star wars or would camp out to get the latest game console).

How light is it? and lastly does it have a radiator fan? I kept on looking at the dissected parts and I can not see any radiator fan, my dealer assured me that it has a radiator fan. but hey he assured me that the Panigale will run every one over in wsbk.
 
Don't take this the wrong way, but everyone here is ...... up! I love the SL, but it is sick to have it as a "primary bike". I would have an SL the same way Hugh Heffner has a stable of girls, nice for the odd ride, but to expensive to maintain regularly.

My R is the most fun I've had in a long time....plenty of power and speed, and I ride tracks that are serious "hp tracks". I also have been coming off an RC8R which handles buttery smooth, but seriously underpowered :( it actually feels like a honda shadow after getting off the Panigale.

What everyone here needs to, instead of upgrading,....down grade. I am 200lbs and on weekends when I have the boys, my buds and I race our kids 65s and klx110s. You'll find it tons of fun and you'll learn a .... load more about riding your Pani fast then constantly upgrading and never mastering the power and throttle.

I am going to losail next month for the first time with my R. Dave Moss will be the the whole weekend to help everyone sort their bikes. My goal is a 2:12 there by the end of the weekend. Sounds like an easy task being the moto 3 riders were averaging 2:07s on 80 Hp bikes, but it isn't. My point is the power is awesome and the best and the fastest is a lofty goal for all to aspire for, but skill will prevail in the end.

Think CS on a moto GP bike, (230 plus HP) manages a 1:55. Something. HP and speed are not linear. To go from a 2:07 in moto 3 to a 1:55 in Moto GP requires a 300% jump in Hp.

Getting back to the point of the SL or an R, or S, or base. If the SL is indeed the Pacaso, that doesn't make the R a Polariod. The design philosophy, and culture is present in all of them.

Be happy that of the millions that ride bikes in the world, a mere few thousand ride Paniagles. It is a victory in itself that we are those chosen few.

Just remember, Moderation is for cowards! Go big or go home! ( when on the track...lol)
 
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