Launch of Ducati Showroom in Delhi/Gurgaon, Talk with Nicky Hayden!

[ken cool]

Opening of the 2nd Ducati Showroom and a short talk with Nicky Hayden!



18th December, 2009, a landmark date in the history of motorcycling in India, the gala opening of the second showroom of Ducati in India in Gurgaon, NCR, presided by the illustrious company of Mirko Bordiga, COO, Ducati, Asia-Pacific, Ashish Chordia, CEO and Chairman, Precision Motors, Jasbir Singh, COO, Ducati and the indomitable Nicky Hayden who evidently needs little introduction. The showroom is located on prime property on Golf Course Road, ideal roads for a perfect test spin with a roaring V-twin sporting carbon Termignioni exhausts!

The Great Ice Cool Man makes his entry!Photos: Aryan/Krishnendu
Text: Krishnendu (KEN)

[blisteringintelligence]

Awesome I was eagerly looking forward to this... Any pics of the steeds...?

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Ahhhh!! Ken i have one question for you, how did you manage all those questions man with Nicky Hayden? I would have ended up blabbering my ass off, and Aryan lucky fellow, i hope there is a big blowup of the pic somewhere prominent. Great Work guys!

[Prakrit Takkar]

^thums up^

[hitanshu]

Nice stuff.

Love the glazed out .. deer in headlights look of Aryan in the last one!

[kirosh_03]

Amazing! Wonderful stuff!

[Harmeet]

awesoooooooooooome.

[Aryan]

It was an amazing experience. I love covering such events, but this was something out of the ordinary, not only because of the brand that we were covering, but also because we were representing one of the biggest biking group of the country, unarguably.

Ducati has infact done a marvelous job of bringing their whole product line-up in India - right from the Ducati 696 Monster to the Ducati 1198S.

@BI: I have many pictures of the steeds, of which I'll be posting a few in about a couple of hours' time.

@all: Delhi/NCR xBhpians must go and visit the Ducati showroom once, if not for anything else, just to experience the kind of ambience and atmosphere it has. Also, they do not only have the whole product line-up for sale, but as far as the accessories go, we were told during a short one-on-one with a representative of Ducati that there were about 12,500 accessories which would shortly go on sale! Now, THAT is mind-boggling.

Good job Ducati, I say!


Here is the official price-list of the Ducati motorcycles.

Hyper-Motard
HM 1100 - Rs.14,40,499/-
HM 1100S - Rs.17,11,919/-

Monster
696+ - Rs.10,02,509/-
1100 - Rs.14,09,182/-
1100S - Rs.16,49,284/-

Sport Classic
GT 1000 - 12,97,065/-
GT 1000 bicolor - Rs.13,62,413/-
GT 1000 Touring - Rs.13,78,283/-
Sport 1000S - 15,27,353/-

Street Fighter
Fighter - Rs.18,74,772/-
Fighter S - 23,96,735/-

SuperBike
848 - Rs.15,91,197/-
1198 - Rs.20,56,415/-
1198 S - Rs.24,53,106/-
1098 R - Rs.41,44,266/-
1098 R TB - Rs.44,99,200/-

(All prices in INR and ex-showroom)

Here are a few pictures from my end:

[soulstation]

WTF! was this in the news. did people know that NH was suppose to be heading to the capital? whats next is Troy bayliss is in my back yard and i don't even know about it.!!!!

[Lost Soul]

wow ! nicky looks handsome . @ aryan - is showroom open ? i'll feel kinda embarassed to go there on my desi bike

[Aryan]

wow ! nicky looks handsome . @ aryan - is showroom open ? i'll feel kinda embarassed to go there on my desi bike

Yes, absolutely! The showroom is open. And you don't need to take your "desi bike" INSIDE the showroom premises! You can just go and visit it once.

[Raoul Black]

[MotorBreath!]

WTF! was this in the news. did people know that NH was suppose to be heading to the capital? whats next is Troy bayliss is in my back yard and i don't even know about it.!!!!

lol..
It was posted on his DUCATI blog though..

Btw, @aryan: how big is that showroom?? Just asking coz here in Mumbai the showroom couldn't accomodate more than 4 - 5 bikes. Here it was 1098s, r, 848 and the hypermotard.

P.S.: Now hope Yamaha gets Rossi in Mumbai

[sheelpriye]

@ken-cool&aryan--Thanks for the amazing coverage
do they have riding shoes stocked?if yes, how much do they retail for?
got ducati riding pants(by puma) they are very good & affordable

[MotorBreath!]

^^Well the official riding shoes are made by Puma.. they start @ 15k or so(racing ones)