After really smoking it over, I dont understand why I ever bought a Duc. It must have been the lack of knowledge I had on the whole moto world. Well, you gotta learn somehow, right? If you think about it, you pay more for less horsepower, increased weight, less reliability. Then, Ducati screws you on parts and service. But, they are christian enough to charge you $50 for a phukin T-shirt so that you can walk around sporting thier advertisement. They rape us every chance they get. And we say "these bikes have soul" that translates into "I have no phuking common sense." WTF is soul anyway? Does it make you faster? I tell you what...Ducati can take their soul, turn it side ways, shine it up real good, and stick it up thier Bologna-Warmer. I mean, think about it. Nothing justifies owning a Duc. Well, aside from having excessive amounts of $ and/or vasoline. I guess, if you can do the work yourself, dont ride that much anyway, or have a dealer in your pocket...you can swing it. But, for regular white guy in bum'phuk Alabama, the ducati dog dont hunt. You know, they say Ducs are the Ferrari's of Motorcycles. That isn't true. Regular guy cant afford Farrari's, so they never get the chance to mame us with the parts and service. With a Duc, a guy can save up the money to buy it, but then he gets ear-holed with the price of owning one. I wish I would have known how short 6k miles was when I bought the S4. I wish I would have known that there was one dealer in Alabama, no body else will touch them, finding parts is a b!tch, $1 in Italy is $1.5 in U.S., and 3 weeks in Italy is 8 weeks in the states. This story doesnt sound to different than another popular manufacturer. I believe it sells an overweight under powered bike with outrageously priced parts that accompanies sh!tty service. It has a faithfull following of drones that fancy 'em up with the companies clutter, invest in some company flare to dress up in, and ride around like they have the better bike. I have to say, the Harley guys are worse than us, at least we aren't stuck riding in a never ending parade. All and all guys, I am thankfull for my experience. I finally got out of the duc-cloud. This one bike saved me thousands on future Ducs. So think of me when you feel that gentle rush and the V-twin rumble as you crack open the throttle, just remember that's Ducati lubing up for another run at you. Just keep asking "Where is my reach around?" phukaduc, chris