Comments on: It’s A Desmosedici World

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:18:22 +0000

My gut reaction is that the 999R buyer and the Desmosedici buyer are not the same type of person. Yes they’re both expensive bikes, but in most cases I’d guess that the 999R buyers have worked their way up through the product line of the various manufactures while on the other hand the D16RR folks could possibly more collection oriented. Not that I have a crystal ball of course… just my impression at this moment.

By: A. Tam

A. Tam — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:54:03 +0000

I dunno. There’s talk about devaluation of the 999R with the D16RR but you can have 2 999R for the price of a D16RR. Perhaps the price point is so elevated it won’t have a practical difference. Also, the annual production number is so low, it is up there in moto exotica land.

Of course, these price points are all beyond my means so I can only wildly speculate.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:04:30 +0000

The 5 hour thing blows my mind. I wonder if it’s actually real or just good PR. If it is a honest to goodness true number that’s amazing to me. I mean this is a $65,000 motorcycle that you can’t take delivery of until NEXT year if it ships on time and unlike the Mike Hailwood replica that Ducati produced in once in very limited production, they claim they’re going to keep producing 400 of these bikes every year. I also wonder if the Desmosedici will seriously hurt the 999R market.

By: Tim M

Tim M — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:40:33 +0000

According to a RoadRacing World article, on June 1st DNA got enough orders to cover the North American production forecast in 5 hours, and someone without a 999R bought a Xerox just to reserve a RR. Ducati’s stock has gone up a buck since June 1st. Yeah baby!!

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=26010