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Buyer profile:
- old enough to know better
- somewhat unfit back / hips / knees but obvs that's all relative
- loves upright seating
- puts bar risers on everything
- proven slow-as-hell on track on prior middleweight supersports
Market considerations:
- used bike prices still f'ing insane
- Street Triples, RS660's, and new Monsters out of stock (and all euro)
I went with non-ABS, black and teal. Zero miles!
1. Motor break-in guidance is basically impossible to adhere to, but I tried.
Guidance is <4k rpm for the first 200 miles; <6k for the next 200 miles.
6th gear indicates roughly 10mph per 1k rpm, so it's a project.
First oil/filter change was done at 430 miles.
2. Averaged 46mpg over the first few tanks of gas (see above).
3. I enabled the factory quickshifter (up only) at 400 miles.
Works well as an in-traffic convenience feature for resting the left hand, and probably fine at my trackday pace. No data to back this up, but feels calibrated "for the street" and anyone fast on track would probably want more aggressive (or easily tunable) cutoff timing.
4. Absolutely love the big-ass analog tach, the non-TFT dash, the switchgear, and the gearbox.
Fuel gauge works. Gear position indicator works. Temperature readout is one press away, and stays selected across power cycles. Turn signals and horn are right where the thumb goes looking for them. The "positive neutral finder" works tits, and gets a ton of use at stoplights.
This is mostly typical Japan vs. Europe stuff, but the aggregate quality of life contrast is pretty stark. Ducati should just stop making switchgear.
5. I'm generally not a "loud pipes save lives" guy, but SO MANY drivers have blundered into my lane in one week riding this bike at low RPM. So many!
Questions:
Preferred source for "two inch longer brake lines" in the event I opt for some Woodcraft clip-ons with a built-in rise?
Preferred source for a second wheelset?
Tankbag / tailbag recommendations for a supersport?