| Hi Scott and welcome.
Just thought I would reply to you as I am newish to the Duacti too, just over a year now and on my second 748, only upgraded from a 1999 (yellow) to get newer 2002 (Red) one. Just over a year now and 2 Ducatis I have only had two issues one being a battery and most recently my Meta alarm gave up, so both issues were not down to Ducati fault.
I have been riding since 1975 and always had jap bikes mostly 1000cc Suzuki, Kawasaki & Honda.
I ride my 748 hard and she never misses a beat, handling is amazing and the twin roar and performance is absolutely amazing. The 748 is not fast as my 1000cc jap bikes but it makes me smile all the time am on it.
As Keith says just make sure you keep to the service intervals.
Doug | 
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