Help Support Ducati Forum:
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2012
- Messages
- 1,458
- Location
- California
Interesting, when I was looking at buying a 1098R before the Pani came out, I preferred stock versions and still do. I think "bling" mods are the most capable of turning off a buyer, but a hard call. Just keeping the stock parts dosen't help if the pictures show the bling.
This may be a whole other thread mods! Hate to muddy up Scrapper's beautiful bike thread
Still have all the original parts
If it was an SL or Desmo I would keep it all original. But if people buy a bike as an investment I have some land in the swamps I could sell you
Honestly I wouldn't buy used bikes, hell I wouldn't buy my own bike that's why I turn them into track bikes and then junk them or sell them dirt cheap. Any bike that's been on a track is not worth buying IMHO.
We should start a thread about buying a used bike. Id like to hear peoples opinion.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2013
- Messages
- 384
- Location
- Bangalore, India
Still have all the original parts
If it was an SL or Desmo I would keep it all original. But if people buy a bike as an investment I have some land in the swamps I could sell you
Honestly I wouldn't buy used bikes, hell I wouldn't buy my own bike that's why I turn them into track bikes and then junk them or sell them dirt cheap. Any bike that's been on a track is not worth buying IMHO.
If I was getting the SL, I would have tested the stock pegs to see the comfort before putting the DP rearsets on. They seem more broader and grippier than the regular 1199 stock pegs which downright suck (No one here rides with those anyways).
For a bike like the SL, if there was any accessories to add, it would be DP only if I was getting one (my financing was declined so I cancelled the order and have to get the deposit refunded).
Jello.. since u mentioned u needed the GP-shift, put the DP rearsets on as the only add-on and leave the rest of the bike as stock
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2013
- Messages
- 353
- Location
- New York, NY
I'm really trying to keep it all stock, but GP-shift is a MUST have. Once I deviate from stock you think there is a difference between DP or LighTech or anyone else at that point? (it's still non-stock no matter what).
With a bit of luck I can keep the stock rearsets... *fingers crossed*
- Joined
- May 20, 2012
- Messages
- 809
- Location
- East Coast
Yes.. . As I mentioned above - if you were selling a 1098R, if you had the DP rearsets - no one would even question it. . If you had some other brand - there would always be an issue. . ..
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2012
- Messages
- 5,048
- Location
- St. Louis
You're in luck, this isn't Scrapper's thread
I agree with both of your comments re: stock parts. My only counter to you both is that if you are changing it, it doesn't really matter whether you are changing it to Ducati brand parts or some other aftermarket - it is now clearly non-stock. Absolutely keep the originals for the purists, but I find it hard to believe those that want a bling-free or "super stock" bike would make exceptions to a wide swath of mods just because they also happened to be under the same banner.
I thought I was posting to his at the time, lol.
We are running Rizoma rear sets on our 1199R Superbikes bikes and we will be installing them on my SL as well. The Rizoma's are much simplier in design, have very few parts and require less time to replace in a crash. Not sure how important that is for the average person.
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2012
- Messages
- 1,861
- Location
- Switzerland
The only thing I don't like on the Rizoma set is the very weak brake lever pull back spring.
And they are not compatible with the stock heal guards. And the Rizoma aluminium guards get very easely scratched from the boots
And they are not compatible with the stock heal guards. And the Rizoma aluminium guards get very easely scratched from the boots
