umm, what? the service intervals on a new ducati panigale 1299s are 7500 miles and 15,000 for the valves. the multi and the monster are even longer (9,000 and 18,000). how many miles do you ride in a year? also, ducati shops i go to charge the same as everyone else and less than bmw.

i mean, obviously, a monster should be air-cooled and not need 100+ horsepower. this is a streetfighter.

This is correct. All of the other crap about his bike being too big for him is bullshit. He quite frankly looked vaguely like he knew what he was doing (though the matching full leathers king of give him away as a pathetic newb). The issue is clearly a ton of lube on his not-yet-scrubbed-in tires. Guess the suit…

The Morgan looks badass, but it's a car, not a bike.

Haha— that’s funny because it’s true!

i didn’t take any other pictures of it with my phone, but we shot b-roll and the company will release pics at 9.

everytime ghosn comes here we ask him mainly about other companies — last time it was GM, this time VW. he hate me.

Amen, brother. I own a ‘99 m900 and a 2013 m1100 — and i love both. this new thing is not a monster. what does wes siler call it? a monstiavel? the streetfighter was the true, liquid-cooled evolution of the monster. problem is they couldn’t control it with electronics as well as, say, ktm has with the super duke.…

how tall are you? i’m 6’3” and i barely fit in an f-type. plus the steering feels about as precise as “need for speed” on my xbox and the brakes are spongy. plus, i think the exhaust sounds glass-packed.

most beautiful car in production today.

funny, i was thinking the same thing this morning, driving in behind an F12 Berlinetta. it was a bluish silver, and though i would prefer a darker grey, i would’ve taken it stock, i decided. no red necessary, no color necessary, i wouldn’t care at all because it’s the engine that counts.

and there is nothing ridiculous…

they should have done the darth vader theme, fcking obviously. also — the originals were great. fcking han solo!

fcking unbelievably good song. this was one of those secrets i believed i’d discovered only for myself and a few choice friends in high school. one of the things i wouldn’t share with many.

i don’t think dressing in protective motorcycle gear whenever i ride makes me a ``faggot,’’ but quoting south park definitely would.

if you actually read this, you’ll notice that nowhere do i claim loud pipes save lives. it’s so obviously not true that it’s only debated on bmw blogs by old guys in textile gear. or on car blogs by people who hate bikers.

but i get it, you really hate loud motorcycles. i mean, man, you cannot fucking stand them. if…

trolling these jezebels isn’t even fun anymore.

Exactly. A bunch of guys who think Lingenfelter Corvettes should be illegal, no more Hooker headers on a muscle car. They’d have a real problem with a original Ford GT. They’ll want to ban Ferraris and Lambos now too.

Mate, this whole post has a pretty negative energy towards bikers, as you rightly pointed out in your reply to the ape hangers dude. Especially concerning louder exhausts, which the majority of Italian and American bike owners put on their motorcycles.

Indeed there are substantial HP and torque gains from freer flowing exhaust and headers. Not to mention the acoustics.

Thank god. But keep in mind that I also love the sound of other people’s ultra-loud Harleys. Not that I hear them that often, since I don’t live by a dealership, a biker bar or Sturgis.

I didn’t claim loud pipes save lives. I had full Termis on my 1199 when I was hit head on by a truck, and I realize nothing short of police sirens would’ve saved me from that accident. (I didn’t die.) And although I don’t ride Harleys, if I started a stock hog next to one with a full Vance and Hines system, I can’t…

Termignoni actually manufactured the 57mm exhaust manifold and cans for the 996RS for Ducati, and it came with them installed from the factory, so your dad’s bike would’ve had subpar performance without them.