748 Sps.. Just Need To Get My License!

Haha well you never know i guess, but I'm well past all that with cars now, don't expect I'll be any different on the bike.

Got myself a new helmet, as realised I still had the same one I bought when I did my CBT, and then realised just how long ago it was that i did my CBT!

Here is my old Aprilia RS125.. picture tells me this was taken August 2009, would imagine i got the helmet that year..

And also my new lid

 

Hi All,

Just thought I'd update this.. after much thought I decided on the more cautious approach and will not be going straight to the 748, I have bought yet another bike, in the form of a KTM RC390, it has only done 2300 miles and has lots of extras, plus cost me about the same as I imagine it would cost to repair the 748 if I dropped it standing still! I think it will be the right choice, it's amazing how less intimidating it is even just sitting on it/starting it. It has the modern touches like ABS and a gear indicator which will be nice to have.

After getting the KTM I have been thinking it is all the bike I will need for a while, I still have to pass my test which hopefully will be done this year but I expect I'll have at least 2 years on the KTM, and as such having now 3 bikes and knowing this will mean long term storage for the Ducati I have tentatively put it up for sale :-(

Albeit it will only go if I get what I want for it, I would still love to hold on to it but we'll just have to see what happens.

I did also pick up a model, when I think of a yellow Ducati the first thing that comes to mind is Frankie Chili and his 998.5, I managed to get hold of a minichamps model of it signed by him which I'm pretty excited about! If the 748 does go I'll always have that to remind me of it.

Whatever happens I don't expect to go anywhere too soon, I still expect a Ducati will follow the KTM and if its not a 748 then I do like the look of the 17-on supersports.

 

Hi All, I just wanted to update this thread in case it might help someone else at some point.. so I did end up passing my test last December, somehow passing mod 1 & 2 first time

Alas I never rode the 748, it was sold and in fact the RC390 was sold before i passed as well! But that's because i bought an RC390R instead which was the only one in the country. Since passing I bought a 1999 Honda VFR 800 which i ran alongside the RC390R but I've recently sold the KTM and replaced it with a BMW R1200S, I still have the Honda also, and the supersoco scooter

I do have some regret that I didn't keep the SPS for a bit longer as with how it turned out and the bikes I have now I expect I'd of felt more than comfortable riding it now, but ultimately I think going from the RC390R to the Honda was a good step and saved the worry as of course VFR's aren't exactly valuable. But I do miss the Ducati! I'm sure I'll get another one in the not too distant future

 

@cookster Yep SPS went without me riding it :-( my excuse is I didn't have my license of course.. the person I sold it to contacted me not that long ago and also still hadn't ridden it!

@916CornerSpeed good luck with your sale if it does go, owning it since 2016 and never riding is worse than me lol

@TNR actually I have to admit to a few more bikes that came and went after selling the SPS but before i passed, so these also never got ridden by me! 1. Kawasaki 1996 ZX7R (green of course) 2. 1997 KTM Duke 690

I bought the Kawasaki after missing owning a 'big bike' and its another bike that has been in my mind since being a kid. It was meant to be one of the best in the country but it wasn't in my eyes, perhaps it didn't help following the SPS which was very clean. I may have kept it if it was as good as i expected it to be, but ended up selling. I then traded the KTM Duke in for the Honda VFR. Technically I did have the Duke when I passed thinking about it, but i hadn't taxed/insured it and then traded it shortly after.

So yes guess i was a busy boy last year lol, all for the love of bikes!