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Originally Posted by bigdaddyrobb
A freind of mine who is part owner of beaverrun is friends with Larry Pegram and owns his 749r and 2 cedicis. Larry said that you need to ride the piss out of the desmo to get good times where the 1098r and his racebike is easier to go fast. I would love to have one but I would rather have an r as I do a fair amount of track time. The desmo sounds incredible going down the front straight wide open and would be a cool streetbike plus the unobtanium price.
Robb
03 D2 S8
03 DUcati 999 "stock" - Stolen
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What Larry said seems to be very true. Many who own the 1098r and D16 feel that the 1098r is easier to ride fast but the D16 is more rewarding when you get it to that level.
Keep in mind it is rumored (has not been confirmed or denied yet) that the Desmo has a premature rev limiter set at 14K ish rpm and may actually make power up to 17K rpm, like the GP bikes, if that limiter is removed and re-tuning is done.