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Ducati 848 EVO....?

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So, the dealer is telling me this is the Duc for me if I want Ducati performance with a Japanese maintenance schedule. Granted, the maintenance costs are exponentially more, but the nearest Ducati dealership will pick up and deliver it to my garage when needed. So, pros and cons and the BARF opinion of the 848 EVO?
 
If you get your Ducati worked on at Nichols it's half the price of just about every other shop or dealer I've been to (for Ducati).
 
supposedly the 848-1198 generation superbike will end this year, with a new model coming out in 2012. If you can wait that long, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Otherwise, why buy the EVO when you can just get a clean used one for $5k+ less.

Maintenance is 7500 for valves instead of 6000 before on the 999 and prior. Not a huge difference really. Other cons? no dry clutch maybe
 
I dont think ever youll find Ducati intervals along the same line with the Japanese. A desmo motor needs more valve attention.
 
+1 for servicing at Nichols.

Matte black or matte white... either way, you can't go wrong.\

Edited: sorry, the Nichols comment is just for the servicing part. But yes, I like that bike. :)
 

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Yes! shot this at IMS today, stopped me dead in my tracks. pic does no justice to the color combo
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I was drooling over 848s in a magazine today. If only I had 13k to drop on something I'll destroy in two years.
 
I've only ridden one 848 and that was a few years ago, so it wasn't an Evo. I was really impressed with the motor on that thing though. I think they had an aftermarket pipe on it, but the gearing was stock. Very smooth user-friendly power delivery. It tipped into the turns without any effort on my part and was still pretty maneuverable in the city. The styling is great, and it's not as uncomfortable as one might think. The 748 is brutal--the 848 was not something that I'd like to sit on for hours at a time, but it's definitely doable. If you want to bomb around the hills on it and hit the track once in a while, I could see it being fantastic. And I don't mean like, "is this real butter?" kind of fantastic, I mean like you want to drop your pants and do "bad things" to the bike type of fantastic. I'd be fine on it for my commute bike, and if I were to get one to replace the Monster that's probably the one I'd get. But that was NOT an Evo, and it's very likely that big ergo changes were made. I'm going to guess that the motor is as good or better though.

I don't know if I'd believe anyone saying that the maintenance intervals are like a Japanese bike though. It's still Italian and it's still a Ducati. Until one or both of those things changes I see a lot of time futzing around a shop.
 
The Evo is not supposed to have different ergos, just Brembo monoblocks and engine tweaks.
 
Beauregard said:
Nichols is not an option, Santa Barbara Ducati will pic up and deliver for me (at no charge). Anyone here have experience with them?
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Havent dealt with them. For my area it was modesto ducati. Double check santa barbara's policy. I thought free pick up and delivery was for warranty work, since Duc foots the bill. Not sure about services though. Worth asking about and at least getting something in writing. Free pick up and delivery really is nice.
 
I ususally suggest this for bikes that have 10k or more miles, but if you use MBP collets and EMS shims you can extend your valve adjustments to 15k

Makes servicing much more bearable. I did this on my 2V monster at 18k and im at 25k right now. I opened up the valve covers to look this summer (I had to see it to believe it) and absolutely no change in clearance in 7k of riding.

I'm not light on the throttle either.
 
Once you get a duc bedded in the valves stay where they're set for a looong time. 20,000 is a reasonable expectation between shimming. ~ 3 years on belts is routinely observed. I did my 998 at 8000 miles and at 24,000 all is well.

A friend has a 2 valve monster and the valve clearances haven't changed in 40,000 miles.
 
nine_inch_rear said:
Havent dealt with them. For my area it was modesto ducati. Double check santa barbara's policy. I thought free pick up and delivery was for warranty work, since Duc foots the bill. Not sure about services though. Worth asking about and at least getting something in writing. Free pick up and delivery really is nice.
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This is their policy for me, and I'd like to think others here (100 miles North), who have bought new bikes from them. As much as I'd like to, I don't think I'm special in this regard.
 
I recently bought a left over 2010 because the deal was too good to pass up and I love it. Ergos are fine, and I have serious lower back problems.

The only drawback I see with the Evo is cosmetic. The new tailpipes are about 3" longer and kill the look of the tail IMO, but most people will replace anyway, so no big deal unless you're like me and like to keep sound stock.
 
Have nothing to add but........

It's one of only 2 bikes I took the time to shoot at the IMS. Took some time poking around it and asked a few questions. Really wish I could be talked into buying one. He would even take the kawi in on trade:laughing

Like posted above, Monroe said that after the first valve adj you can extend the interval and I don't see why someone could not check the clearance on their own then have them adj if necessary.
 
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