MCN Roadtest: Ducati 1198 first ride

Just as we were all thinking the Ducati 1098 was the best V-twin ever, out of nowhere Ducati's 1198 appears and you can see it here in our video.

MCN senior road tester travelled to Portugal's Circuito de Algarve to get the first ride of Ducati's 1198 to see if bigger does mean better.

Watch the video to see how the motorcycle got on and read the full article in MCN, Wednesday 26, 2008.

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[croozin2]

@afix1949 Yup, and every numbnuts on the road has one. 

[Rabsputin]

@rippdogg156 "Oh you're one of those assholes thats thinks you have to be a biker with no other means of transportation in order to be worthy of owning a bike."

not at all, but being a biker means your bike is your primary means of transportation. i know plenty of bikers who own cars, i also know plenty of people who own bikes that i wouldn't describe as bikers because they spend most of their road time inside a metal and glass cage.

[Margalus89]

@Rabsputin well yeah but i could be a rider who rides on track that doesn't have a bike at home :)

anyway since we're not arguing anymore it seems, i have a 2007 Honda CBR 600 RR but the bikes i've been riding in the last two years are 4 R1's from different years, a 2002 Suzuki GSX-R 600 and a 2002 Honda Hornet. ofc it wasn't all my bikes, they're a friend of my dad's, my uncle's and my cousin's :D

[Rabsputin]

@Margalus89 why do you think it was a stupid question? surely you'd hope that somebody who claims to know a lot about a subject might actually have some first hand experience of it, this is also why it matters.

[Margalus89]

@Rabsputin a stupid question, again. a ss bike, 600. does that matter anyway?

[Rabsputin]

@Margalus89 "stay in your garage"

this part is just funny.

now, given that you claim to know so much, what do you ride?

[Rabsputin]

@Margalus89 "so what? he's not a biker?"

going by what you've said, not anymore.

"you're a fucking pretentious cunt"

sticks and stones kid, sticks and stones.

"never seen a biker that argues on who's "more biker""

you were the one who brought the word 'more' into it. as far as i'm concerned you're either a biker or you're not, there's no middle ground.

i feel sorry that your old man can't ride anymore, i'd rather be dead.

[Margalus89]

@Rabsputin yes, he is. my dad has been a biker for ages and he loves engines, motorsport, bikes etcetera. he had back injuries two years ago and now can't use the bike for then the car due to the driving position 'cause he loves sportbikes and doesn't want anything but that.

so what? he's not a biker? he's less biker then you 'cause he doesn't drive his bike more than the car? you're a fucking pretentious cunt, never seen a biker that argues on who's "more biker" ..stay in your garage.

[Rabsputin]

@Margalus89 do you think someone who owns a bike but drives a car more often than they ride their bike is a biker? love doesn't come into it. if you own both a car and a bike and spend more time in the cage than on the horse you're not a biker, regardless of how much you love the bike. you might love to fuck women but if you don't do it a lot you're not a ladies man!

[Margalus89]

@Rabsputin what did i say? if you ride it but without counting who rode it more like kids. i didn't say a biker is someone with a car who loves the bikes, you have to use it to be a biker or you're just someone that loves bikes. but you said "being a biker means your bike is your primary means of transportation" that's just YOUR opinion and it applies to YOUR life only. being a biker is a lot more than that, and for some people who has other needs it's less but that doesn't make you more biker

[Rabsputin]

@Margalus89 you don't know me well enough to judge as to whether they're more biker than i am. FYI the only time i won't ride is when there's either 100mph winds or snow or ice on the road because i'm not interested in being blown into on-coming traffic and a cracked crank casing will have me off the road longer than the snow and ice will, so while you're saying it's the love that makes you more of a biker, it only applies if you actually ride the fucking thing.

[Margalus89]

@Rabsputin it depends on where you live also. i live in northern Italy and from november to the beginning of march is impossible to ride the bike due to rain and snow. does that make me a non-biker? ofc not, it's not the time you spend on your bike that makes you a biker. it's the love, the love for the bike and the respect for other people you see on the bike even if it's the only they they can ride the bike in the year but they still keep it. i'd say they're more "bikers" than you and others