i want this. it would be on stands in my living room and everyone can come over and have drinks and talk about it and sit on it and take pictures. but other then that if i cant find another one like it to ride around that one is getting treasured.
Lovely bike. How much power do you think it puts down?
Ducati is always stating that with their bikes you really DO get something very close to what they are racing when you buy off the showroom floor.
The owner talks about this being BETTER than the RS...but I wonder by how much.
Never really liked the rear section on them, just something about the tail and exhaust and the swing arm but still a good looking bike and would love for that to be the centre piece in the lounge.
Yeah it is Artistimo, it really is.....what an incredible design....if you want to see it in action buy the 2005 BSB Championship review by Duke video. Both Lavilla and Haslam are riding Airwaves Ducati 999s. It's the most exciting racing I've ever seen. The BSB boys just never let up..it's unbelievable...no wonder that this series packs the stands everywhere in the UK. The AMA Superbike series pales in comparison to the BSB series, it really is the best racing in the world.
Tis an amazing bike... pretty much the only REAL roadracing bike that I would pretty much sell everything I owned just to ride.
Sadly, they're hard to find and just too much money to ride (due to potential crashing)
Honestly, I don't know what happened to them all. Seems like 748RS's are a dime a dozen, so are 996RS's, but the 999F0X seem to be very much missing from the common man's resale.
Tye, the reason why you still find 748RS and 996RS bikes on the market but few if any 999 factory bikes is simple.
At least the 996RS was made in large numbers and I'm guessing quite a few 748RS were made as well but there just aren't that many 999 factory machines around simply because Ducati Corse only made a handful of them all in all.
Tye, the reason why you still find 748RS and 996RS bikes on the market but few if any 999 factory bikes is simple.
At least the 996RS was made in large numbers and I'm guessing quite a few 748RS were made as well but there just aren't that many 999 factory machines around simply because Ducati Corse only made a handful of them all in all.
For sure, especially in the US where the 748RS was very popular in the AMA before the rules changed.
There were a lot of 999RS bikes around from multiple years and I've only seen 2 for sale myself over the course of the last few years, both in the UK.
I guess the 996RS and 748RS ran for more years as well and there were more series running them, so more bikes produced.
Still, I want one! Let me borrow it for a few months, I promise not to crash it too bad! Though I will blow up the motor for sure, 14k RPM running twin, woooo that thing will see redline the entire time! ROFL!!!
I think they only made few bikes per year(F00 bikes I mean) since all the bikes that are around have been used first by Bayliss, then Xaus, then some private person etc. Don't know if BSB Airwawes team for example ever received a bike that was straight from the factory and never been used before. AMA bikes might be different. Then I'm sure you all remember that british guy, who had a huge collection of real WSBK machines in his garage, well that pretty much leaves the after market for these bikes drained, if one person hoovers 75% of the bikes around
And even if Molasses is now selling his bike publicly, it's hard to get hold of these without the right connections. Like the F05 or F06 999 in Finland, it was bought by a guy who has some sort of connections, but not good enough to get one straight from factory after they sell them. He got it from someone who was even closer to the factory in the pecking order. Probably the british garage guy has the best connections and the biggest wallet, since it's hard to imagine anyone having a bigger collection of true racebikes.
Then I'm sure you all remember that british guy, who had a huge collection of real WSBK machines in his garage, well that pretty much leaves the after market for these bikes drained, if one person hoovers 75% of the bikes around
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