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Hi all,

Long time visitor to this forum, which has been great and helped me out a lot.

Current ride is a 1299 and have owned (too) many bikes before including '13 1199R, 1098, 749, '12 RSV4, two GSXR 1000's K5 & K6, and couple of others.

Looking forward to being part of the community.

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Just curious how you find the Ducati compared to your jap bikes? The 1299 is my first Ducati, and I am fond of its looks but am still unsure of the power delivery ( for my riding style) and am thinking I just found my R1's so much easier to ride to the limit.


Looking at your past affair with bikes it's clear you like Ducati

To be honest, I found my '05 Gixxer that I just sold (would've kept but couldn't justify 2 rides) to have a broader spread of torque on the street, and that's with the 1299 Race mode and DTC/DWC off. But to be fair, I had an exhaust and custom tuned PC3 vs. the 1299 which I'm still breaking. I'm planning on getting the new Termi slip-ons and may change sprocket down the road, so shall see.

Agree with you on Ducati's looks...sound, rumble are what keeps pulling me back...

Aside from my Gixxers, I had a 954 as well and liked the rawness and instant throttle response. Don't have any experience with the newer japanese bikes, although would like to have tried a cross-plane R1.

GK5 said:

To be honest, I found my '05 Gixxer that I just sold (would've kept but couldn't justify 2 rides) to have a broader spread of torque on the street, and that's with the 1299 Race mode and DTC/DWC off. But to be fair, I had an exhaust and custom tuned PC3 vs. the 1299 which I'm still breaking. I'm planning on getting the new Termi slip-ons and may change sprocket down the road, so shall see.

Agree with you on Ducati's looks...sound, rumble are what keeps pulling me back...

Aside from my Gixxers, I had a 954 as well and liked the rawness and instant throttle response. Don't have any experience with the newer japanese bikes, although would like to have tried a cross-plane R1.

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I agree on the 05 gixxer 1000. it was one of my favorite bikes.

Captain Greg said:

Just curious how you find the Ducati compared to your jap bikes? The 1299 is my first Ducati, and I am fond of its looks but am still unsure of the power delivery ( for my riding style) and am thinking I just found my R1's so much easier to ride to the limit.


Looking at your past affair with bikes it's clear you like Ducati

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http://ducati1299.com/ducati-1299/25331-my-initial-impression-1299-s.html

Even though this was to the OP, thought I would chime in, that was my initial impression of the 1299 S.

I am now 1500 miles on the bike, and everyone I ride with says I ride the 1299 S faster than my R1. I haven't taken it on the track yet to really quantify a time comparison, but they say I am riding the 1299 S about 5-10 MPH faster in the twists than I did the R1. I still haven't gotten my brake rotors off to Brake Tech yet, as I have been putting miles on the bike riding it. I find I hit the rev limiter a lot just due to the fact of the lower limit, but I can feel the difference in torque for sure, but still feel the lack of top end.

My R1 still handles better than 1299, but once I get a few more things done, I am sure the 1299 will be on the same level for corner entry and feel.

I still "feel" faster on the R1, but I am told I am riding the 1299 faster.

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