Im suprised they didnt tbh, im fairly sure they'd sell a thousand worldwide. Unless the price they are selling them for isn't actually making any profit at all ?
Just to add that I think all this Rossi/Stoner track is turning out to be a load of bollocks. They are both nicking points off each other at tracks where they should be doing well, the last four races have proved that if nothing else.
I'd like to think it's because Ducati listened to their existing customers. They've polled them and asked questions like , what engine layout do you consider to be representative of Ducati, Would you consider the superbike range moving to wet clutches to devalue the Ducati experience. etc etc. Now obviously it wasn't those exact words, the survey I completed was a year or two ago. But they've done this before when they made a prototype of the Paul Smart replica which the Ducatisti loved so they put a survey on their website and said if enough of you want it, we'll build it. Enough people wanted it, so they built it!
Ducatisti consider the 90 degree L-twin engine configuration to be iconic Ducati, along with the dry clutch. You can see the smaller capacity models in the monster and Multi range having wet clutches but the big ones are still dry clutch. They didn't want to alienate the Ducatisti by taking the superbike range and making it's premier model a V4.
The Desmosedici RR is a different case because it's a limited edition model, and at £40k you're not going to be tripping over them at box hill. So they can afford to replicate their GP technology in a bike that only the rich Ducatisti can afford. Well them and some race teams I'm sure.
Is the Desmosedici RR eligible for Bemsee Powerbikes?
