Just traded in my tired old '16 Ducati 959 Panigale on a '27 Aprilia RS660 Factory Hubster. comes with updated TFT display, Ohlins NIX 30 front fork, TTX36 rear shock, 52mm throttle bodies versus the 48mm on my '24 model, improved midrange and top end with a 600 rpm increase in redline and a 5HP bump in power compared to my '24. It's noticeably smoother running and punchier than the out going model with better suspension response.

'27 RS 660 Factory versus '24 RS660 Extrema..

* Last updated by: Kruz on 7/28/2026 @ 2:17 PM *

Well, hope you got a good trade-in price on the duc. Was this the punched out oil pan duc or the other one?
600cc ape!? Tuning down are we, Kruz?

Well, hope you got a good trade-in price on the duc. Was this the punched out oil pan duc or the other one?
600cc ape!? Tuning down are we, Kruz?

Got my lips ripped off on the trade-in I'm sad to say Hubmeister. They gave me $7000 on the Ducati 959, new bike was
$16,785.05 drive out with the dealer added options, solo rear seat cowl and tail tidy, so had to write the stealer a check for $9,785.05. Not cheap for a tiddler class machine!

The "Bumble Bee" paint scheme is killer but the '24 is hardly a wall flower. Juries still out, the fancy Ohlins, upgraded Brembo brakes and larger throttle bodies and raised rev limiter I'm not really noticing that big a change quite yet, maybe with some break in miles things will improve.

Yep, I traded down 155 HP to 105 HP but I already have six very fast bikes in the garage, 2006 ZX-14, 2016 KRT ZX-10R, 2016 Ducati 1299 Panigale, 2020 BMW S10000RR, 2021 Aprilia RSV4 and the 2024 Ducati V4 along with the older 2011 ZX-10R and the 2015 Honda Repsol CBR1000RR, so not hurting exactly for fast machines.

I've got three tiddlers now, the 2009 ZX-6R, 2024 Aprilia RS 660 Extrema and now the 2027 RS660 Factory, so change of pace, more focus on corner speed rather than outright velocity.

* Last updated by: Kruz on 7/29/2026 @ 12:08 PM *

Was this the punched out oil pan duc or the other one?
600cc ape!?

Nosir, punched out oil pan job was on my 2024 Ducati V4 Panigale, I traded in my old 2016 959 Panigale.
Check out Cycle Trader, my bike had 12,467 miles on the clock, similar '16 959s are listed at around $14,000, Ducs tend to hold resale very well, I got my clock cleaned...

Dam Hub, the stealer already has my 959 listed for almost $4000 over what they paid me...

https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2016-Ducati-959+Panigale-5041512383#sid=727673

* Last updated by: Kruz on 7/29/2026 @ 12:21 PM *

I see it another way... keep the lights on, pay the employees, pay the floor for buying new and used bikes. Oh well, you could have listed it yourself and saved the ass ripping. Maybe next buy you'll sell it and be the wiser.

Waiting to hear the ride report...