$10,500
Harmony, Pennsylvania
Category
-
Engine
1,198.4cc cc
Posted Over 1 Month
For sale, MAYBE. this Has been my own bike since 2011, I bought it crashed , as all our bikes are. Cosmetic damage, not structural at all. It was plain looking, solid red like every other one you'll see at bike night. "Oh look, its a another red Ducati" . So I painted it up to look all Christmas-ey, Italian ,and Mike Hailwood -like in it's red-white-greeness. Much nicer, and more durable than the orange peeled looking factory paint. It is stunning, and draws a crowd wherever it goes. It's what Ducati should have done with their Tri colore. It has the bolder , black swing arm at the rear instead of silver. If you know anything about these SPs , this is the final , most refined edition of the 1098-1198 series, with all the bugs worked out and the best one to buy. Plus , they took the $40,000 full fledged, street legal racebike, 1198 R , and put all its options onto these SP models. Electronic shifter, you just keep the throttle open and tap the gear up to the next one without the clutch, while you hear a mini explosive pop of flame from the tailpipe. It is a huge 15mm larger titanium/ carbon fiber Termignoni $4000 exhaust system , that roars like God clearing his throat, tastefully, as its mated with the full race ECU. You can't properly run an exhaust on these without a computer change. I did a track day with it, and it's in absolute glory there ,flattening your retinas out of the corners as the wheels hovers over the tarmac down the straights with so much mumbo. 185 horsepower and about 100 foot pounds of torque. You just stay on the gas while electronic up-shifting thru right-left snaking bends , keeps the suspension perfectly settled as a rock. It has 8 levels of traction control, tone it down for street use, or ballistic for track use. I geared it one tooth down on the front sprocket, a "must "on these bikes being geared too tall to meet epa requirements. It is way snappier off the line now, and throttle roll on is stronger in all gears. The $1200 vented , dry, slipper clutch keeps the back end from chattering as you click downshifts into bends along with the tremendous engine braking from these thumping v-twins, used in harmony with the massive Brembo performance mono-bloc brakes and rotors, and radial master cyclinder . Just 2 fingers squeezing It's front lever has the rear wheel skimming and dancing lightly .The $3200 ACTUAL magnesium Marchesini mag wheels are lighter, and stronger, and make it revvier and more nimble changing direction than the stock aluminum ones on the standard models. And the higher, wider ,bars give more leverage for steering, & provide all day comfort. They feel like they're bolted to the axle with telepathic feedback. It has a Larger aluminum lightweight race fuel tank that holds a few extra liters, which also eliminates the swelling problem
