2008 Ducati 1098R Review

2008 Ducati 1098R Review (http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/ducati/2008-ducati-1098r-review-75964.html) Motorcycle.com reviews the 2008 Ducati 1098R. Be sure to read the article and let us know what you think :) http://www.motorcycle.com/images/content/Review/08_feb_ducati_1098r_08.jpg There's a great opportunity coming to motorcycle riders, collectors or racers in the United States. Relative to the number of bikes landing on American shores each year, very few two-wheeled nuts will bask in the glory of what may be the best sportbike available today: The 2008 Ducati 1098R. As my English ex-pat friends would say of those fortunate enough get their $39,995 checks written before anyone else, "Jammy gits!" The 1098R isn't so much the next evolution in the 1098 line as it is a homologation obligation allowing a limited number of lucky souls to be the benefactors of WSBK rules. Perhaps I should say that the 1098R is revolutionary in that it's the first streetbike (streetbike, puh-leez!) with available traction control. Ducati makes no ifs, ands, or buts about it, DTC (Ducati Traction Control) is that something special that the Big Four keep toeing the line with but are too litigious-conscious to cross. It's also identical to the same system found on Ducati's factory superbike and MotoGP machines. Awesome! Read More: 2008 Ducati 1098R Review (http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/ducati/2008-ducati-1098r-review-75964.html)

A bike closer to its WSB brother than ever before. Out of this world specs. Traction control. The list goes on. Together with the Desmosedici, Ducati is delivering two of the most desirable sporting bikes around. Despite the costs, kudos to Bologna.