[trimblej]

Long time viewer, decided its time to join. I never rode a motorcycle until I took my MSF course this past April at the local Harley Davidson dealer. I passed the course on 4/2, and put a deposit down at Ducati Detroit the day of the official unveiling. I took delivery of my Standard red SuperSport on 5/1/17 and its been a blast ever since. The bike now has approximately 1200 miles on the clock.


Thanks
Jeff

 

[Hugg727]

welcome to the forum Jeff. Glad to see that you got through the break in period quickly. You made a heck of a choice for a first bike.

 

[se7en]

Yeah, good choice and welcome to Pandora's Box!:grin2:

 

[trimblej]

Thanks, much appreciated!!!

 

[klev]

Long time viewer, decided its time to join. I never rode a motorcycle until I took my MSF course this past April at the local Harley Davidson dealer. I passed the course on 4/2, and put a deposit down at Ducati Detroit the day of the official unveiling. I took delivery of my Standard red SuperSport on 5/1/17 and its been a blast ever since. The bike now has approximately 1200 miles on the clock.


Thanks
Jeff

Was my first bike too. I used to ride a 150cc naked when I was in India. My first US, Red Italian hottie!

 

[spinkick]

Small world! I'm sure I'll see you around here . Got my S from Ducati Detroit as well. Detroit Ducati has taken pretty good care of me, but still waiting on a couple things :|

 

[melba]

Long time viewer, decided its time to join. I never rode a motorcycle until I took my MSF course this past April at the local Harley Davidson dealer. I passed the course on 4/2, and put a deposit down at Ducati Detroit the day of the official unveiling. I took delivery of my Standard red SuperSport on 5/1/17 and its been a blast ever since. The bike now has approximately 1200 miles on the clock.


Thanks
Jeff

Welcome Jeff and congrats on your purchase. We look forward to your contributions to the forum

 

[melba]

Was my first bike too. I used to ride a 150cc naked when I was in India. My first US, Red Italian hottie!

So it appears that you lucky guys in the good old US of A don't have to go through any restriction period from being a complete novice to jumping on a bigger bike.
Here in Oz our new riders have to go through a progressive graduated licensing system and are restricted to riding smaller bikes for 3 years once they have received their license. Restrictions are bike must have power output of less than 150Kw/tonne :frown2:

 

[amoslws]

Good to have you onboard, have you visited the poll thread yet, hopefully you have, need more red votes

 

[trimblej]

Spinkick- where in Michigan are you located? Yes, Ducati Detroit has been a pleasure to deal with throughout the process.


Melba- Nope, no restrictions here in Michigan, probably the same elsewhere in the U.S. If you can pass the test to get the endorsement on your license you can ride anything you want. I made the decision early I wasn't going to by a Ninja 250 to tool around on for a few months and then go through the hassle of selling it to buy what I really wanted. I just took it easy in Urban mode for 1 day, then switched to Touring mode for 3 days and have been in Sport ever since, lol. I live out where there are great rural roads (55mph) with nice curves, good straights and little traffic. Its been a blast so far.


amoslws- voted!!!

 

[Motomillion]

How are you liking the Supersport as a first bike?

 

[trimblej]

While I don't have that much to compare it to. I'm blown away how easy it to drive. Other than the HD Street 500 I took my MSF course on and the used Ducati 696 Monster I test drove at the dealership. I had no prior riding experience, but this thing is a dream to ride and looks incredible. More than enough power for a first bike, but I'm sure I'll want more as time goes on : )

 

[klev]

While I don't have that much to compare it to. I'm blown away how easy it to drive. Other than the HD Street 500 I took my MSF course on and the used Ducati 696 Monster I test drove at the dealership. I had no prior riding experience, but this thing is a dream to ride and looks incredible. More than enough power for a first bike, but I'm sure I'll want more as time goes on : )

Ditto! MSF with street 500, Monster 821, but I do have exp on 150cc, 4-5 years

 

[spinkick]

I started on a 600 (way different than 600's are these days, a Honda 600F4). Then moved to liter bikes, then went to a naked and now I'm at the supersport. Must be getting old

Literbikes (and z06's etc) are sometimes not so fun on the road because you cant wind them out, like you can these bikes.

 

[spartan1984]

trimblej,


Congrats on your purchase :grin2:

 

[DucatiJocki]

Congrats on your new Ducati! What a way to get into riding! Start at the top!