Why did you choose a Ducati?

[Billyzoom]

That is THE legendary Billy Zoom...I am but a humble fan.   My guitar playing is perhaps 10% of his, and my coolness factor perhaps 2% on a good day.    Glad I'm not the only one who remembers one of the greatest LA bands!

[Grampa]

That is THE legendary Billy Zoom...I am but a humble fan.   My guitar playing is perhaps 10% of his, and my coolness factor perhaps 2% on a good day.    Glad I'm not the only one who remembers one of the greatest LA bands!

ya get 65 bonus cool points for being named Joel

[yotogi]

Because life is short.

[hadesducati848]

because chicks really LOVE them

[MAXdB]

because there's nothing > v2 + full termis + dry clutch + open airbox
.. basically i like the noise they make ... among other things..

[DucatiTorrey]

because all of my friends got HD Nightsters (and a thruxton)

[pitbull]

In 2002 I decided I finally wanted to buy my first street bike. I rode a wealthy neighbourhood kid's dirt bikes as a kid and rode my roommate's Honda cb450 in my early 20's but had never owned my own bike and6 at 33 I decided it was time. I spent many hours in chapters reading motorcycle magazines and learning about the different classes of motorcycles and what might suit me. I knew I would buy used and basically had it down to either a standard or older sport touring type bike. I was thinking along the lines of used concours or perhaps even and old fj1100. The problem was, I kept looking at a picture of a 2001 m900 cromo with  6000km's on it at a local dealership. I didn't know anything about Ducatis.......all I knew was that it was the sharpest bike I had ever seen, but I kept telling myself it was too much bike for me and probably not a good bike for touring.
I finally went to the dealership to see a used connie they had and while there saw the cromo in the flesh. When the salesmen suggested I sit on it, it was a done deal. For my 5'9 height it was the perfect fit. I bought it and picked it up 3 days later and rode it the hour ride home.....all the way wondering if I had made the right decision as it still felt like a lot of bike. After a week of riding every day I felt like it was a part of me when I rode it.
   8 years and 100,000 km's later and I love the bike more than the day I bought it. At one point I bought a used triumph sprint to relieve the monster of  it's touring duties, but every time I was on the Triumph I was wishing the monster was underneath me. I held onto the sprint for one season and then sold it for what I paid for it and happily went back to riding the monster full time.

[TJR178]

Always wanted one.  No one else had one.