2009 Ducati 848 reviews

• 2009 Supersport Shootout VII (Motorcycle-usa.com)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2009 Ducati 848, 2009 Honda CBR 600 RR, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675, 2009 Suzuki GSX-R 600, 2009 Yamaha YZF-R6, 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R

  Competition drives the world we live in. Stop for a second and take a look around – it’s easy to see how our daily lives are directly affected by the survival of the fittest theory. Be it retail sales, automotive industry, mortgage companies … just about everything. The strong thrive and the weak die; it’s Darwin’s natural selection and has been this way since the days of the dinosaurs. In our kingdom of two wheels this is no more apparent than our annual large-scale shootouts.

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• Ducati 848: As Prada to Vuitton (Onewheeldrive.net)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2009 Ducati 848

  The parking lot encircling the hotel was packed, despite it being a weekday. Among a sea of rental fleet specials, a leviathan tractor trailer was parked, taking up four parking slots and the adjacent lane. The Ducati Corse livery, bright rosso paint and the anticipation of what lay within, triggered salivation like a Kobe steakhouse. The Ducati reps greeted us and promptly started offloading the bikes – the new Monster 696, a Hypermotard S and a beautiful, red 848.

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