The Ducati 1098 is a
sport bike
A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...
made by
Ducati
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from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R.
The 1098 was succeeded by the
1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year.
The 1098 shares more design elements with the older
998
Year 998 ( CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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than with its predecessor the
999 999 or triple nine most often refers to:
* 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries
* 999 (number), an integer
* AD 999, a year
* 999 BC, a year
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* ''999'' (anthology) or ''999: ...
, such as horizontally placed headlights and a non-integrated
exhaust system
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. Another carryover from its 916/998 heritage is the
single-sided swingarm
A swingarm, or "swinging arm" (UK), originally known as a swing fork or pivoted fork, is a single or double sided mechanical device which attaches the rear wheel of a motorcycle to its body, allowing it to pivot vertically. The main component of ...
. The 1098 was designed by Ducati designer,
Giandrea Fabbro.
Performance
The 1098/1098 S makes a manufacturer claimed , rear wheel, torque, rear wheel,
[ and weighs . The 0-60 mph time is less than 3.0 seconds and 1/4 mile at 10.015 seconds at and top speed of .][ The 1098 R, with its larger displacement 1198 cc engine, makes a manufacturer claimed , torque. At the time of its release, these figures gave the 1098 the highest torque-to-weight ratio of any production sport bike ever made.
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Racing
With the release of the 1098, Ducati created a stir not only with road riders, but also in the racing world, specifically the Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing.
The championship was founded i ...
. In an attempt to level the playing field, WSBK regulations provide for concessions to motorcycles depending on the number of cylinders in their engine design. The fewer the cylinders, the more concessions, and with its two-cylinder V-twin design Ducati was able to capitalize on many of these concessions.
Ducati argued that the current engine was at the end of its design life (which surrendered as much as 20 hp to the competition in 2007, its last year in WSBK) and that it would be too expensive to keep the 999 competitive. The 2007 WSBK rules limited V-twin engines to 1000 cc, so Ducati effectively did not have a guarantee that the 1098 was eligible for entry in the premier class. Before releasing the 1098, Ducati lobbied the FIM
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* Flint Institute of Music, in Michigan, United States
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to update the WSBK rules to accommodate its new bike, threatening to withdraw from WSBK competition if the rules weren't changed. Other manufacturers were not happy about racing a bike with a larger engine, especially when that bike belonged to Ducati, which has historically dominated WSBK competition, and Suzuki even threatened to withdraw if the rules ''were'' changed. Ducati prevailed when, in June 2007, the FIM announced that the engine capacity limit would increase to 1200 cc for . However, this increase in displacement was not afforded without concessions on the part of Ducati. With the new 1200 cc maximum displacement for two-cylinders granted, the extra engine modifications allowed two-cylinder machines were surrendered. Engine modification rules for two-cylinder and four-cylinder machines are now parallel. Rules for three-cylinder machines remain as before.
Ducati won the 2008 and 2011 Superbike World Championship
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The championship was founded i ...
with its 1098RS, a derivative of the 1098R (Bayliss on a 1098RS and Checa on a 1198RS). The 1098RS and the 1198RS were purpose built racing versions of the 1098R. In addition to the two World Superbike Championships it also won the 2008 British Superbike Championship
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. The RS Version was not intended nor legal for road use and was never made available for sale to the general public. It featured a number of high performance items; more aggressive camshafts, high compression pistons, a larger capacity fuel tank that extended under the seat, steering damper remounted ahead of the larger Fuel tank, a large capacity and pressurized radiator, a servo motor in the injection system, a longer and more stiff swingarm, a flat rocker arm for the rear suspension that allowed for utilization of the full range of travel, adjustable triple clamps for variations in rake and trail, a massively upgraded electronics package for throttle response, power delivery, traction and wheelie control, weather settings and other high performance upgrades. Ducati have won 17 World Championships since the Superbike World Championship was established in 1988. Xavier Siméon
Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winne ...
won the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup season. Michael Rutter
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won the Macau Grand Prix
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in 2011.
Remodelled for 2009
For 2009, Ducati took the past success of the 1098 and modified it to honour a racing legend and to improve the performance of the Superbike.
Key changes include an upgrade into a 180 hp 90° L-twin "Testastretta Evoluzione" engine, and the inclusion of the Ducati Traction Control for better handling. The more common version of the bike is called "1098-09 R", which comes with the traditional Ducati red fairing, black chassis, and white sub-frame. The wheel rims are gold colored.
The main reason for Ducati to re-model this bike was to celebrate Troy Bayliss
Troy Bayliss (born 30 March 1969 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian motorcycle racer. During his career Bayliss won the Superbike World Championship three times and a MotoGP race, all with Ducati. He finished his career afte ...
' victory in the 2008 Superbike World Championship season
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riding for Ducati, after which he retired. Ducati built the remodelled 1098 to salute the career of Bayliss and his three World Championships. It also allowed for Ducati to sell a few models of the 1098 in a colour scheme very similar to the one that Bayliss' bike used during his successful races in the 2008 Grand Prix, as well as his number "21" on the side. This model is suitably named "Ducati 1098 R Bayliss Limited Edition". According to Ducati, only 500 units of this new bike were manufactured. Other additions to the 1098 R Bayliss LE include carbon fibre heat shield on the exhaust and 5-spoke wheels (similar to Bayliss' original).It then went on to win a second world title with Carlos Checa in 2011.
Reviews and awards
* The SWA (Supertest World Association) awarded the 1098 the "Best Bike of the Year" award for 2008
* "International Bike of the Year 2007 and 2008" by the choices of the world's moto-journal communities as well as journalists
* "Best of Show" reward in Italy and abroad
* "Best Design" and "Best Sportbike" awarded by the Motorcycle Design Association
* "Bike of the Year" 2007 award given by magazines ''Moto'', ''Australian Motorcycle News'' and '' Motorrad''
* "Sportbike of the Year" 2008, ''Cycle World
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Specifications
All specifications are manufacturer claimed unless noted otherwise:
Successor
The 1098 and 1098S were replaced in the Ducati lineup by the Ducati 1198
The Ducati 1198 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2009 to 2011. For the 2011 model year there were two models: the 1198 and 1198SP (replacing the 1198S). The 1198 shared design elements with its predecessor 1098, but has more power and torque, ...
in 2009. The 1198 has more power and torque, redesigned wheels, fairing, speedometer, headlights, the addition of traction control
A traction control system (TCS), also known as ASR (from german: Antriebsschlupfregelung, lit=drive slippage regulation), is typically (but not necessarily) a secondary function of the electronic stability control (ESC) on production motor vehicle ...
and a few other minor changes.
The 1098R no longer remains in production.
Image:2007Ducati1098-001.jpg, Ducati 1098 S Tricolore at International Motorcycle Show
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Image:2007Ducati1098-002.jpg, Ducati 1098 S
Image:2007Ducati1098-003.jpg, Ducati 1098 S
See also
*List of fastest production motorcycles by acceleration
This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and -mile times of under 12 seconds. Concept, custom, modified, and one-off motorcycles of a ...
References
External links
Ducati 1098
Official Ducati site
article from Motorcycle Daily
Ducati Releases 1098
article from Motorcycle USA
2008 Ducati 1098R Review from Motorcycle.com
Ducati 1098 review
Road tests of the Ducati 1098 and 1098R
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