First of all the RVE could easily fit in my full garage. Something about Ducati's ability to produce another non-practical motorcycle that is totally lust-worthy... Looking forward to hearing about your riding impressions. Also seeing the stock dyno curve. There is lots of speculation that the torque is late and peaky. As a former 701SM owner, I confess to surfing that torque of the easiest rheostat control to wheelies I have ever had. If this 698 has any of that feeling my wallet may be in trouble. Waiting for a real review... Congrats.
Fellow PNW rider here! Stoked you grabbed one of these as well. I’ll definitely be following to see what you do with it. I grabbed the standard version and added quick shifter.
@@vcyclenut I’m out in port orchard and commute to Seattle for work. Curious what you’ll think once you get 100-150 miles on yours. Seems to me bike gets hot rather quickly and is a little sputtery on maintenance throttle but I’m quite picky.
@@vcyclenut got a response back from them very quickly. They want as many pics as possible of the ecu and part numbers. They also said more requests = higher priority we will get for a new product from them. So anyone else reading this, email them!
Once I've signed up, I'm waiting for it too, curious to see the changes you'll make. Same impression as you when I saw them live. The RVE looks like a more premium bike than the standard one, thanks to the beautiful glossy graphics and the red wheels that give a very nice "depth" effect 🤩
I want this bike, the only thing that bugs me is the RVE on the side. Don't know what it stands for, don't feel like looking it up, and it just looks dumb. It just needs a small bit of black or red vinyl to cover it up.
Thanks! Just waiting on the roads to dry to get my street portion of the tuning done on the hindle. Then ill be wrapping it up and doing a direct comparison to the graves low mount back to back on the dyno.
figure you could hack a map for the wheelie assist to the stock exhaust, or maybe a set of aftermarket slip-ons? Ducati might like termi, but a lot of owners don't.
ahhhh, i thought you were some kind of bike rom wizard... didn't know you just used someone's premade code. Just stumbled on the video looking up 698 🤟 @@vcyclenut
