1199 R Superleggera

Ducati Forum

Help Support Ducati Forum:

Its good that they stuck to a single paint scheme for the SL and it sure does look great..

With the D16RR I believe they had the solid red and the red/white schemes and the latter did look a lot better.. wonder whether these were region specific or was the customer asked to make a choice on deposit..

Also I happened to read somewhere that Ducati seemed to have learnt their lesson with the SL from the mistakes they did with handling the Desmosedici.. not sure what they meant by that statement..

Hope this is something they are extremely proud of and so will be the 500 lucky owners..
 
acowsik said:
Its good that they stuck to a single paint scheme for the SL and it sure does look great..

With the D16RR I believe they had the solid red and the red/white schemes and the latter did look a lot better.. wonder whether these were region specific or was the customer asked to make a choice on deposit..

Also I happened to read somewhere that Ducati seemed to have learnt their lesson with the SL from the mistakes they did with handling the Desmosedici.. not sure what they meant by that statement..

Hope this is something they are extremely proud of and so will be the 500 lucky owners..
Click to expand...

-- with the desmosedici, you were able to choose your color at the time you ordered

-- only lesson i can think they may have learned was looking at 97 million dollars being added to revenue :) - i doubt they had enough warranty claims to worry about considering total sales....granted, they may not have sold all of them right away, but if they learned anything, it was that there were 1500 people willing to buy them.....

-- fast forward to 1199 SL....it is a great continuing story of a manufacturer giving its customers/enthusiasts what they want.......
 
RD16RR said:
-- with the desmosedici, you were able to choose your color at the time you ordered

-- only lesson i can think they may have learned was looking at 97 million dollars being added to revenue :) - i doubt they had enough warranty claims to worry about considering total sales....granted, they may not have sold all of them right away, but if they learned anything, it was that there were 1500 people willing to buy them.....

-- fast forward to 1199 SL....it is a great continuing story of a manufacturer giving its customers/enthusiasts what they want.......
Click to expand...

Do you still have your D16RR or have you sold it? Hope you got a lot of miles out of that thing.. I have seen used ones going for $48k to $52k with barely 1500 miles on them.. not sure why they bought it and then hardly used it at all..
 
acowsik said:
Do you still have your D16RR or have you sold it? Hope you got a lot of miles out of that thing.. I have seen used ones going for $48k to $52k with barely 1500 miles on them.. not sure why they bought it and then hardly used it at all..
Click to expand...

-- just sold it this last Sept. - it had 23,500 miles....it was a great motorcycle - now on to an 1199R, and loving it as well !

-- i was asking $38k - but ended up selling it for less(milage kind of weighed on the resale here).....it was just time for it to go, i long ago gave up "collecting" or trying to hold on to bikes i have used - it just becomes another job for me....not to mention, i have never found myself "going back" to any of the ones i threw a blanket over, since whatever newer bike i got would receive all my attention - granted, the desmosedici would have been the 1 exception to that, but it's gone now.....someone is paying more attention to it :)

here:http://www.ducati.org/forums/desmos...been-us-while-now-we-still-loving-bike-3.html
 
Last edited:
RD16RR said:
-- just sold it this last Sept. - it had 23,500 miles....it was a great motorcycle - now on to an 1199R, and loving it as well !

-- i was asking $38k - but ended up selling it for less(milage kind of weighed on the resale here).....it was just time for it to go, i long ago gave up "collecting" or trying to hold on to bikes i have used - it just becomes another job for me....not to mention, i have never found myself "going back" to any of the ones i threw a blanket over, since whatever newer bike i got would receive all my attention - granted, the desmosedici would have been the 1 exception to that, but it's gone now.....someone is paying more attention to it :)

here:Question: Desmo's been with us for a while now - are we still loving the bike... - Page 3 - ducati.org forum | the home for ducati owners and enthusiasts
Click to expand...

Atleast I hope you felt you got every penny of your money's worth through the 23k miles you put on it and you got every possible free servicing done on it too.. that was a nice perk to have on that bike for the money paid for it. Good luck with the current owner who has to pay up for the servicing now and deal with part delays.

The SL doesn't have free servicing and has a 2 yr warranty but atleast the servicing knowledge is the same as the regular Pani
 
acowsik said:
Atleast I hope you felt you got every penny of your money's worth through the 23k miles you put on it and you got every possible free servicing done on it too.. that was a nice perk to have on that bike for the money paid for it. Good luck with the current owner who has to pay up for the servicing now and deal with part delays.

The SL doesn't have free servicing and has a 2 yr warranty but atleast the servicing knowledge is the same as the regular Pani
Click to expand...

-- frankly, this is the one vice i allow myself, and i never try to quantify it for "value, or worthiness"....i just enjoy the bikes for what they are, and move on to the next one......the free service appointments were far from free, since it always needed a clutch -- admittedly, going forward, paying for parts will be a true test of enthusiasm :)

-- the SL will be much friendlier in the service dept - i just looked at the 7500 mile requirements for the R, and essentially its an oil change - valves at 15,000 - however, the full Ti valve set on the desmosedici "isn't cheap" i remember $649 per valve, and $40 per shim - on my first service i needed 8 Ti exhaust valves which Ducati provided free because of the good will feelings, or the maintenance plan....i don't know which
 
RD16RR said:
-- early-bird special was $65k on the desmosedici...it then went to $72k, and many sold for less (the unspoken for ones in the 2008/09/10 financial market meltdown)

-- 'nuff said about the SL - maybe not a bargain by some peoples standards, but i sure can't build one like it for any less....nor would i want to :) - the factory does a decent job on their own for me "thank you"!
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info RD, I wasn't aware that the price was so high on the Desmo. I envy you for owning one! Simply put, an amazing bike to say the least.

I agree with you, the SL is pretty amazing considering it is 100 percent factory. I do applaud Ducati for offering such pieces of art. There are not many companies that offer such things.
 
RD16RR said:
-- frankly, this is the one vice i allow myself, and i never try to quantify it for "value, or worthiness"....i just enjoy the bikes for what they are, and move on to the next one......the free service appointments were far from free, since it always needed a clutch -- admittedly, going forward, paying for parts will be a true test of enthusiasm :)

-- the SL will be much friendlier in the service dept - i just looked at the 7500 mile requirements for the R, and essentially its an oil change - valves at 15,000 - however, the full Ti valve set on the desmosedici "isn't cheap" i remember $649 per valve, and $40 per shim - on my first service i needed 8 Ti exhaust valves which Ducati provided free because of the good will feelings, or the maintenance plan....i don't know which
Click to expand...

Dang.. imagine if that 15k mile service on your D16RR wasn't free.. that's like $11k worth of parts right there..

The 3 yrs worth of free service during the warranty was part of the purchase
 
put a deposit down, got the award, read the forum, got scared, put it up for sale before it even got delivered.



classic.
 
Phil said:
put a deposit down, got the award, read the forum, got scared, put it up for sale before it even got delivered.



classic.
Click to expand...

Seems like there should be thousands lined up behind him if some of the bs on here was true on what a priviledge it is to pay for one of those?
 
wow this forum blows - I thought the Busa forum had a few tossbags but you guys blow me away with all the whining and carrying on - some of these threads are amazing to the point of the original question someone asks ends up in a bitch fight. I will just take delivery of my new R and just ride and not bother to share the experience - thanks for the errrr... interesting reads. dont bother to reply and abuse me I wont read it. What happened to riding and sharing and useful info. So many here really do fit the douche Ducati image you have created yourselves lol Do any of you guys actually ride the bike .. really???!! sigh have a great weekend guys - I am; going to the track to ride not bitch :)
 
[QUOTE=BusaDuc; I will just take delivery of my new R.
Enjoy, it's a fabulous machine!
 
I didn't understand most of it...But the the gist of it is that anyone would be nuts to buy one...:D
 

Register CTA

Register on Ducati Forum! This sidebar will go away, and you will see fewer ads.

Recent Discussions

Back
Top