By now every ‘net worthy Ducatista has surely seen the supposedly ‘leaked’ Ducati 1098 photos (For more picts & info check out Torsten’s Desmodromik.de blog). With a mere seven days before the bike’s Milan Motorcycle Show unveiling, the authenticity of these picts has become a subject of much conjecture. Some seem to feel that these picts represent a masterful end to Ducati’s cloak and dagger marketing campaign – a subterfuge of immense proportions given the amount of brand loyalty and new rider sales riding on the 999 replacement.
Yet while the marquee has taken this ‘is it real or is it fake’ philosophy to exaggerated lengths, all tangible evidence seems to point towards the authenticity of these newly ‘leaked’ photos. If you compare them to the newest spy shots floating around the net there seem to be far to many commonalities connecting what was leaked with what appears to be real.
Collectively these new spy shots and the ‘leaked’ photos beg the question does the 1098 as it currently appears to be designed and configured represent the correct evolution for the Ducati Superbike platform in today’s motorcycle marketplace?
More New Spy Shots after the jump
Another ‘leaked’ 1098 Photo:
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Head’s up: The cat’s out of the bag, so the CEO of Ducati just released the official site for the 1098 on his blog.