Anniversario vs Panigale R
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These are beautiful pictures. There's one bit missing though; you need to give the R a bit of a thrashing to make the titanium pipe come up the stunning blue colour. I wish my pictures were as good as yours!
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It is NOT just painted 1299. it has been discussed already. Anniversario is the best deal 1299 you can ever get lol. read the website and do the calculation. it is the cheapest limited edition and best bang for the buck limited edition bike ducati ever made lol....
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Man the anniversario is a nice looking bike. Even better in person, as most Ducatis are. The hope against hope that I have is that Chaz wins 2017 and the come out with a limited edition R like the TB. The SL was nice, but something celebrating victory is the sweetest.
Who ever gets an anniversario congrats. It really is a beautiful bike. My advice 3M everything to avoid tears in the future.
Who ever gets an anniversario congrats. It really is a beautiful bike. My advice 3M everything to avoid tears in the future.
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Compared to the R it's a painted 1299 . If your after a new bike and you don't have one but the the one that's the best deal .
I would not swap my R for a Anniverioriolo or what ever it's called .
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no one said they gonna swap R for anniversario.
let me give you some calculation breakdown. this is not just 1299 with paint unless you are totally blind.
1299s: 25500
akra slip on: 3800---> Now That alone is more than anniversario price 28999.
THEN you get all the carbon parts, special paints, New eve map AND you got one of 500 bike in the world AND you get lithium battery plus golden wheels etc etc many more. It should be easy to see this bike is crazy deal.
at this point if you STILL say anniversario is 1299+ paint you got some srs problem. lol
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Hardly anything there to get excited about . Still looks like a 1299 with a paint job . If having a number on your triples is your thing congratulations the discussion is a comparison between the R and the painted up 1299 .
Did you say it's got a Lithium battery . .... me that is special .
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Dude your just jealous the anniversario paint job gives it 10 more hP!!!!
I went for a blast on some back roads this afternoon and the R really showed its athleticism. It's a BEAST above 10k. The immediacy of that hit is intoxicating. I've never felt a pull quite like that before. Power wheelies in second are effortless and so controllable. And that Akrapovic exhaust is LOUD up in the rev range. WOW!!! I LOVE it.
I'm sure the S is insane too with all that torque and just as smooth but the R's motor with the light weight internals spins up so quick. It's truly an amazing piece of kit.
It doesn't make sense for me to have both in my collection at this time and despite the beauty of the Anniversario, when side by side with my R at the dealer yesterday the R definitely holds its own. The black wheels just look so tough and purposeful with the red and white. I kept thinking to myself that the S is pretty and elegant while the R looks fierce and purposeful.
I'm going to be putting miles on this bike and when I think about the depreciation hit I'll take on buying a new S I'm really leaning towards keeping the R. $33k out the door for the S and while no one has a crystal ball I could see this bike selling for low $20's a year from now given regular S's are already sub $20k. That's a big hit. My R would have to sell for $14k in a year for me to take a similar hit which feels like a long shot.
Dollars aside, I think I'm falling in love with this R with every mile. Her charms are intoxicating...
Putting off the final decision for another weekend. Thanks for the continued feedback and thoughts!
I'm sure the S is insane too with all that torque and just as smooth but the R's motor with the light weight internals spins up so quick. It's truly an amazing piece of kit.
It doesn't make sense for me to have both in my collection at this time and despite the beauty of the Anniversario, when side by side with my R at the dealer yesterday the R definitely holds its own. The black wheels just look so tough and purposeful with the red and white. I kept thinking to myself that the S is pretty and elegant while the R looks fierce and purposeful.
I'm going to be putting miles on this bike and when I think about the depreciation hit I'll take on buying a new S I'm really leaning towards keeping the R. $33k out the door for the S and while no one has a crystal ball I could see this bike selling for low $20's a year from now given regular S's are already sub $20k. That's a big hit. My R would have to sell for $14k in a year for me to take a similar hit which feels like a long shot.
Dollars aside, I think I'm falling in love with this R with every mile. Her charms are intoxicating...
Putting off the final decision for another weekend. Thanks for the continued feedback and thoughts!
I was wondering about that. I gave it a proper run in today for 90 minutes and the pipes still aren't blue. I'm wondering if the previous owner put a coating on them or maybe this is normal. They are blue right by some of the welds/connectors but not much on the pipes themselves. My Desmo exhaust on the other hand turned blue after 10 minutes!
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Nice review KMY, thank you for that. While you are in the mood for reviewing, I see you have the MV dragster, I have been looking at these and am toying with the idea of this as a second bike, your thoughts on it?
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Hi John. I can't say enough great things about the dragster. I have to say it's my favorite bike to ride at the moment. The riding position is perfect. I could ride it all day long. This is the first triple I've owned and I love the high revving nature of it. It's got a short wheel base, loves to wheelie as well and is really confidence inspiring. The electronics are very good as well. Clutchless upsides and downshifts are on par with Ducati and it just does everything well. It also gets more thumbs up and inquires than any other bike I own, Desmo included. I love the look of it and love to ride it even more. It's a holigan and soooo much fun.
Wish I could provide some helpful criticism but I'm struggling to think of anything and it's a great compliment to the panigale. It doesn't have the same grunt as the Ducati but 90% of the time it's the better bike for the road for me. The best compliment I can give it is that if I had to sell one, the R or the MV, the R would be sent packing.
Get one. You won't be disappointed!
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Sold......I haven't test ridden one yet but I like the look and I had heard that they are a lot of fun, nice to get it first hand from an owner. That is a pretty glowing review mate, the R would go before the MV, big call.
Thanks for the reviews KMY, great looking bike by the way.
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Thanks for the reviews KMY, great looking bike by the way.
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Like i said on prior post it makes no sense to get anniversario since you already bought R unless you wanna collect em all. i totally understand your situation. If i had a 2015 R i wouldn't buy anniversario neither. But since i sold my 14R and anniversario is newer model and it is faster than older R i chose anniversario over 16 R for this time. also anniversario is little bit more road friendly than the R so i went with anniversario. but yea 15 R is a beast for sure and if i've never had R before i sure would pick R over anniversario. But you know life is short and you gotta try everything
and btw your dragster looks soooo hot.
and btw your dragster looks soooo hot.
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