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Another great link, Sketch of a new Ducati. Better keep Joe Perry away.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/16/leak ... om-ducati/

You'd think Ducati would have learned their lesson with that whole Indiana fiasco.

Gummiente wrote:You'd think Ducati would have learned their lesson with that whole Indiana fiasco.

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that thing. It looked like Suzuki Madura's ugly sister.

That being said, the bike in the sketch looks pretty awesome. In the end, it will never sell however. Cruiser riders just want to chill and don't care about 40 degree lean angles. And the guys that care about 40 degree lean angles don't want a 500lbs+ lump of iron. There used to be a market for power cruisers at one time. Honda did pretty well with the original Magnas and Yamaha did very well with the original V-Max. But today, a power cruiser is an answer to a question nobody ever asked.

But it still looks like a sport bike though. Some of us actually like the look of "cruisers"...and the feet forward position....which is why we ride them.