There is much is said about the "character" of the older Duc Tamburini designed superbikes. They have plenty of it, and they are all beautiful bikes.
When the 749/999 first came out, I was just like everyone else, and thought that it wasn't as pretty as the model that immediately preceded it. I thought it looked "futuristic."
A lot has changed since then, I suppose my eyes have adapted well to how the 'new' design looks, and I have since owned 2 of them. Although I think front and rear of the body looks as good or better than any other bike out there, I still think the tank looks "out of place."
I was taking some pics of my bike the other day and noticed really how that the tank looks out of place in the overall design ... this is where the first hint of "character" on this bike has struck me.
Because of that tank, and especially the oversize 749r one, what could be presumably taken as "ugly" is actually, for me, gives the bike plenty of that "character" that is so much talked about in previous models. The fact that the bike is able to go leaps beyond in V-Twin technology and still retain a finicky mechanical nature is the very same character that the old models claim.
My 749 and its big brother has plenty of character, I see it, and as time will most likely tell, it will be looked-on in the past at the same level as its predecessors. This is why I am happy to own one of these machines.
I sometimes do not understand how some people can call it ugly, as this is not what I see in everyday ownership of this bike, and how people react to it. Yesterday, a man came up to my bike LITERALLY drooled at it, as he was eating his muffin and pieces of it came flying out of his mouth and on to my bike as he said "god damn that looks awesome." Needless to say I was disgusted at the muffin pieces, but found it funny.
Character ... now that a few years have gone by, I can say that this bike has plenty of it... just as much as the older ones.
When the 749/999 first came out, I was just like everyone else, and thought that it wasn't as pretty as the model that immediately preceded it. I thought it looked "futuristic."
A lot has changed since then, I suppose my eyes have adapted well to how the 'new' design looks, and I have since owned 2 of them. Although I think front and rear of the body looks as good or better than any other bike out there, I still think the tank looks "out of place."
I was taking some pics of my bike the other day and noticed really how that the tank looks out of place in the overall design ... this is where the first hint of "character" on this bike has struck me.
Because of that tank, and especially the oversize 749r one, what could be presumably taken as "ugly" is actually, for me, gives the bike plenty of that "character" that is so much talked about in previous models. The fact that the bike is able to go leaps beyond in V-Twin technology and still retain a finicky mechanical nature is the very same character that the old models claim.
My 749 and its big brother has plenty of character, I see it, and as time will most likely tell, it will be looked-on in the past at the same level as its predecessors. This is why I am happy to own one of these machines.
I sometimes do not understand how some people can call it ugly, as this is not what I see in everyday ownership of this bike, and how people react to it. Yesterday, a man came up to my bike LITERALLY drooled at it, as he was eating his muffin and pieces of it came flying out of his mouth and on to my bike as he said "god damn that looks awesome." Needless to say I was disgusted at the muffin pieces, but found it funny.
Character ... now that a few years have gone by, I can say that this bike has plenty of it... just as much as the older ones.