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Been commuting on Suzuki GSX1000S for 4 years and put 60k miles on it. Before that had Honda CB and kawa. Never rode Ducati before.
Switched to 2019 Supersport S and had my first ride today. 40miles/50min trip.
First impression, compared to GSX:
1) Great control. Super light and nimble, true traffic ninja. Although it has the same weight as GSX it feels way lighter somehow.
2) Love the seat position. This is what I was looking for. A mix of my 3 bikes: GSX1000, GSXR750 and Yamaha R3. Simply perfect combination.
3) Definitely less powerful that gsx
4) Can't see shit in that mirrors. After 90mph cars and bikes in my mirrors become fuzzy little ovals. I guess I need to start turning my head instead as I suppose to be doing on any bike.
5) Downshift with DQS in something unnatural and should be banned lol. Took me a while to start doing it. Still didn't like the way it goes so prob will disable it and leave only Upshift.
6) The shifting was the biggest challenge today. You know like you shift based on the engine sound... yeah but is not inline 4 anymore. My brain fucked me over on that one and I ended up shifting up and down all the time. Definitely will need some time to adjust to this engine.
7) The seat became very hot after a while. Which is kinda nice now but I'm curios now how will it feel on long summer trips.
Overall this is amazing bike. I can't say this is the best bike I ever had just yet. Need to get use to it. Will need to do another review after 2-3K miles I guess.
Cheers!
Switched to 2019 Supersport S and had my first ride today. 40miles/50min trip.
First impression, compared to GSX:
1) Great control. Super light and nimble, true traffic ninja. Although it has the same weight as GSX it feels way lighter somehow.
2) Love the seat position. This is what I was looking for. A mix of my 3 bikes: GSX1000, GSXR750 and Yamaha R3. Simply perfect combination.
3) Definitely less powerful that gsx
4) Can't see shit in that mirrors. After 90mph cars and bikes in my mirrors become fuzzy little ovals. I guess I need to start turning my head instead as I suppose to be doing on any bike.
5) Downshift with DQS in something unnatural and should be banned lol. Took me a while to start doing it. Still didn't like the way it goes so prob will disable it and leave only Upshift.
6) The shifting was the biggest challenge today. You know like you shift based on the engine sound... yeah but is not inline 4 anymore. My brain fucked me over on that one and I ended up shifting up and down all the time. Definitely will need some time to adjust to this engine.
7) The seat became very hot after a while. Which is kinda nice now but I'm curios now how will it feel on long summer trips.
Overall this is amazing bike. I can't say this is the best bike I ever had just yet. Need to get use to it. Will need to do another review after 2-3K miles I guess.
Cheers!