Hi guys, well, finally, I’ve made it! I’m 62 yrs young and been on bikes through 45 years, on road and tracks, owned 70+ bikes but insanely (shame on me!) I’ve never had a Ducati I guess just like with the ladies in my life, although objects of incredible beauty and desire, the ‘high maintenance’ had scared me off ♂️….until now I do really appreciate the beauty in all Ducati’s but since the Panigale came out in 2011, I’ve always lusted after one, it is (imho) the sexiest styling I’ve EVER seen, on ANY bike (with a rear end smaller and tighter than Kylie Minogue’s ). Sadly I’ve never had the shekels to buy one but it’s always been on my ‘bucket list’. My last item on the list was to fly in a Spitfire over the White Cliffs of Dover, wifey treated me to that last year, absolutely incredible and emotional (sadly she couldn’t stretch to a Panigale ) So, time is running out (physical limitations) and an 1199 came up last week through a friend at an offer that was too good to refuse (he’s changing to a V4, baaaaast**d!). Job done, it’s mine! woop woop! “Let the games commence!” Thanks for reading (if you got this far) and hopefully we’ll exchange comments and tricks and share this ‘red passion’ over the coming months/years Ride safe everyone ✊
Nice. You may already know that you can change the slippy pegs on your bike for the much grippier ones off the 959/1299. Cheap to do and much better. Welcome.
