The Wait Begins

G'day, I've been lurking here for a little while, but I decided last w/end to put the deposit down on a new 1299 S, so it follows that I should take the plunge into the forum too. I've never had a Duke before, but I've always wanted one. And so the wait begins.

The dealer here in Melbourne couldn't give pricing; other than to say it would be similar to the 1199 S. He also couldn't give me a delivery date except that the first bikes were expected in country in May and that if a few depositors in the list ahead of me were to drop out, then I might get 1 from that first delivery. I'm not getting too hung up on that though - experience tells me to expect a delay and be pleasantly surprised if I'm proven wrong.

So, now I have a couple of months scouring the forum to plan on my first batch of purchases/mods.

Cheers for now

Welcome - time will fly by.

Xbox said:

Welcome - time will fly by.

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he's lying... Time won't fly, it drags interminably, each second seems like a day, each minute, a year. My 1299S is due here in about 4 weeks and it might as well be 2017, or at least it feels like it...

80shilling said:

he's lying... Time won't fly, it drags interminably, each second seems like a day, each minute, a year. My 1299S is due here in about 4 weeks and it might as well be 2017, or at least it feels like it...

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Funny..... But what a nice reward at the end....

80shilling said:

he's lying... Time won't fly, it drags interminably, each second seems like a day, each minute, a year. My 1299S is due here in about 4 weeks and it might as well be 2017, or at least it feels like it...

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HAH this is great. I can't imagine

80shilling said:

he's lying... Time won't fly, it drags interminably, each second seems like a day, each minute, a year. My 1299S is due here in about 4 weeks and it might as well be 2017, or at least it feels like it...

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You are not kidding! I put my deposit down a month ago but it feels like 3 months!

Welcome to THE panigale Forum
Get yourself hybernated, this helps!

Mate it will be well worth the wait for that hot date!
Welcome to the Ducati family

hmm, just for the wait and the inability to hink rationally - i should probably put in an order on something new

Phl said:

hmm, just for the wait and the inability to hink rationally - i should probably put in an order on something new

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Not only the inability to "HINK rationally", but the ability to spell and type, will also desert you...

80shilling said:

he's lying... Time won't fly, it drags interminably, each second seems like a day, each minute, a year. My 1299S is due here in about 4 weeks and it might as well be 2017, or at least it feels like it...

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Hahaa!!! thats so true! Thats how I feel waiting to get my bike back!

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Needless to say that I'm planning to enjoy the bike when it arrive. I've been reliably informed that it'll be a little different from my current Aprilia RS250 ;-), but there comes a time in every person's life when the boy-racer thing just doesn't cut it any longer. I suppose I could grow up and get a civilised bike like a Honda, or succumb to age and get a HD (never!), but for now the Ducati seems to fit the bill perfectly. I hope I can share some info on the 1299 S with you all in the future.

Cheers, and I hope to read you all in the forum proper,
Rob

I had a November to May wait - this forum and a diecast model on my desk helped me through!