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Ducati

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:55 am
by The Bern
As of Thursday, June 29, 2017, Ducati Motors will officially be owned by Harley Davidson........

http://channel23news.com/2017/06/sold-d ... r-changes/

Re: Ducati

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:54 am
by horobags
oh dear,,

Re: Ducati

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:29 pm
by The Bern
Oh dear indeed, remember back in the day they brought out Aermacchi, how soon before they vanished into obscurity, Ducati resale values are very likely to plummet at the speed of one being thrown off Beachy Head. I predict that they will stretch the current Ducatti frame to fit a Harley motor & call it the Italian Buell

Re: Ducati

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:43 pm
by Scootypuff snr
Maybe I can afford a second hand Diavel now.

Great shame as I have no doubt HD will hoover up all the expertise then kill the brand.

Re: Ducati

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:30 pm
by burgerman
Scootypuff snr wrote: Great shame as I have no doubt HD will hoover up all the expertise then kill the brand.
Possibly, or is it just a sinister ploy to save them developing a decent bike in-house themselves?
Chevrolet bought out Daewoo, saved them developing a 'small' car range of their own, VW bought out Skoda, instant 'cheaper' car range.

Just my two penneth!

Re: Ducati

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:56 am
by Scootypuff snr
Agreed. However Chevrolet have been in financial trouble for years & I can count on one hand the number of Daewoo based Chevy models I see on our roads.

VW did but Skoda and used their vehicles as the trial floorpan for the next generation of golf each time.

Ducati have achieved a standard where I would own one now and you don't see broken down Italian crotch rockets lining the road awaiting recovery.

I'm under no illusion HD will build down the brand to a cost but still charge top dollar for their wares (as they do now)

A Diavel as the replacement for the V-rod

Think how exciting it will be you can have a Ducati dog bowl next to your HD one at crazy money and some idiot will buy it.

On a plus side its another marque I can rip the piss out of on ride outs

Re: Ducati

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:11 am
by kishan
oh dear why to harley what do they know about sport bikes ? looks like no more sport bikes will exist by ducati and be cruisers only.

Re: Ducati

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 4:57 am
by syntec4
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Re: Ducati

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 4:59 am
by syntec4
Actually its not a done deal and the most likely buyer is Royal Enfield.....


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Re: Ducati

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:19 am
by The Bern
syntec4 wrote:Actually its not a done deal and the most likely buyer is Royal Enfield.....

In the immortal words of Noel Edmunds ............ Gotch :lol:



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