Utterly nutty, with a dash of nutmeg...

[Cyclepath]

https://newatlas.com/ducati-1299-superleggera-eicma/46319/

At $80K, with bits like carbon fiber rims, best not be caught distracted and ride into a cement curb...

Good luck getting insurance!

 

[ionbeam]

Ducati has released its most powerful motorcycle ever, in a package that's so light it would need to add ballast to race in World Superbike. The extraordinary 1299 Superleggera packs 215 horses, weighs just 344 lb....at just US$80,000. A new Slide Control system make this bike one of the safest machines ever to get sideways on. Wheelie control is now paired with launch control, the first such system to be fitted to a Panigale, and there's lean angle-sensitive Cornering ABS, engine brake control to complement the slipper clutch, and a full onboard data acquisition and analysis system that's got a built-in GPS so you don't even need a transponder to track your lap times.

For such an extreme beast, it's impressive to see Ducati's thrown a full two year warranty at it, as well as giving it 7,500 mi service intervals. If a US$80,000 pricetag seems a bit high, maybe just tell your buddies you didn't get on the list in time, and all 500 of this short-run monster have sold out.

 

[08FJR4ME]

I wonder how much it will be to insure it, then again does it matter? Most of these will sit in a garage never to be ridden.

Dave

 

[BkerChuck]

If I were only 25 years younger with a bigger bank account....

My lower back threw a fit when I just thought about that riding position.

 

[HotRodZilla]

If I had more money than brains, I'd order one tomorrow.

 

[airboss]

If I had more money than brains, I'd order one tomorrow.

I hear ya!

My minds writing a check that my body and my bank cannot cash.

 

[900gc]

If I had more money than brains, I'd order one tomorrow.

As well as many other exotics like the Suter. Love the avatar HRZ

 

[Cyclepath]

I don't know, but for curiousity and different technical reasons, I'd like to buy both this new Duc, and that cwazy H2 Kawasaki - then suffer through deciding which to ride [when not on my FJR of course].

 

[HotRodZilla]

Cyclepath, don't forget the Agusta F4 Carbon. Another ridiculous bike that I'd love to have the money to have.

 

[Nanahanman]

I wonder how much it will be to insure it, then again does it matter? Most of these will sit in a garage never to be ridden.
Dave

I can imagine how THAT call would go here in Ontario Canada...

"Insurance?...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....riiiiiiiight"