Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Mad or not ? ( Continued )

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To follow on , i went and test rode the R1 ,got out for around 1.5hours till it rained ,and i though better of riding a new bike down some fast roads

Well !!!!!!!
Good points first
Its soooooooo quick
its soooooooo smooth ,best kept above 8k though
It handles very very well low speed & high speed
The connection between trottle & engine form on to off is so smooth

Bad points ( for me)
Foot pegs to low
The engine so sooooo smooth till the point of blandness
You need to ride it like a 600 & rev the engine
It makes so much noise exhaust & engine (microns fitted )
Boy does it pump out some heat

Will i buy one , ho hum , whilst i can afford Ducati's NO , if i needed a bike but could not get the Ducati i wanted then maybe but only a very small maybe

Next it a better run ( like all day ) on the R1 & the GXSR/ZX10

But if i can get my 996/8R then the japs are not for me

Waiting for Jasper to say I told you so