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I know they are sorta faulty bikes but have you ridden it out of your neighborhood yet? They do have certain characteristics that make them worth while...
Any vehicle, two wheel or four, built for the track will be a handful on the street...you're very naive if you think otherwise.i mean if a bike that is built for the track should run awesome on the street. am i right?
Reminds me of quite a few similar posts made in this forum about the F1098 when it first came out in 2009...deja vu all over again.As much as I hate to admit it this guy does have a valid point, like it or not. For the money you shell out for this stunning machine you shouldn't have to perform ECU voodoo just to get her ride like it should from the factory. This is not my first motorcycle, nor is it the fastest or even the best handling...but it is the worst performing machine I've owned when cruising below 4,000 RPM. There is no excuse. The "STREET" fighter is not bred for the track, it's bred for the street. Just like all of the other full fairing squid bikes out there that have superbike power-plants that seem to run just fine out of the box. Come on, I shouldn't have to dance all over my clutch while surging along through a residential neighborhood. All-in-all I do love my SF. I'm definitely committed at this point and I will be shelling out the extra cash to fix the fueling, but that doesn't mean that I'm not fucking pissed about it. If Ducati intends to steal business from the other manufacturers by increasing maintenance intervals and lowering price points then I think they missed the mark here. If this is what I have to look forward to then I may be looking elsewhere when the time comes to buy another machine. I'm far too busy to deal with this shit. You can go ahead and flame me until you vagal out...doesn't bother me. It is what it is.
Try the Speed Triple. I would coast at 2500 rpm no problem.I don't think they're all like that. All I have done to my SF (1098S) is fit some aftermarket Mufflers. The ECU is stock and the bike runs great.
For the record I haven't yet come across a litre sportbike that is nice to ride at 35mph or slower!