test ride on the panigale at deals gap

On the way to Ducati.ms forum East Coast rally at deals gap this past weekend (incredible riding and met loads of great people!) stopped by NPR ducati in Athens GA. (I've had a deposit on a base model with them for some months). I took a brief demo ride on the pani.

It's an S model with termis. Still in break in so had to keep the revs below 6000. BIke sounds incredible. The dash display is cool. Bike felt really good handled well on my limited seat time. I was told by someone else to watch the brakes. WOW!! These new monoblocs are an order of magnitude better than the monos on my rsv4 and streetfighter! Seating position is a bit more cramped on the legs (I'm 6-2") and a bit more forward lean angle than on my rsv4 but not a huge difference. Seat felt very comfy.

Ran into a guy at the ducati rally with a tricolore and the stock pipes sound incredible too!

Hopefully mine will be here in a couple weeks.

Chris

whats up man, i got my deposit in on a base w/ abs at NPR. did you make your pre-order with them as well? Paul didnt tell me the 's' that was at the shop was available for demo now. hopefully our bikes come in some time this week or next

1.5 hrs away - that teases me to stop by there...

I put my deposit down at NPR back in Jan. Like you I'm looking forward to getting. Mine's a base without abs. Last Paul heard from the factory was some bikes maybe in the next couple weeks but he still hasn't gotten concrete info.

triplejay30349 said:

whats up man, i got my deposit in on a base w/ abs at NPR. did you make your pre-order with them as well? Paul didnt tell me the 's' that was at the shop was available for demo now. hopefully our bikes come in some time this week or next

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Phil,
Give Paul a call, good people there, I bought my streetfighter from them.
Chris

Phil said:

1.5 hrs away - that teases me to stop by there...

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