North America even further delay :-/

1098wi said:

That would PISS me off.... total BS. Use a customers bike for marketing/hype after ordering it months ago.

Then you have to worry about it being roped off, or being felt up...

f-that... how much is Ducati NA paying for the use of your bike?

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Well not my bike really but I agree, they'd have to offer me some kinda incentive...minimum, free first service ($300 on my 1198)

But I think it would piss me off more if they had a demo bike for unveiling with no customers bike in sight.

Stylin Jones said:

It's like 9:30PM. Riding tomorrow for sure. MV F4 buy is true. Bought it in NJ. Not many MV dealers around. Only came back here because of the Ducati company sale news and surprise NO PANIGALES delivered in the U.S. yet...just
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"09:30pm" if you are looking at a 1199 dash!

DUCENZO said:

Guys 3 different dealers produced tha same answer, with not much explanation. They gave the impression it was due to availability....I guess DNA supports the demo bike theory and seems like most dealers dont have a say in the matter...

They want a nation wide unvailing, so available bikes gotta be shared across the US... Which none of us on this forum gives a crap about, we just want our own damn bikes, right?

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+1

I love the crew that I'm buying my bike from but I'll be checking the odometer & looking for scratch's like crazy knowing they used my bike at the unveiling...

I'd be pissed to find out some ass-hat sat on the bike before I did since they didn't let me sit on the bike at the Chicago motorcycle show when I put the deposit down...

Mitchlguzin said:

I love the crew that I'm buying my bike from but I'll be checking the odometer & looking for scratch's like crazy knowing they used my bike at the unveiling...

I'd be pissed to find out some ass-hat sat on the bike before I did since they didn't let me sit on the bike at the Chicago motorcycle show when I put the deposit down...

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I told me dealer not to uncrate my bike until I'm there - but mine is a Tricolore and I wont see it for at least 2 weeks

tstephenson said:

I told me dealer not to uncrate my bike until I'm there - but mine is a Tricolore and I wont see it for at least 2 weeks

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+1, mine is a base, no ABS. All the same, I won't be home until mid-July, and I would like it in pristine condition when I get it.

I saw the official letter for US deliveries, which states the April 23 is the ship date to dealers for the S ABS.

I also saw an email from the Ducati USA rep to the dealer a week ago that said my bike was the first they were shipping to the dealer (an S ABS), an that it should get there by the first week of May, if not, during the second week of May.
Either way, it's very soon.

Yes, I know we are all very eager to get our bikes. But in reading all of these posts, don't you think we sound like a bunch of spoiled brats, at best?

Yes; meeting customer expectations is important. Yes, distribution, communications and delivery expectations could have been executed better. But, in the end, a few weeks here or there is not really going to change my life.

And if you are part of Ducati management team, selling the company is far more important than getting the 1199 customers their bikes a month or so within the date that was first communicated to them. Sorry; that's just the way it is. Company issues with long-term implications take president over product/execution/customer issues with only short-term implications.

PeterPan said:

I was told by MY dealer (who didn't order any demo), that he would instead receive a TRI as his launch event bike for April 27th-28th. And since that is my TRI, I could probably pick-up right after the launch party, meaning April 30th.... They also told me there were 3 dealers in the same situation across Canada...if this happens to be true, I'll be one of the few riding a TRI, or any Panigale for that matter, in Canada next week....
I'll keep you ....... posted on what really happens next week...!
But what ever happens....VIVA ITALIA...VIVA 1199...!

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So, As I over-posted in multiple threads...
Just talked to my dealer, they got my TRI this morning for the unveiling party..
They scheduled the delivery on May 4th....because they still don't know how to prepare it...! They told me the Termis slip-on are an 8H job
I believe they want to keep it for the week to show it to as many customers as they can...!
I just don't care...as long as they are no scratches on it...Life is good..!

Oh....and I forgot to say....just got a insurance quote at CND $560 tax-in....Life is VERY good...almost couldn't believe it...

Oh....and I forgot to say....just got a insurance quote at CND $560 tax-in....Life is VERY good...almost could believe it...[/QUOTE]

Is it too much to ask what company? That's a hell of a quote!

fireman1251 said:

Is it too much to ask what company? That's a hell of a quote!

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Jevco through Groupe Alpec broker...
Really, first I though they had make a mistake, but she confirmed it.

One thing though, I also add my Daytona 675R in the quote...$350...!
Still laughing...!

my mind so unsettled right now :-/

GRRRRR !!!!! I'm so uneasy right now !!

one of my 3 "local" dealers has a 1199S RIGHT NOW WITH NO NAME ON IT, will be used for unveiling party then could be mine friday night ugh...(DNA really pressured all dealers to have at least one bike, well they have an extra one)

I have a Base 1199 on order for which im #2 in line for, but I wanna stay loyal to my regular dealer and also not sure I can justify getting the "S" hmmm

May make the 80 mile commute to go look at it tmrw, to help make up my mind...damn it!!!! lol

DUCENZO said:

GRRRRR !!!!! I'm so uneasy right now !!

one of my 3 "local" dealers has a 1199S RIGHT NOW WITH NO NAME ON IT, will be used for unveiling party then could be mine friday night ugh...(DNA really pressured all dealers to have at least one bike, well they have an extra one)

I have a Base 1199 on order for which im #2 in line for, but I wanna stay loyal to my regular dealer and also not sure I can justify getting the "S" hmmm

May make the 80 mile commute to go look at it tmrw, to help make up my mind...damn it!!!! lol

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Go take a look...you'll buy it...