Life has been good to me this past year, and now that I'm (finally) solo figured it was time to start grabbing opportunities that came up, especially if they were bikes on my short list.
I've always been intrigued by this bike - ever since I saw slo1's crew with one almost 10 years back. With the housing market hot, recession woes inbound, and people panicking - there are some good buys out there. This was one of them - and actually called it my divorce gift to myself (hooray for me!).
If you haven't ridden one you ought to. It really doesn't ride how it looks. Very capable bike, massive power, surprisingly comfortable even for a short fellow like me. Yes, you have to muscle it/hustle it when the road tightens up, but the bike will actually oblige and roll right up onto the edge of that 240 section tire (well, not the edge, but far enough for my taste). I originally figured I'd own it for a bit, and flip it when fall rolled around. Now I'm not so sure. I keep picking this for my casual weekend rides. The FJ09 isn't going anywhere as it is totally sorted and my first choice for going places - something I plan and hope to do often these next few years. This certainly doesn't replace that bike, nor could it. It's sort of a madmax machine, and the Devil inside will definitely have you carving long sweepers at higher than expected speeds and blazing the slab at well above legal limits.
The bike has a few quirks, but it's a Ducati and I expected that.
I will try to share my experiences here for anyone interested. No sense just parking all these moto thoughts in my personal journal where nobody else can benefit. Typing (aka writing) is a passion of mine that left long ago, one that still burns inside. Perhaps I can bore some of you blokes with weekend keystrokes and keep a corner of this forum alive. Besides, it's always nice to live vicariously through others
WW/R
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I've always been intrigued by this bike - ever since I saw slo1's crew with one almost 10 years back. With the housing market hot, recession woes inbound, and people panicking - there are some good buys out there. This was one of them - and actually called it my divorce gift to myself (hooray for me!).
If you haven't ridden one you ought to. It really doesn't ride how it looks. Very capable bike, massive power, surprisingly comfortable even for a short fellow like me. Yes, you have to muscle it/hustle it when the road tightens up, but the bike will actually oblige and roll right up onto the edge of that 240 section tire (well, not the edge, but far enough for my taste). I originally figured I'd own it for a bit, and flip it when fall rolled around. Now I'm not so sure. I keep picking this for my casual weekend rides. The FJ09 isn't going anywhere as it is totally sorted and my first choice for going places - something I plan and hope to do often these next few years. This certainly doesn't replace that bike, nor could it. It's sort of a madmax machine, and the Devil inside will definitely have you carving long sweepers at higher than expected speeds and blazing the slab at well above legal limits.
The bike has a few quirks, but it's a Ducati and I expected that.
I will try to share my experiences here for anyone interested. No sense just parking all these moto thoughts in my personal journal where nobody else can benefit. Typing (aka writing) is a passion of mine that left long ago, one that still burns inside. Perhaps I can bore some of you blokes with weekend keystrokes and keep a corner of this forum alive. Besides, it's always nice to live vicariously through others
WW/R
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