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Originally Posted by ddk632
S1000RR is pretty badass. I actually want a middleweight; I used to race an SV650 back in the day and it was tons of fun. But I can understand the desire to go to a literbike.
Was the 848 expensive to run?
How often did you track it?
Any issues with it, or pretty much just get out and ride?
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It wasn't very expensive to run because it was/is a fairly easy bike to wrench on and most parts of the bike are easily accessible because of the way the bike is built. I had a hook-up on tires from a guy I tracked/raced with, so SC2/SC3 tires were easy to come by. Dan Kyle helped with the suspension stuff, so I was fortunate to have him 4 or 5 hours away to assist with any issues. More or less I could just jump on the 848 and go. The radiator blew, but Ducati covered that because of a service bulletin.
That bike saw the track at least twice a month, and of the 10k-ish miles that were on the bike when I sold it, at least a good 6-7k were track miles.