Seeking informed opinions about 2007 Ducati GT 1000 Classic.

Got a line on a used, like new, one...I love the retro look, but a neighbor recommends the new Multistrada.

TIA

Where are you going to put your walker?

....snort....

you'll irritate your bagel....

I just googled it to see what it looked like. When I saw it I thought, "hmmm, I think I'd rather have a retro looking Triumph," so I googled the Triumphs. Then I thought, "hmmm, I don't think I like the retro look so much." 🙂 I'm sure that helped you. LOL

Googled them both and didn't like either. But, what the hell do I know???? I don't even ride 'em so I'm the wrong person to ask. . .

Insurance and maintenance is high on any Duc

I went to buy a 900ss and they told me it was $3600 a year for insurance.

If I were buying a bike I'd buy this-

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/TheMotorcycles1/ChiefRoadmaster/ChiefRoadmasterGallery/tabid/263/Default.aspx 

I love Ducati's....

The Multistrada is practical but fugly, the Ducati GT 1000 Classic is obviously a gorgeous retro bike...

Not sure how you would compare the two? they are kind of like apples and oranges... The Triumph mentioned above is nice, but the Ducati offers MUCH better performance than a Bonni...

Me, The GT all the way, but I have never been one for practicality anyway...

Thank you.

No, really.

Great "informed" opinions.

My walker goes in your stateroom aboard the galleon.

You're bunking with the cabin boy forthwith.

Once I'm snuggly on the saddle I adjust my bagel so it doesn't get smushed.

I rode Triumphs in the '60s and '70s, so "retro" resonates with me.

You are all young enough that cirrhosis can be reversed, but you must stop drinking NOW!

Thanks again.

**snort** (shakes heads)

Thanks, Top...your post was really informative.

I agree the Multi is far from beautiful.

And I agree the Classic is beautimous.

I'm gonna call my insur guy; $3000 for cycle insurance annually would kill any potential for purchase.

But are Japanese or German motors any cheaper to insur??

Maybe I can just not ride it, but fondle it occasionally.

Insurance becomes moot then.

Triumph is coming out with a 1600cc twin this spring or early summer. Very retro with sizzling performance according to the cycle mags.

I am sure it will cost more new than the Duc used.

Perhaps I could spray Teflon on the walker tennis balls for enhanced perf.

Huh huh huh?

I also think the Suzuki VStrom 1000 is an excellent choice for me.

But it's a SUZUKI....uurrrrpp!

Don't do it

The Teflon, you mean?

LMAO! Pecan you rarely disappoint.

Next time the cops pull you over for noise pollution, tell them the chopper already has a muffler.

Cabbage just doesn't agree with you.

...and then came Pecan.

I can see the air blowing through your patched bathrobe now as your combover waves goodbye. LOL!

Pecan,

I don't know why the insurance would be that high? I don't know how old yo are or where you live, but my experience is that the insurance has been for me pretty reasonable as I am "old" in motorcycle terms... A few hundred a year for me... with a clean record...

Now if you 22 with tickets??? That was a few years ago, I sold my last bike about a year and a half ago... (wife thing)

Oh, man I would love to own the duc. Buy it so we can all look at the pictures. seriously, buy it.

There you go, pecan. Indulge us.

There's a box of Rolando Reyes's best in it for you.

Thom guarantees it.

I must cogitate on this possible purchase.

While I cogitate I will work on my bathrobe using some inexpensive calico bought a week ago at Hancock Fabrics.

Nothing wrong with cabbage.

I like.

Bbbbbrrapppp! 🙂