OK, I've heard enough. This was painful to listen to on many levels. You could have listed your dislikes in 5 minutes instead of a loooooooooong drawn out video. Sell the bike. It's not for you. Get yourself a nice comfy 'Hardly Dangerous' cruiser, instead. I have the exact same model, and watched this in disbelief. It's not a bike made exclusively for the flat long American roads of Texas, or even America. It's the Cafe Racer version, smaller 17 inch front wheel and clip ons bring the rider's weight forward and aid the overall handling of the bike for where its designed for twisty mountain European passes or twisty country lanes in my own country, England. Ditto the size of the bike, being small (ish) makes the bike a) easy to manhandle around the garage and b) accelerate very well. This is commonly called having a good power to weight ratio. I'm 5'-10" and my legs are tucked up some, I agree......but its a cafe racer not a cruiser, but still no where near as cramped as a 600 or 1000 sportsbike, and the slight forward lean the clip ons necessitate is eased once you're doing anything over 50 MPH with the wind blast. As for the engine heat, there are plenty of similar sized air cooled V twins do exactly the same....but guess what?.....here in the bloody cold of the UK, it's actually an asset. Fuel consumption and range of 150 miles is good, not bad, from that small tank. The spoke wheels not only look stunning they can take a nasty pothole or bash that would put a dint in the rim of more rigid cast wheels. I've done 4500 miles on mine on some very rough country roads aswell as dual carriageways and not had a single puncture. I've got a 20 year old BMW F650 with spoke wheels and tubes.....I not had a puncture on that, either. Service costs? I have a friend with a Kawasaki, and his services are fairly close to mine, price wise. Also, the demo valve Service is not annual, its 7500 miles. There IS an annual service regardless of miles covered, which is annoying, I grant you, but the big desmo is at 7500. My run in Service and my first annual service both cost £180 (about $245) which is about par for the course, here in the UK for most premium bikes. However, you're bleating about Service charges yet you've managed to put down the dollar's to buy a new Ducati?? The finish and attention to detail is better than my BMW, and way better than a KTM or Suzuki or even a Moto Guzzi. It handles marvelously on roads its meant to be ridden on, has a class leading lean sensitive ABS that breeds confidence in the twistys. It looks gorgeous with that blue frame and ice matte scheme and gets as much admiration from pedestrians as a Panagale. Clearly, however, as I state earlier, its just not the bike for you.
Thanks for the constructive feedback. I figured the video was going a bit long and I’m fairly new to motovlogging, so I’m finding the footing on length. As for the bike itself, I figured I’d drop a scathing view on it before I’d admire it for what it is in the next video I plan on following up with. ✌️
Reminds me of a Landrover defender video where they bag everything and then say they wouldn't change a thing. Ducati are definitely everything you say but they still bring a nice smile to your dial. Picking my mint 2nd hand one up tomorrow. Its been re chipped and mapped and Bluetooth mapping, single slip on ( that stock muffler sounds lame) and a beautiful tail tuck to get rid of the ugly plate swingarm. Its got more than enough power imho as where they excel is in tight corners. On my 650 Pantah I would do double the advisory speed through tight corners and not break the law.
I live on an island in Thailand with potholes, good roads, bad roads, dirt roads, off road, puddles, roads 2 feety deep in water, and people driving the wrong way wrongh side of road every 40 meters, and the ducati scrambler is a perfect bike for Thailand (comes with knobblies here) - for American Yankees commuting with your stupid roads, yeah any bike is a pile of crap. As to the pay pay pa.. yeah Ducati is like a yacht. You dont just need the money for the yacht, you need three times more for the maintenance and marina rental. Iy was ccheaper for me to buy a new cafe racer like this to replace parts on my nightshift, than for Ducati to fix it. Ducati wanted 10,000 dollars to fix my 12,000 dollar nightshift replacing the tank which could have been repaired easy, the right indicator, two mirrors, and one front fork, so i bought a cafe racer with 2000 miles on it as a cheaper alternative to paying ducaTI., As to valvwe check, plenty of laid-off duycati engineers in Thailand who stole the electronic reader and setting device, and mechanics, who are angry with Ducati the italian mobsters who overcharge for after sales service.. Every ducati owner should write to Bologna and complain about their ripoff services and overpriced spare parts. But i thnk with all the starving kids in somalia, oyu sholdn't complain so much about your luxury dreambike that many people will never be able to afford in their lives, and be thankful and stop complaining no? I mean, You have a Ducati man, as do I (i have 2) and the only reason we have one, and can eat big mac, is because some kid in Africa gets nothing, as we eat his share, which uncle sam took from him 400 years ago
Are yearly valve checks new? Or is it listed in the manual? I've never heard of that... I have an older two valve, did the first valve check by myself and used MBP collets. 18k mile valve check interval now. Modern belts have longer intervals as well.
I now have to decide what to mix and match between my Nightshift and one of these Cafe Racers to see what i make out of the two of them I now have one of each)
Well mate, it s obvious this bike isn t for you. Personally, I absolutely love everything about this bike, including it s quirkiness, which gives it it s individual personality. You re entitled to your opinion, but you have to understand tha this beautiful machine is made for the european climate, and made to handle, and that means twisty roads. Cheers and enjoy whatever next bike you choose.
No offense but I'd say 150 miles on 3.57 gallons of gas is pretty fuel efficient. That's about 42 miles per gallon. Even with inflation and premium gasoline at $4.25, you're paying, what, about $15? C'mon, man!
I had the choice of both and went for black and gold. Classic, iconic, love my bike. Yeah they get hot in traffic in the summer and the Desmo service is about £850 every 3 years in the UK, but it's the best bike I've ever ridden. Been around Brands Hatch circuit on it, taken it out on girls trips, beach trips, city riding. Always turns heads. Always starts. Always fun to ride ❤
@desmodysseus1974 I've got the black and gold 2017 version. Love my bike but I'm 5'6 and live in the UK. Yeah hot in the summer in traffic but fun on track, country lanes and city riding. Changed the suspension and forks. Changed the tyres to Diablo Rosso IVs over the last year 😊
Buy a Harley, dude. These bikes are not made for Texas. I live close to the alps, we have twisty roads, and that's what this bike is made for. I love it, I can not imagine a better bike for a mountain pass.
@@karlon908 Awesome! I plan on doing a 5 Things I love about the bike video soon. I tried to get my negative opinion on it out before I shower it with my praise.
Of course the tire itself is tubeless, as it can operate without a tube if the rim allows for it. As long as the spokes are mounted through the rim wheel, tubes are required to prevent air leaving the tire through the rim. There are spoked wheels where the spokes mount on the surface of the rim, e.g. those of the BMW r9t.
I think anybody willing to BUY a Ducati, should learn to WORK ON their own bike.. it doesn't make sense to go to the dealership every year for ANY vehicle.
Ducati make the bikes so it is next to impossible to do it yourself. Obviously you don't own one. Even top mechanics scratch their heads unless they are Ducati trained
@@desmodysseus1974 There are many things even an advanced mechanic cannot do on a Ducati, without buying some darned expensive specialized equipment, I would like to see you do your own valve check
