I love my bike but...

[ab]

too many miles?  You bought the bike to ride it.  So ride the shit out of it.  Life is short.

geez

[bikepilot]

I'd probably ride the ducati if you like it.  I was commuting about 100 miles a day on my TLS, which I loved (and is rather ducati-like in terms of riding experience) and tried a more practical bike for a short while and hated it.  I switched back to the TL and was happy

One thing when considering most japanese bikes is that the valves pretty much never move if you aren't on the rev limiter constantly.  The OEM maintenance intervals are extremely conservative.  My TLS has large, rather sensitive valves by japanese standards and, at 60k miles, is just starting to get to the tight end of the spec.  An adjustment is quite easy as the cams are gear driven, lift out with little fuss and you just stick in a different shim. A complete set of shims is $75. Generally, after the first adjustment the valves really don't move as they get settled in and just stay there.

I demoed a Versys and was pretty impressed.  It probably accelerates and turns at least as well as my wife's 620 and is very comfortable.  Downsides are being a parallel rather than v twin it doesn't have have the uneven, visceral feel to the motor and is a bit bland overall.  Still its sporty enough to be fun on a commute and very practical.  It has smallish valves and doesn't rev really high so my guess is the valves will probably never need adjusting.  SVs are great too, though not as comfy.

[bunnyman666]

See my post about how owning a Ducati is like dating a stripper...

[tilt]

Yeah I think im gonna just up grade my shims EMSDUC.com . I gave my buddy the video on how to it and he has it under control.  He is actually a great vintage mechanic ill post up pics of his garage, the only bad part is its all BMW the good is they are all vintage.

[duc996]

Best bang for the bucks SV650

[J5]

You don't really need to adjust the valves every 6k, once everything is settled in, they don't really move much anymore. Just ride the Ducati and enjoy it.  It'll be tons cheaper to have ONE bike that you take good care of.

tons cheaper no not at all

actually cheaper to tons cheaper running 2 bikes depending on how you do it

having 1 ducati that does everything

fuel, registration, tyres, insurance , maintenance , depreciation

having 2 bikes

you can cut down a lot of the above in a big way

having smaller cheaper bike for the commute that is far cheaper on all of the above so it becomes an equal or cheaper
way to go along with having a backup bike

now the smart ones that do a lot of miles buy a cheapie on ebay , do the maintenance themselves and repairs and offload it again after a shortwhile
and by doing this it costs you nothing or makes you money on the commute so you are well in front

aside another benefit is when you go and ride the monster you will enjoy it instead of commuting all the time

[seevtsaab]

....another benefit is when you go and ride the monster you will enjoy it instead of commuting all the time

I commute on my Monster, and don't feel any worse for it. That doesn't prevent me fron enjoying it!
As a matter of fact, it gives me a reason to get out of bed every day!