Ducati' super 1098 SuperBike released week early!!! Fully-Official"

Thanks to the internet, blogs, newsgroups etc, Ducati cannot hide it
any longer. Grazie Franco!!

Ducati have released the official photos and data:

www.ducati.com

160HP // 173kg, thats the base model

THE SBK Benchmark,,,,,,,AGAIN

 

bzzzzt!

the new R1 has 188hp for around the same weight

ck

 

bzzzzt!

Hows the R1 going/gone in the SBK Championship?

The 1098 is only a twin..

BIG HP figures means jack, they are great "brochure" HP, its not the
be_end_all of the race track [ok for drag racing though], history has
proven that

U need the total package, whats the bet the 1098 leaves the R1 behind
on the racetrack?

out!

 

I have about the same idea of how it is going/gone as you - none!!

I'm talking the '07 R1 dickhead

ck

 

I had to laugh when I checked out the photos. Go into their "features"
section then check out the dash. In the oil window it says "LO" - then I
realised I think it's for the temp, but anyhoo, I had a giggle for a few
seconds there.

Fancy that, it leaks out of the factory! Nice dash though ...

 

What?! Those lazy Ducati engineers STOLE that design feature from my
Honda VT500E!

Bastards!


BTH

 

Can we compare torque curves?

HP does not mean much on the street.

Boxer

 

Tell that to lanzi

 

Will be strong, its the basis of Ducati's V-Twin design, its real world
useable

Amen and roger-that!

But the wood-ducks LOVE BIG-BHP "brochure" HP, great for bench racing
etc

To fast a flash for me, for mine i like the Ducati GT1000, would be the
one i would buy

 

When it isn't breaking down

Kinda like Ducatis: good for cafe posing

 

Neither do Hatz's keyboard warrior antics, but there you go.

 

160hp is the benchmark?!!?

 

So it's just a benchmark for ONE of the contestants of the World Supers?

~
So why did you bring it up then?

 

This is all working on the theory that the displacement of the donk is
important though!
With a fixed displacement the way to get more power is to have more
power-strokes so you need more revs and smaller reciprocating parts. (But
more of them)
Naturally this had led to the dominance of multi-cylinder machines in
racing.

But in the real world; what the hell does displacement matter? You buy the
bike that has the engine characteristics that you like and if that engine
format needs to have a bigger (or smaller) displacement then so what?

It'd make far more sense to have a run-whatever-you-like
but-you-can-only-use 18L of fuel type formula.
Then we could see some interesting engineering on a level playing field.

 

Hmm I thought I read it in AMCN but Leon's got my copy so I can't check.

 

According to Wiki it's 21 litres in 2007:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MotoGP
a.. In 2005, fuel tank capacity was reduced by 2 litres to 24 litres
b.. In 2006, fuel tank capacity was reduced by a further 2 litres to 22
litres
c.. From 2007 onwards and for a minimum period of five years, FIM has
regulated in MotoGP class that two-stroke bikes will no longer be allowed,
and engines will be limited to 800 cc four-strokes. The maximum fuel
capacity will be 21 litres.