Glad you're enjoying it, looks super clean. I think I will always have big love for the Ducati no matter what I am riding; I've had so many adventures on them!
cheers bud.
Now that I’ve done a decent run I feel I can comment a bit further on the bike.
First thing that I’m pleased about is how comfortable it is in comparison to the bmw, for me the narrower tank does wonders for the sometimes pain that I get in my left leg. With the bmw I would get the pain within 20 miles but I never got it once during the run at the weekend. I think I did roughly 150 miles.
Power wise both bikes are spot on, I haven’t been any where near full throttle at times but still enough to press on and it’s quick, it doesn’t lack that’s for sure. I think I use it better because of the lower rpm limit, with the bmw I could never get used to the 14,500 limit and would short shift often, even when I was pressing on. Not really a negative for the bmw just that I think the Panigale will suit me better in that sense.
Handling wise the Panigale feels more light and nimble and easier to flick about, the bmw might initially feel easier to ride fast at first but the Panigale feels to me just as easy to ride fast. I leave it in dynamic mode in race and the suspension feels bang on, I’ll have to wait until the conditions are better and I can comment on that further.
Around town it’s crap, but who cares, thankfully where I live I don’t need to deal with built up traffic and loads of towns so I’m not going to lose sleep over that one, but the beemer was way better in that respect.
I managed roughly 29mpg with a mixture of riding which I’m happy with, another thing the bmw was superb at, with a similar run I’d have easily managed 35mpg, probably edging towards 40mpg but again I’m not going to grumble at 29mpg.
So overall I’m pleased with the bike.