Showroom Showdown: Ducati 1098 vs. Aprilia RSV R

I’ll take an RSVR Factory over a 1098. The Ducati has more power, after all its engine is bigger, but they are far more common. Show up to a bike night on an Aprilia, and people will take notice.

Whoever said Aprilia is a better deal than Ducati is right. The upcoming 2009 RSV-4 (200hp V-4) will go toe to toe with the
Desmosedici at less than half the price.

It figures the squids would pick a hayabusa. Fast in a straight line, but one heavy sled of a bike. A jap 600 would run rings around it on a track or canyon road.

I gotta agree with val… “Ducati has always had my vote, i really like thier design, its kind of like the ferrari of bike to me anyway…”

I was thinking the same exact word for word thing…!!!

Hayabusa’s are funny to pronounce, that’s it.. They got nothing on Italians.

Comparing these 2 italians is like comparing apples and oranges. I owned 999 and currently own 07 Aprilia. Both are amazing state of the art machines. The bottom line is cost, you get more for your money with the Aprilia.

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cool ass bike!!!!!!!!!

FUCK WHOEVER SAYS HYABUSAS ITS ALL BOUT THE DUCATI 1098

hayabusa all day forget about these bikes suzuki is the best the hayabusa only cost around 13,000

Ducati has always had my vote, i really like thier design, its kind of like the ferrari of bike to me anyway, the tube frames and the single arm rear suspension is unique in a way too.

im not up on bikes but i have really heard good things about ducati so i choose them….i personally like hayabusas tho

the DUC 4Sure…

ducati. they both looks the same except for the different paint schemes and exhaust positions, so i’ll go for 15 more ponies

I’m going to go with the 1098!

Well, don’t know all that much about Aprilla, but I’ve always wanted a Ducati, so got to stay true to my instincts and go with the “Ferrari” of motorcycles.

Aprllia is the first company to build a bike that could go over 200 mph aprllia is the better all around company they build the best bikes out there. Aprllia all the way

The Ducati is a far better choice

YOUULK, first spell my name right, and second thats the point, lots of big noise

YOUULK
You should learn to spell before you speak dip shit!!!

arjay there both italian, no rice burner, oth reaL sleek bikes, id go with ducati,but not the 1098, the monster,695,unleash the POWER

DUC

Why would i pay money to get myself killed?? B/c no matter how carefull you ride a bike you can’t account for all the retards that are allowed to drive on the roads. Just recently my friend got clipped of his bike while some woman was turning left and texting on her phone. He is doing fine now but road rash is far worse than cuts and bruises.
NO THANKS GUY.

Ducati.
It would help you pick up more girlssss because they would actually recognize the name.

Ducati. Smooth and Sleek

145 and 160 horses on TWO wheels??!! Check out the Brutal SLR McLaren in Qatar blog below this one on the home page and you’ll know what I mean. You’ll be ground beef there if you were on two wheels.

APRILLIA MILLE FACTORY AS SEEN IN MIDNIGHT CLUB 3

Ducati all the way!

One of the Professors here at OU has an aprilla and I vote for it. Sounds like a harley on horse steroids and meth.

Ducati 1098 for sure!

def the ducati.
but id save up for the 999R.
amazing bike.

Either one is fine with me. But for the sake of the showdown ducati

ohhh dont forget about the new HAYABUSA killer bike but wayyyyyyyyyy 2 fast just tooo much raw power zx14 is trash

ducatis are so sick, especially the 999 and 1100’s, but my vote goes to aprillia on this one

hey DERRIK ur a fag harleys are slow and to loud like every other american made piece of crap is all sound now go

Ducati 4sure. Rather than the Aprilia they should have put tha new HONDA CBR1000RR now that would be a great match and i will tell you why, The Ducati is well balanced and has good power. The Honda also has great power and in my opinion the 2008 CBR1000RR is the most balanced bike out there right now. And yes i have riden both bikes and i had to go with the Honda and im very happy with it, but Ducati is still one of the top bikes out there also

aprilla

austin.. they are both italian you dumb fuck

Ducati, without a doubt. But I’d rather have the Ducati Monster, rather than the 1098.

stick with my italian roots….Ducati

Ducati

Ducati

1098, hands down – fast, like a rocket! And the Aprilia looks like every other rice-burner out there.

ill never use 160 horsies on a bike, and if i do, ill end up in ICU or the morgue
Im goin Aprilia, but theyre both beautiful bikes

Ducati 1098 all the way

DUCATTI

I’ll take the Buell Firebolt.
If I had to, i’d take the Aprilia

Gotta role with the Duke!

Hmmmmmmmm…… THIS IS AN AWESOME SHOWDOWN!!! Aprilia , its way more original.

Ducati is always clean and simple.

2 wheels don’t agree with me, need at least 3, like the Can-Am Spyder or the Campagna T-Rex, the TriRod, hell even that smart gixxer would be cool (although I’d rather have a Harley in it, how cool would that be?)

Glad to see you going out on a limb and choosing bikes…
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Ducatti for its dead sexy-ness

looks like a lotta people drank some haterade before they posted. personally, I like the fact that we have a two wheeled Showroom Showdown, mixes it up a bit…. Oh, I’ll take the aprilia.

Ducati, please

Ducati, the racing heritage alone is enough for that choice.

Absolutely Aprilia

aprilla

aprilla!!

vtwins suck. gimme the boxer twin bmw so I can pass this fantasy with no hands on the bars and a cup of tea. If you want two more wheels, just add two more cylinders to the mentoned twin boxer and drive yet another world champion.

aprilla…dat lion image on da bike is very kool

ill take a hayabusa for $12k

ill take a hayabusa for $12k

I’ll take the Ducati cause I like to go fast.

Great to see cardomain using bikes once and a while too!

aprilia i think is much better

I’ll go with the ducati. Next time lets have a four wheel automobile showdown please. Thank you

yeah i choose none of the above i demand atleast a 3 wheeled car

wtf is this. give me 2 more wheels and i will vote.

Aprilia. i like to be different.