jinks
Well-Known Member
I was in the big city over the week end looking at all the bike shops. I was kinda board of most of the motorcycles lately & looking for something new and different. I seen a 2016 Ducati Diavel 1200 at one shop. I liked the look of it ...The sign on the seat said "please sit on me " so I did. I liked it ! It felt so right. Great seating position for an older Fart like me. Good balance & not heavy feeling. The sales man asked if I wanted to try it out........."I started to wiggle & grin inside". I suppose I could, I very calmly replied. He put a dealer plate on, then started to show me all the features of the bike. It had different power & driving modes. I can say it handle very nice. Way nicer than my max. very nimble & very torky . I was amazed how low the red line was...5,000rpm. The price was $21,000 + tax. OUCH. I took it on the freeway and zoomed up to 190kms. The bike is Very stable at high speeds & very predictable. You could sustain warp speeds easily on this bike. I would have loved to run my max against it. I think it would have been pretty close. The Ducati is a fast bike and lightening fast out of the hole,...but I thought it would have been faster than it was. kinda a poor review sorry.