Dealer Demo Ride: "If you break it, you buy it!"

[Gaoler]

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The purpose of this deposit is to cover any incurring damages or traffic violation costs during the demo ride"

That makes no sense...

I've been to only two manufacturer demo days and the only thing I had to do was show my license.

Bikes getting messed up is just a cost of doing business and aren't really a huge loss to manufacturers... they're write offs I'm sure.
'Probably gets entered in their books as advertising and promotion.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

Yeah, this is the first Duc V4 I've ridden as well.

They do know how to make the most of their lineup by shoehorning all manner of engines in the same chassis to fit any price point or use case.

Want an affordable Ducati or one that's good for commuting? Get the V2. Want one with more legs? Here's the same bike, but with a detuned V4. Wanna go nutz, money-no-object-fuel-economy-out-the-window? Here's one with a race engine in it and oh yeah, here are some expensive suspensiön bits we threw on it as well. We charge extra for the Öh...

I do like daydreaming of the latter halo models. They typically come out at the end of the model run just to spark interest as last-run special editions, like the Monster S4RS with the SBK engine in it. Or the ST4S with the SBK engine in it. Or the Multistrada RS... with the SBK engine in it...

So what if it gets 150 kms a tank?!? Yer not buying that model for the fuel economy!

Guaranteed there'll be a ~200 hp Diavel V4RS at this end of its current model run.

Watched the latest bike rumours video by Motobob and he said the Panigale V4R is in works to get replaced by a special SBK homologation model and also like you said, a Diavel V4RS with the Pani’s V4.

 

[timtune]

What an interesting-looking bike

That's VERY polite.

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