fizzbitt Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 My mate at work has a petrol head for a father but for some weird reason he aint but knows that i am so he's sent me a pic of a race bike his dad has just picked up for £150k! Apparently he is a keen bike racer and has been for a while. He has also got a couple of 911's and a Lamborghini Trofeo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) Custom built race bike, consider it like buying a race prepared GT2. Street version, 1199 Panigale R v 911 Turbo - if you've got the money you have the choice, or can build your dream car/bike :D Edited April 17, 2013 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbitt Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 ahhh... in which case... that is something quite special then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Fizz, the Ducati 1199 Panigale RS13 costs £114,198 (not sure if that's an RS12 or RS13 in your pic) so I guess they could have done some fine fettling to get it up to 150k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbitt Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Very possibly... his dad is called Ian White - CEO of Lloyds British Lloyds British CEO, Ian White, who has been at the head of the business for 15 years as well as also being directly involved in motorcycle racing for a considerable period of time, commented "Having spent many years associated with the BSB paddock it was refreshing to meet Mark and the GBmoto team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 In which case I guess he's got the bike for his SBK race team rather ran to hang on the wall or trackdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbitt Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Its a crying shame my mate aint a petrol head... ive told him to get his dad to adopt me for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 A Ducati 999 passed me on the way home tonight, got to have a look as I was on my bike and we were in traffic, still an awesome bit of kit, time flies, was an 04 plater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 The front brakes/discs look a bit, er powerful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 A Ducati 999 passed me on the way home tonight, got to have a look as I was on my bike and we were in traffic, still an awesome bit of kit, time flies, was an 04 plater Still a great looking Duke as is the 996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Fantastic stuff. I notice it's been put together by Ducati Coventry - they do an awful lot of race prep work as it is run by an ex-racer. I remember being there when the Desmosedici came out and they had four in the workshop with all the fairings off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 That is simply a proper bit of kit! I hope it gets used to something like it's full potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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