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Here's the premise. You can have one motorcycle to use for the rest of your life. And you can have another for what ever reason you choose cost no object.
I'll start; from a useability standpoint my 1098SF wins hands down. Best bagger Ducati never knew they made. For something just to have 1957 Motoguzzi 500 cc V-8 GP bike.
 
I'm loving my Panigale for everything except snow and crazy long distances. It's excellent at my favorite things, (track and going fast in curves).
For the other one, I'd want that long distance bike, thinking a new V2 or V4 MultiStrada. Leaning toward V2 as the V4 seems overkill but I could be swayed.
I could give a .... about something pretty and collectable under glass. I love to see them at events and museums. My thing is a like to ride ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
"The rest of my life..." That's tough because I'm thinking these bikes aren't going to last decades riding a lot. So maybe same type of thing in the latest tech, ok. Ya I'd do this.
 
If Ducati had any sense they'd put the valvespring V4 in the SF add a gallon capacity and sell it with optional hardbags. 100 lbs lighter than a multistrada. I never said the Guzzi was to look at. Vintage racing. When they stopped development it was already north of 100 HP. If you're swapping women every two years you have just never found the right one.
 
If really forced to choose only one, it would be my first Ducati, my 2011 1198SP. I don’t want a bike that tries to be all things because it won’t be great at any. Rather I want a bike that can impress me with its performance every time I ride it and strong enough to KNOW that if I’m not paying 100% attention (respect the power/torque) while riding it hard, it will bite me… hard

My other bikes are certainly impressive to ride, but the Big Dog runs the stable.
 
SBK-SP said:
If really forced to choose only one, it would be my first Ducati, my 2011 1198SP. I don’t want a bike that tries to be all things because it won’t be great at any. Rather I want a bike that can impress me with its performance every time I ride it and strong enough to KNOW that if I’m not paying 100% attention (respect the power/torque) while riding it hard, it will bite me… hard

My other bikes are certainly impressive to ride, but the Big Dog runs the stable.
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I have never seen a 1198SP for sale used. My buddy just bought an 1198S. I'm looking for an 1198 to stick in the 1098 SF.
SuperDomestique said:
One bike. I’d go with a Britten V1000 or RC45

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Britten what a genius.
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I will keep the V4 and I bought a 901 Norden a while back. It's a great bike and allows me to have loads of fun off road. I also have a BMW R1300 GS on order, so that will probably be my long distance hauler. I concur about the 1198 as well. That is a great bike with lots of room for tall guys, plus the torque that engine makes is crazy fun on the street!
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I sorta see the 1198 as the pinnacle of Ducati sportbikes from a raw power standpoint. Someone posted a dyno sheet on an R that made 105 ft/lbs. Yes they're only 180 hp but for sheer grunt off the corner...
 
I think I need 5, not two lol

Well setup V4R or S
Kramer GP2 890RR
HP4 Race
Mossimo Tamburine T12
MV SuperVeloce 98 (for street use)

Honorable mention to the Suter 500

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If I had to choose two: V4S or R setup up well and the Mossimo Tamburini T12…but, I haven’t riden the Kramer yet so that may take over the 1st or 2nd spot
 
Here’s the tuned dyno sheet for my 1198SP. Mine turned out to be sort of a unicorn with fully Diamond Like Coating (DLC) coated (shiny black) valve gear. It also made more hp/tq than any other stock internals 1198 they’ve ever run.

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RoadRacerX who posts here occasionally, I know in person….one of the fastest guys I know, holds several lap records at tracks in my region.

Very knowkedgible guy, has a fantasy garage of bikes…you name it he’s go it, every one of the flagship Ducati’s from the last 15 years, nsf250 Moto3 bikes, MotoAmerica spec R6’s and an R1 WSBK spec, and Alpha Racing WSBK spec BMW, world championship level SuperMoto bikes, Triumph 765, name a bike on your bucket list from the last 20 years and he probably owns it or has owned it and sold it and riden it at a high level.

We were tooling around his garage working on my suspension and I asked him ‘what’s your favorite bike ever’ he said he couldn’t answer because he uses them in different situations for different things he wants out of them, but I pressed him and said if there was one bike in here that had to be the only bike you would keep and ride at track the rest of your life what would it be?

Without pausing this time he said “The KTM 8C RC”

He set the lap record in both direction at Streets of Willow on it on one of his first weekends owning it. Asked what he liked about it, he said it’s the easiest bike I ever had to ride fast. So easy to ride that you can ride for hours and hours without exhausting yourself, but still go fast and have fun. Said every other bike in there had great qualities but at least one shortcoming, the 8C RC had no shortcomings.

The Kramer GP2 890RR is the same bike as the 8C RC…so that sold me on trying to get one.
 
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