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I think we can agree that it is rare to truly understand any bikes capability on a public road.
Yesterday I attended an advanced rider course at a track. Although it's a tight and twisty track I did achieve my objective, which of course was to learn more about the SS. The prescribed max lean angles promoted by ducati are 48 degrees, I would suggest there's some safety in that statement. I used the pirelli diablo app that can be found on android. As expected our model is not listed so I selected the closest supersport it.
The phone was inserted into my flange type tank bags phone pouch and is self calibrating to the horizontal or vertical.
It was not my intention to get around the track as quick as possible but to learn how the bike handles going into the tight bends and how it handles in the bends. Well I was pleasantly surprised at how well this little SS sticks to it's line. The track is very tight and I rarely got beyond 3rd gear. I realised that I certainly need to drop my gear selector down a bit because I got a fair few false neutrals and they were quite unsettling at the best of times. The track has some straights and I sadly report that the DQS frequently let me down on 5th and 6th gears selection.
The ohlins worked wonderfully and the brakes were super. Never once did I feel I did not have sufficient travel on the forks and I never felt uneasy with the braking capacity. In fact there was still plenty of unused braking power, but as mentioned I was not racing against time but learning the bike. I wanted to keep the rpm below 7000.
Admittedly the little tank bag got in the way but it served its purpose by supporting the phone for me to assess the SS capabilities.
What really is impressive is how comfortably the SS sits in the bends without any bucking. It's like it's on rails. I cannot report on power performance because I didn't push it so hard but overall the bike operated quite well. Needless to say I also did not want to crash my 1 week young SS-S.
This bike goes where you point it and contrary to the ducati notoriety it is quite forgiving. I made a few blunders with gearing and the SS kept it's line and never bucked once. That's a big relief.
Happy riding guys !!
Yesterday I attended an advanced rider course at a track. Although it's a tight and twisty track I did achieve my objective, which of course was to learn more about the SS. The prescribed max lean angles promoted by ducati are 48 degrees, I would suggest there's some safety in that statement. I used the pirelli diablo app that can be found on android. As expected our model is not listed so I selected the closest supersport it.
The phone was inserted into my flange type tank bags phone pouch and is self calibrating to the horizontal or vertical.
It was not my intention to get around the track as quick as possible but to learn how the bike handles going into the tight bends and how it handles in the bends. Well I was pleasantly surprised at how well this little SS sticks to it's line. The track is very tight and I rarely got beyond 3rd gear. I realised that I certainly need to drop my gear selector down a bit because I got a fair few false neutrals and they were quite unsettling at the best of times. The track has some straights and I sadly report that the DQS frequently let me down on 5th and 6th gears selection.
The ohlins worked wonderfully and the brakes were super. Never once did I feel I did not have sufficient travel on the forks and I never felt uneasy with the braking capacity. In fact there was still plenty of unused braking power, but as mentioned I was not racing against time but learning the bike. I wanted to keep the rpm below 7000.
Admittedly the little tank bag got in the way but it served its purpose by supporting the phone for me to assess the SS capabilities.
What really is impressive is how comfortably the SS sits in the bends without any bucking. It's like it's on rails. I cannot report on power performance because I didn't push it so hard but overall the bike operated quite well. Needless to say I also did not want to crash my 1 week young SS-S.
This bike goes where you point it and contrary to the ducati notoriety it is quite forgiving. I made a few blunders with gearing and the SS kept it's line and never bucked once. That's a big relief.
Happy riding guys !!