My suggestion would be, look into your soul, what do u really want,if the answer is DUCATI and if u are at a stage of life where u can not afford to be carefree and have to be frugal, plz do not buy a ducati, u would not enjoy it, instead buy any japanese bike, they are all stunning, and in a few years, before u know u will have a duc in ur garage smiling at u. ( i still walk into my garage in the middle of the night and i feel my chest fill up with pride )

well, why don't you take a look at suzuki bandit?(looks?)It mostly makes sense as a tourer.If you want to go for ducati 795 wait a bit to see the user reviews.Even though its mill is proven,it is built to cost.
If you want to go with head and stick with 600cc's ninja 650 makes sense.
I think triumph daytona is worth the wait.
It all boils down to your requirement.

i stand corrected today. infact had been meaning to write to you even before i read your comments.

rode a 08 busa today - till now had ridden the earlier ones only - i stand corrected. the bike is pure beauty. engine is super smooth - doesn't make too much wanna be noise - it's amazingly comfortable - handles well (unlike the earlier ones) - and have made me wonder about a lot of my prejudices.

bro i now know what you are enjoying everyday.


hehehehe.... well put. each time you mentioned it's an art form. in my defence - even i have been looking out for an italian for one and only reason - i need something that touches my soul - and no jap can ever do that. came into the market looking for an MV but sadly enough haven't found even a single clean bike - even with open end budget.

decided to go for a ducati - but then only realised that the asking price for ALL the 848 evos in the market is bordering on obscene. might as well buy a new one.

why obscene?
well to be honest there aren't many buyers (i mean buyers not riders) for an L-twin which costs more than the inline 4 and sounds horrible (that's not what i endorse - but a regular poser claims) and produces far less power (if you ask me all the power figures are nothing but a show off point over drinks) (i really wouldn't care if my bike reaches the 100kmph mark 0.4 seconds later than some other powerful bike - heck i wouldn't even care for a second or 2).

in past couple of months i have come across atleast 6 odd ducati 848s which have been in the market for over 6 months and still haven't found a buyer. and to add to it - the asking price has been always close to the ex-showroom price.

i am a businessman and all i can ever understand about economics is the supply and demand curve as far as the price is concerned.
if the supply is more than the demand - the price falls.
if the demand is more than the supply - the price escalates.

so no matter whether its an art piece or anything - there are more than a few guys in the market who are willing to sell their bikes but haven't found a buyer at their asking price. so logic says - they need to reduce the price.

with all due respect to all the art pieces in the world - their valuation/worth is decided purely on their desirability and availability. had there been more than a one "mona-lisa" - the price would have come down - and had there been no buyers for it - it would have come down substantially!!


and before anyone starts questioning my understanding about what ducati is - on a very polite note i would want to tell them all - for my honeymoon i chose italy as my destination purely because i wanted to visit the MV, ducati and lamborghini factories.
so i think i do know what ducati is

If you really want a DUCATI you buy a DUCATI and if you are looking for a VFM bikes go for japs. As simple as that!

Once you ride a ducati you won't want anything else but most of us giving advice here are basing it on the LC engines. The air cooled ones are a totally different ball game. I wouldn't buy an air cooled ducati except to look cool on and tell people "I own a ducati".

Service and support issues with ducati is what I would be worried about too.

Once you ride a ducati you won't want anything else but most of us giving advice here are basing it on the LC engines. The air cooled ones are a totally different ball game. I wouldn't buy an air cooled ducati except to look cool on and tell people "I own a ducati".

Service and support issues with ducati is what I would be worried about too.

+ 1. People need to think a bit before posting gyan and comparing apples to oranges.

I love the bikes but I would not buy a Ducati in this country unless something changes drastically.This forum itself has some pretty scary stories about Ducati dealers, service and spares.

How DID I MISS THIS : A friend of mine (Owner of a RSV4 Factory Edition suggested me this)
Aprilia

I am going to the showroom in the evening for a quick peak

What is your budget? I thought it was around 7-8 lacs? Tuono is 16.