a road and race bike are two different things jeff, the bikes wining championship's aren't necessarily the best (road) bikes as it's far from in stock trim when racing. (the 848 isn't a super bike nor eligible to race ) you don't need to defend your brand mate :lol: i didn't say "ducati's were bad or don't handle well" (check, :this: ) i said the 848 ("dukes handling") is known to have disinterested steering on the road and poor stock suspension setup that no amount of fiddling with a screw driver will dial out, im not saying its a bad bike, and obviously ben can and will buy what ever he wants, i was just giving an opinion that for the sort of money he could get a cheaper duke (999s) a better twin (rc8), or just a more powerful il4 (any 05 to 07 plate thou or a gsxr 750) all which have the more power and better handling. unless you can get the duc on a cheap it is a hell of a lot of £££, you could by a 6 for the road and one for the track for the price of one :good: :lol: at the end of the day its up to ben of course just giving my 2 cents. (ps i wouldn't say yammy has bad build quality at all (my cousin has the same bike as your bro) you must just be used to your honda level of finish jeff )
Even if it had bad reviews on handling, i'd still get it, it can't be any worse than my R6 which can still embarass alot of weekend warriors and newer bikes which does give me a laugh, especially if i mention im on a restricted license. but usually i tend to skip the bits on reviews when it comes to handling etc.. everyone has their own preference with it, some just can't get on with ducati's or any vtwin for that matter. worse case ? i don't like it and get my 2nd choice ( RC8R obv :amen: ) :thumbsup:
ktm have got 0% finance on them as well hock: . like you said tho ben handling is personally preference you might like it you might not (taken a test ride yet? cratch: ) some mags say the 1098 has the same problem (poor weight distribution on braking and accelerating) while others don't mention it. saying that all that iv read do complain about the 848's suspension tho, my cousin mate rides one and he change the fork internals (but he's a rich bitch and dressed it in more carbon then should legally be allowed :lol: )
:aikido: Let's end this now fire, before I smiley you to death. IMO I will never be able to (well maybe with more experience) be able to push a bike to it's total limit like some. I.e. Suspension, engine tune or tyres, I wouldn't notice any different or know if something was up. Some bloke said my Duc shock is worth like £800 but I wouldn't be able to realise how good it is because I can't pick up on things like that. Spose with time I'd be able to tell. Like on a runner the forks, suspension, brakes and tyres I can notice a difference :cray: Keep us posted Ben :mod:
i no im comin into this abit late but at what fire said at the top of the page about rc8 shitin on duke...thats wer ur rong lol was readin in a motorbike mag and they put the rce against the new duke cant remember quite wat its called but its like 1100 or sumin along them lines and then they put the rc8r againts the new duke r and rc8 got out performed in both cases and the 2 people reviewing the bikes both agreed the duke was better then the rc8 in both cases if you wer talkin bout all dukes other then this 1 then i withdraw my statement :good:
withdrawal accepted bait , i are talking about the 848 vs the rc8, the 1098r is more or less race ready out the create!, its not fair to compare most things to it, and the standard one is better then the rc8 but not the rc8r (of topic but still :grin: ) :mod: im the smilie champ jeff you cant defeat me!! mo ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa! :mrgreen: i know what your saying jeff, most of us if not all of us wont push any big bike we buy to the limit, but this isn't a case of the handling at the limit, its handling on the road at normal pace were its meant to be a problem. if a bikes set up to be track bias then its usually has to compromise by being poorly set up for road riding (eg bump management etc) so im not talking chasing 10th of a second at cadwell im talking riding a sports bike the way most people do on there normal Sunday blast im not taking anything away for the duke.... but its £9,500 to £10,495!!!!! for a new one, and its only a middle weight, think about it..... how many of your duc's could you buy for that?
hail the akropovics lol the 848 looks like a zx6 with down syndrome sorry but your r6 is sexy as fuck and id keep that. obviously your bored with it or something but seriously man its nice. stick with yamaha
i would also prefer the r6 to be honest but i prefer the yamaha's all together, my dream bike is the yamaha R7 !!
look how old this thread is guys :this:, ben has probably brought the new bike by now, and he is never on to see the replay's any way
My bad, gonna start getting my arse on here more often Going through the running in chore at the mo, done 200 miles already so i'm probably just going to start ragging it soon enough anyway.
Love the looks an how thin the 848 is, shame about the tractor engine but still a sick bike. The side panels on that CBR look much better now you've changed them to black :eh:
