Ducati Sport 1000

[The Pastor]

Of course.

I usually take bikes on test rides up the northern motorway, along Coatesville-Riverhead, up Old North and Peak to cow cop, turn around and come back the same way - that's about 100km all up. Bit more, maybe. It's good to use the same route all the time, because the differences between bikes become more obvious.

I've never had a shop that's given me grief about disappearing for a couple of hours with a bike. If you're thinking about buying something, you gotta ride it enough to figure out whether you like it, after all!

you're quite right. only colemans and the suzi dealer (somthing about suzi's?) let me take the bike for about an hour. Every other dealer said "10 or 15 mins" maybe its somthing to do with my age?

how on earth can you test a bike in 15 mins. Ripoff barren are the worst at test rides.

didn't quite click to test the gas economy during the test cheers! and that route sounds like a pretty damn good one, its got everything, suburban, motorway and twists!

[slowpoke]

They reckon they are about 90hp.

one thing I want to know is how do u stop ur jacket scratching the tank? With the super aggressive reach to the bars? Don't say tank pad - they simply don't work.

Tank pads are the schizz, you've just gotta buy the right one. Basically you get what you pay for. One thing with Ducati's there is definitely no shortage of accesories available and I can guarantee you'll find a lovely carbon fibre tank pad from one of a plethora of manufacturers to do the job.