Brand New Pictures

For your viewing pleasure. You can check out these (and more, including Ducati’s write up of the 848) at the Ducati site.

What the hell are these?

Man oh man. If I had done some better planning, or had a substantial trust fund, I would be flying to Milan tomorrow to attend Eicma. If only.

The 848 aside, I can only imagine what other bikes will debut or otherwise be featured. I’ve come across a few pictures of bikes that ask, even beg, for comment. I cannot tell if they are conceptual or actual, so if anyone knows anything…

What is this monster? It looks pretty stock, save the exhaust set up and frame. I assume some dude at his computer put it together:

This looks like a chopped down Hypermotard:

Some sort of S4R hybrid?:

And I believe these are new 1098 colors for 2008. I think the black one is a 1098s:

Since most of us can’t go to Milan, not yet anyway, its cool to imagine the kinds of bikes we might come across under the Ducati tent. Though pictures hardly substitute, I suppose they’ll have to.

Pictures and Info

From Federico Minoli’s personal blog, Desmoblog, dated Wednesday, November 29th, 2006, in an article entitled Ancora 1098…:

“A lower displacement engine is not foreseen for 2007 but an 848 engine will be available in 2008 if there is adequate demand.”

Apparently, there is.

Some info on the 848 (keep in mind that the following is hear say, not necessarily factual):

-only the base model will be available for 2008, no S or R version at first
-it will cost around $13,000 American ($22,500 Australian, 13,500 Euro, and about 200 quid with current exchange rates)
-it will weigh about 6 lbs. less than the 1098
-the 848 will have 134 horses and 70 ft/lbs
-wet clutch only
-dealers will get them in December 07 with delivery not before Jan 2008
-it will be available in white with a red or black frame

Again, all this information is loose. We’ll all know more after the Milan motorcycle show in a couple weeks. Here’s a pic:

Not bad.