Why did you choose a Ducati?

[alligator]

I'm getting my first Ducati shortly, and I'm curious why everyone else chose this brand. 

Personally, I do not know anyone else who rides a Ducati, and I was even discouraged from buying one because friends thought they were high maintenance.  However, I remember seeing one about ten years ago, and somehow I just knew that I had to own one someday.  This was MY brand of motorcycle.  That, and lately everything else that comes from Italy has been the best quality I could imagine. 

So why did you choose Ducati over all of the other brands out there?  The engine?  Their racing history?  The bike design?  Friends?

[ducpainter]

I had been out of motorcycling for years when a co worker had a Monster for sale.

I saw it, and it reminded me of a Norton Commando on roids.

I knew I had to have it.

[Smokescreen]

wanted one since I was 15.  Mom tried to underwrite me for one, and my Dad shot that down.  may have saved my life that once.  I wasn't the safest teen.... 

Owned two Suzukis, but the draw of the Monster never left...  Then the S2R came out and I knew what I had to have.... 

Is it as easy to own as a Suzuki? No...  Is it moving in ways no Suzuki I've ridden ever was?  Yarb.

[Duck-Stew]

The torque.  I had been riding Jap I-4's for a few years and after my first ride on a Duc ('87 Paso 750), I knew I found something I liked....A LOT!

I knew I had to have a Ducati...then I just had to figure out which one.  I loved the Monster from first sight, so....I bought one!

[Statler]

high reving but thundering v-twin in a good-handling sportbike (versus cruising) frame where you can still see the motor.   Narrow list.   

[Bigbore4]

I was looking for something less civilized than my FJR for around town, back and forth to work, short weekend rides etc.

Then my kid brought home a Monster.  Had to have one too.  And you can see the engine!

[Grampa]

In the late eighties, I had taken my kids on a weekend camping trip to Willow Springs to watch WERA racing. While camped out on the hill near turn 4, every so often you would hear a bike fly past that sounded different from the others. It was a deep evil sound. A trip into the pits later that day revealed the source of that sound. Prior to that day, I had never heard the name Ducati.

I was hooked.

When the monster was first introduced.... I had to have one. It's naked.... it's loud... and every picture I saw of one, it's front wheel was in the air.

It took quite a few years to purchase the dream...... but as in most things, it was well worth the wait.

[redxblack]

I lucked into one. The price was way too good to pass up.

[Punx Clever]

Worked at a car wash all through high school.  Saw a dark do a 20 foot burnout to dry his tires and I was hooked on the monster.

Got money from a pre-commissioning loan, and here I am.

[flanman]

The soul....












  No ones said that and I'm surprised. (real reason cause the looks and performance were there. ohh and the fact you can really mod the heck out of them)

[eichh]

I saw my first one in 93' when I was 18 and just out of high school. The guy pulled into a gas station as I was pulling out it was red with a chopped tail ,exhaust tucked under the seat and sounded awsome. I never saw the name on the bike but I never forgot it. So fast forward 12 years and finally having disposable income and missing my old Honda Shadow I searched the internet till I found what the mystery bike was. A quick trip to MCC in Villa Park and  I now own my S4 and have to say it is the most fun I have ever had on a motorcycle. 

[Duck-Stew]

The soul....












  No ones said that and I'm surprised. (real reason cause the looks and performance were there. ohh and the fact you can really mod the heck out of them)

I thought about that, but I didn't really know it had soul until after owning it for a while.  The torque was what 'won me over' and made my decision.  Oh, that and the looks!

[DucLeone]

as i was learning to ride a 125 aprilia (mandatory 2years on 125cc in switzerland) they came out with the monster, and i remember me druling all over them everythimg i seen one, iknew i had to have one sooner or later,and now later is here

[ducatiz]

first bike was an old Ducati single and i had a soft spot for it when years later i was riding hondas.  i found a 93 supersport in 98 and fell back in love with them. 

Currently, I have

2005 S2R
1995 900SP
1996 600SS
1981 Darmah SS
1977 500GTL

The last two are antiques and I also have a few Cagiva bikes with Ducati engines.  Part of it is the ride just feels right -- very flickable, low centre of gravity and lots of torque.  The 600ss has the most thrills for under 60hp, as it is ultra lightweight.  the 900ss has been tuned and tweaked so it can wheelie when shifting to 2nd... 

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

cause I love starbucks coffee and I need an excuse to wear the fine looking dainese leathers and futuristic puma boots