Nothing to do with your mod, BTW but I have a true story about "Dukes" from the early days, that may interest someone. Ducati are true race bred racing bikes. They do well on race tracks. I have never riden one, but I knew people who used to, and visited some of them in hospital after the romance was over. I was told by a very respectful, long time owner what the trick is with them. Don't ride them "race agressive" on the road, as too many things can change there, without notice. If you want to flog it hard, use a track. The reason for this is that they don't like you to change your mind about a corner, half way through it. On a Kawasaki, or a Bol d'Or, you can come into a corner, and notice a patch of gravel on the road ahead, and change your line, and survive it most of the time. On a Duke, not so much. With a "Z sled", or a "Boulder", you have options. You can slow down a bit, and go inside, you can prop the bike up, pull the clutch in and roll over it, you can power on and go wide, or you can keep your lean angle, reduce power a bit, and adapt to what happens afterwards. On a Duke, you really only have option four, keep your lean angle, reduce power a bit, and adapt to what happens afterwards. I have no personal experience with this, as I said, but I was told this by the only one I knew who owned and rode them for over twenty years, and probably still does, without losing bark off of himself or his bikes. It's probably not like that with the modern ones, this was over thirty years ago after all, but the advise was, use a track, survey the track, sweep bits if need be, and then light it up. Be respectful of the power, and arrive alive.
BTW, what controller do you guys prefer to "ride" these bikes with. I tried my wheel, and could not make it to the first bend, let alone take it, lol.
