2003 Oucati 620 Sport/Supersport
Boo/Supersport 1000 OS
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RIDING THE LATEST SUPERSPDRT BIKES FRDM DUCATI
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By BLAKE CONNER
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DUCATI
f you're not the hardcore sportbike
IJ type looking for the ultimate thrill,
or if you aren't the ultimate poseur
just looking like you're looking for the
ultimate thrill, one of Ducati's new
Supersport bikes may be the bike for
you. Ducati has just redesigned its
entire Supersport range for 2003,
including the 620 Sport, Supersport
800, 800 Sport and Supersport 1000
DS. While in Spain for the launch of
the new 749, we had the chance to
ride three of these four bikes on the
roads around Almeria, Spain, and get
a taste for what they had to offer.
Last year there were only two displacements available in the category,
(Left) The 620 Sport Is a really fun,
entry-level motorcycle from Ducat!,
and it won't cost you an ann and a leg.
(Below) The Supersport 800, in my
opinion, Is the most balanced and
complete package In the Ducati
Supersport range.
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but in an effort to expand its product
range, and to expand its customer
base, Ducati offers three new displacement categories for 2003. Here
are my impressions of the three bikes
based on the limited time I had to ride
them. The roads that we toured ran
the entire gamut from perfectly
smooth twisty roads to choppy Broads with poor pavement, and, as
some of the guys who can't read
maps discovered, muddy dirt roads.
620 SPORT
We set out from our hotel in
Mojacar and headed south in groups
of three so that we could switch off
and sample all of the different Supersport machines. The only bike that
we didn't sample was the 800 Sport
(we rode the Supersport 800). The
first bike that I rode was the 620
Sport, which is basically the same
bike as the 620 Monster that was
released last year - at least as far as
the engine is concerned. Lets face it,
