One is never enough!

[MotoFreak]

You guys make me laugh...I just took a rip up the Mtn. with the Ducati Southwest Club-which was awesome. I've been riding the T around for a few days, and though I still love the 9R, I am really beginning to like how the Tuono rides and handles, and of course, it sounds amazing! It is def. a hooligan bike that begs to be wheelied all over the place. Where the Mille just wants to go fast! It handles really well too, but different with the handle bars. I'm going to enjoy this bike very much!

I beg to differ. Aprillia has not been CLOSE to Ducati in detail, performance, exclusivity and race heritage until the last couple years. Ducati still has the race heritage over an Ape anyday.

I dare say Aprillia's are more rare than Ducati now though. When I got my first Duc the only other people that had them were "old guys" that should have had BMW's but hadn't let go of their youth. Now "everyone" has one.

Ducati's unique history, and pedgiree on the race track, along with how they market the lifestyle, make it an awesome brand to buy into for a rider that is more discerning. They def. have years on Aprilia in terms of brand equity, and race performance. However, Aprilia shocked the market in 1998/99 when it released the RSV Mille 1000R. And to say that only in the last few years have their bikes been equal in fit and finish is to not know the brand. Aprilia has been building 2 of the best road going twins (Mille/Tuono) you can buy for the last decade. And if you look at how long they've been building street bikes (not that long in the grand scheme), its really apparent how serious the company approaches doing so, especially over the last 3 years.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...otorcycle.html

[Doc]

You guys make me laugh...I just took a rip up the Mtn. with the Ducati Southwest Club-which was awesome. I've been riding the T around for a few days, and though I still love the 9R, I am really beginning to like how the Tuono rides and handles, and of course, it sounds amazing! It is def. a hooligan bike that begs to be wheelied all over the place. Where the Mille just wants to go fast! It handles really well too, but different with the handle bars. I'm going to enjoy this bike very much!

Ducati's unique history, and pedgiree on the race track, along with how they market the lifestyle, make it an awesome brand to buy into for a rider that is more discerning. They def. have years on Aprilia in terms of brand equity, and race performance. However, Aprilia shocked the market in 1998/99 when it released the RSV Mille 1000R. And to say that only in the last few years have their bikes been equal in fit and finish is to not know the brand. Aprilia has been building 2 of the best road going twins (Mille/Tuono) you can buy for the last decade. And if you look at how long they've been building street bikes (not that long in the grand scheme), its really apparent how serious the company approaches doing so, especially over the last 3 years.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...otorcycle.html

Not bad for a scooter company.

FYI I rode a Falco in 98 when it came out. Almost converted to Aprilla back then but stuck with Ducati.

BTW... when did you learn to wheelie?

[MotoFreak]

Not bad for a scooter company.

FYI I rode a Falco in 98 when it came out. Almost converted to Aprilla back then but stuck with Ducati.

No way! BLASPHEMY!!!

[Doc]

No way! BLASPHEMY!!!

So that means I rode an Aprillia before you were riding AND I dare say knew what one was before you did.

[MotoFreak]

So that means I rode an Aprillia before you were riding AND I dare say knew what one was before you did.

Congratulations Doc, you're old...

I didn't know about Aprilia till I say the movie Torque. My best friend who sold me my first bike wanted a Mille BAD! I never even thought about getting a bike, even when I bought my R6 I wasn't like "I want a bike!"; it was just the best deal ever. One of my first posts on NESR was an inquiry into who had a Mille for sale, and it was just by luck that Scott sold me his. I really think my first Ducati will be a 900SS !

[Kitt]

sick bike... your freaking wheel chock came back to me! Can you get fedex at your address?

[nt650hawk]

I have love for the Apes. More so than the Ducs