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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: gsxr400 racer on January 02, 2006, 07:18:36 PM

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: gsxr400 racer on January 02, 2006, 07:18:36 PM

Ducati Hypermotard (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.article&resourceId=3642250&articleCategory=NEWS_NEW-BIKES)

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: Jacknife on January 02, 2006, 07:41:52 PM

Can't make up my mind. Dont think I'd go out and buy one!

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: rider123 on January 02, 2006, 07:47:06 PM

What does "Motard" stand for anyways? Motorized retard??!! That sums me up!  :grin:

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: Red01 on January 02, 2006, 07:50:25 PM

Looks nice, but I think if I was buying one, I'd go for the KTM 950 Supermoto...

(http://www.ktmusa.com/EN/images/6740.jpg)

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: Jacknife on January 02, 2006, 07:56:12 PM

I like the BMW GS1150, if its good to go around the world its good for me! :banana:

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: aussiebandit on January 03, 2006, 06:47:05 AM

That has got to be one of the worst examples of a 'parts bin' special I've ever seen......god damn ugly.....Ducati should stick to what they're good at....making bloody awesome road and race bikes... :duh:  :duh:

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: PitterB4 on January 03, 2006, 06:56:37 AM

As far as motards go, I think it's pretty sexy...

(http://www.motorcyclenews.com/jpeg/365/8687189.jpeg)

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: Desolation Angel on January 03, 2006, 10:12:09 AM

I don't know what a motard is, either, other than a stupid word, but I like the looks of the bike.  I'll take it, even though you guys recently failed to give me a positive feeling about Ducatis in general. :grin:

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: Red01 on January 03, 2006, 07:14:08 PM

Motard is the French word for motorcyclist.

I thought we'd been down this road before - about where the term Supermotard came from. To rehash it, it all started with ABC Wide World of Sports coming up with a motorcycle equivalent to the IROC series. They called it Superbikers. They took top riders from all the different genres of m/c racing and put them on a combined paved/dirt course. After a few seasons, they quit the show. The French loved the concept though and continued on with it, calling it Supermotard. As it has gained worldwide popularity, it's usually called Supermoto now, but some still use the French term.

Another one I really like is the new Aprilia SXV 450/550, which are real Supermotos, not Supermoto styled 900+ bikes.

(http://www.aprilia.com/models03/road/dati//foto_mod_pg_851_1132239588.jpg)

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: jimmym1296 on January 03, 2006, 07:51:58 PM

They all look like fun, but I can't afford all these specialized bikes, hence the Bandit.

Title: check this new duc out
Post by: aussiebandit on January 04, 2006, 04:21:08 AM

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I don't know what a motard is, either, other than a stupid word, but I like the looks of the bike.

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Motard or Super Motard bikes are, traditionally, dirt bikes with road rims and tyres and is a popular form of racing where they use Go Cart tracks, or shorter bike circuits, mixed with some dirt sections.  Very popular in Europe.

I'll take it, even though you guys recently failed to give me a positive feeling about Ducatis in general.

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I never said anything bad about Ducati's, I wish I could afford two of them.  But, as I said earlier -

That has got to be one of the worst examples of a 'parts bin' special I've ever seen......god damn ugly.....Ducati should stick to what they're good at....making bloody awesome road and race bikes...  

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