| Ditto to all of the above from Jools. I have the luxury of having an ST2 and 996 in the shed, but honestly if anyone had to go it would be the 996. The ST2 is a great allrounder. As Jools says, you can load it up and head off on long runs, have a blast around the B roads and keep up with just about anything or even throw in the odd track day and not be embarrassed. Regards the decision to go ST2 or 4, I have ridden both and thought that with a well tuned ST2 (mine has pipes and matched chip) you had better low down and only missed that final bit up top. For me, the low to mid range is where you want to be on a Ducati on the road so I could not justify the extra expense of the ST4, both purchase and running. Now the ST4S, that is a different issue. If you could stretch to one of those, go for it!!!! |