Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ducati ownership, be honest now, do you spend heaps per year.

[BDG]

I never bother to add it up, but i'm sure if i did it would be scary.

I guess you're right that you do spend more on Ducati's, whether it be servicing or bling but what the hell, its all good fun.

Bikes are an expensive adiction, and Duc's are class A rather than just a class B addiction

[Lee1980]

I would say the bits for dukes are dearer or atleast u want the proper bits for it like termis, as u dont put micron on a duke. On saying that i have akrapovic on my s4r but that was expsnsive, lol

I seem to be tempted to buy more bits for the s4r than any other bikes, Natty dont help with his bits of bling

Worst bit for me is high servicing costs

[Festa748]

Yep spend far too much i stopped counting when i hit £7.5k

[KP]

Too much, especially anytime I go to ProTwins and let Brett talk me into this or that. Mind you I dont need much persuading, and have a very understanding wife!
I agree with Lee - carbon, bits, anything made for/by Ducati carries a premium.

But do I care? No - because I am worth it!!

[butch890]

Very litle -i'm not into Bling!
Butch

[ali]

I gave up buying nice cars, thus saving me enough to allow for the SL and DD, some tracktime and a few bits'o'bling. Do most of my own servicing so that cuts down on a lot.

Most importantly, it's my hobby, the one thing that I can rely on to bring a smile to my face when things get you down, which makes it a bit of a bargain really. I could have a gambling/coke/booze problem and be blitzing 5x the money on nothing. The money I spend on the bikes may not be an investment, but you've got to spend your hard-earned on something, and I could never get the same feeling from a UJM.

Cheers,

Ali

ps: Next to my pc is a billet brembo caliper and a black anodised speedymoto clutch cover, both waiting to go on my 900. I grin like a cheshire cat every time I look at them....

[ali]

Originally posted by butch890
Very litle -i'm not into Bling!
Butch

All hail Da King'O'Bling and his bejewelled steed, the dripping 890.....

[Desmondo]

Don't spend too much on the bike. But then it isn't called The Slut for nothing

[rcgbob44]

My wife talked me into buying my 998s Mono and I have spent so much money on that bike I dread to think, pipes , carbon, paint and more.

Having said that I have had so much pleasure from the machine that money becomes irelevant.

Next is a power commander & some CRG levers, but don`t grass me up to the wife!!

[JPM]

It isn't cheap I'll grant you that, but anything I end up enjoying I spend way too much on, I'm probably a marketing guys dream to a degree

Saying that the R didn't effectively cost me a penny to buy, just sold my other two Dukes to purchase that, and already had quite a few bits that were either brand new, or lying around which I put onto the R.

To be honest the good thing with the R is that you do get so much with the bike, so practically no further outlay (pipes etc) necessary.

It's when I come off, or when I have it serviced and end up seeing some bling that it becomes expensive