It all started about two years ago when I began saving up my money to buy a Yamaha R1. I originally wanted to buy the R1 because it was the best of the best out of all the Japanese inline 4s. This all changed though when I went to Koup’s Cycle Shop to get my 93 Suzuki Gsx1100G serviced.
I walked into the shop and there it was sitting in the middle of the showroom. I had never seen a Ducati before but when I first saw the Ducati 848 in the showroom I just knew that I had to have it. The 848’s design was like nothing I had ever seen before, the lines of the bike were subtle yet very aggressive, the tail was bowed out instead or a short stub, the one sided swingarm showed the design of the rims, the vivid red made everything on the bike pop and flow together, and lastly the headlights of the 848 gave it such character that you could feel the presence of the bike. From that moment on I started saving every nickel and penny I had to buy that bike. After about a year and six months of hard work I had finally saved up enough money to walk in that door again and claim that bike as mine.
Now some people might say that spending that much money on a motorcycle at a young age is ridiculous, saying that there are some many better ways to make use of the money, but I would argue that it’s a marvelous decision on my part for many reasons. One reason is that saving up for this bike has taught me a lot about money management. Once I started saving up for the bike I started to see what stuff I was buying was necessary and what stuff was not needed, giving me a new respect for the money I worked for. Another reason is that buying this bike is a test of responsibility. Now that I have spent so much of my money on the machine, it’s up to me to keep it clean and not abuse it on the streets. The last reason, maybe the most important reason, is that it’s my money that I worked for and it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about how I spend it.
So far this has just been an intro with some back ground information to get people up to speed because I bought the bike about 5 months ago now. Throughout my blogging on here I will discuss my impression on the 2010 Ducati 848 that I have, the things that I have added on to my bike, that gear I have bought to protect myself on the bike, and other things as they come along in relation to my bike. I will also be posting pictures of my bike to show before and after pics of the things I have upgraded and if I can get my hands on a helmet camera I will be showing a video of my upcoming trackday in Loudon, NH.
That’s it for this week, stay tuned!
