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ericr
07-19-2009, 08:53 PM
Awesome ride today!!! Besides the weather being absolutely perfect and totally un-July like GA weather...it was about 80, air felt cool going down the road...perfect.

Oh, and I'm now a Ducati fan, since my customer that buys a bike from us every few months offered to have me come ride with him after getting his '09 R1 a month ago. He also has a Streetfighter and I was kidding with him about letting me come ride and he said sure come on!! I called him this morning and we did 50 miles since he was kind of tired but I had a freakin blast!!!!! That is one light, nimble, torquey ride! Here are a few pics...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0105.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0107.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0109.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0110.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0111.jpg

It was the first Ducati I've gotten to ride and i'm impressed. Wish I was a good enough rider to really wring it out some but it's still in the break in period anyway he said. Just turned 1k on it while we were riding today. I'm still :D 5 hours later :lol:
G-Rex
07-19-2009, 09:00 PM
That's a purty motorcycle!

I'm a huge Duc fan now that I have one I can ride whenever I want. :lol: :D
ericr
07-19-2009, 09:01 PM
Forgot to mention he also has this sitting in his garage...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Bike_Rides_etc/IMG_0103.jpg

TM 450, if it was street legal I'd have to talk him into a ride on it too!!!

That's a purty motorcycle!

I'm a huge Duc fan now that I have one I can ride whenever I want. :lol: :D

:lol: Yeah, I'd say your set now Tracy! ;)
Rider
07-19-2009, 09:02 PM
Good looking ride. Do you need to remove the exhaust cans to get the rear wheel off? If so I'm surprised the don't run a high mount system like they do on some of the Monsters.
derf
07-19-2009, 09:05 PM
Eric, you pretty much said exactly what every bike mag has said in their reviews
ericr
07-19-2009, 09:05 PM
Good looking ride. Do you need to remove the exhaust cans to get the rear wheel off? If so I'm surprised the don't run a high mount system like they do on some of the Monsters.

I'd guess you would have to remove them to get the wheel off from looking at it. I think it would look better if you could see the wheel too but it's still a sweet ride!
Ducati Diva
07-19-2009, 09:57 PM
:dribble: :dribble: :dribble: :dribble: That is a SWEET ride! I would love to ride a streetfighter when I get a ltl more experience under my belt. I bet you had a blast!!!
101lifts2
07-19-2009, 11:11 PM
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zer0t
07-21-2009, 12:31 PM
Awesome bike. A clear alternatives setup will clean up that tail perfectly.
KSGregman
07-21-2009, 01:11 PM
A Ducati Streetfighter with embarrassingly wide chicken strips....the shame. :td:

Someone get that poor bike out and ride it the way it was INTENDED to be ridden....STAT!! :lmao:

(Having said that, I'm still jealous that you got to ride it and I didn't. :lol: )
the chi
07-21-2009, 02:51 PM
:drool: I want!!
ericr
07-21-2009, 08:46 PM
A Ducati Streetfighter with embarrassingly wide chicken strips....the shame. :td:

Someone get that poor bike out and ride it the way it was INTENDED to be ridden....STAT!! :lmao:

(Having said that, I'm still jealous that you got to ride it and I didn't. :lol: )


Well, that was the first time I'd been on it, it's still in the break in period and it's not my bike!! I'm gonna be careful so I get to keep riding it :D And he has offered to go again :dthumb: I'll work on the strips as I get used to the bike...I'm used to a 750 lb cruiser so I'm working up slowly ;)

:drool: I want!!

I hear ya Rae, I'd have one if I could afford one!! It's so FUN!!!!!!!!!!!
ericr
07-21-2009, 09:22 PM
Something else i forgot to mention is how incredibly thin that bike feels, almost anorexic :lol: I didn't notice it after a few miles down the road but that's one of the first things I noticed when I sat on it. It's also got a pretty tall seat hight, I could touch my heels but they weren't really "planted" with boots on and I can flatfoot most sportbikes just fine. I'm not complaining about any of that, just things i noticed ;)