+1 Indy Ducati escorts everyone on a demo ride, and their service dept. is top notch     

 

I don't know.  Seems like every time I read about an S4Rs going down, it's totaled.  My first was rear-ended and totaled.  I got full value and replaced it with another.  Been lucky with number two, but I worry that any minor lowside will get it totaled out, and I hate the thought of going through that again.  That being said, I ride it with no regard for it's apparent vulnerability even though it feels a bit like Russian Roulette.

I think if my second S4Rs got totaled I may not replace it with the same.  It's a shame parts are so damned expensive.  Are all Ducatis prone to such expensive damage?  I can't think of a single bike I'd rather be riding, but this weakness is downright embarassing to me.   Are the super bikes as fragile?  I'm sure the body work costs a bundle, but do the frames bend and twist as readily as the Monster frames?

I feel the same way but thats just the cost of owning a duc or any other italian exotica... and from what i hear, yes the superbikes are just as fragile..

do the frames bend and twist as readily as the Monster frames?

The RS frame only bends when you ride it correctly (fast and hard enough).  The few times I've done it, I was .....very...... impressed with the way the frame begins to communicate what it's doing at the "I'm about to kill myself pace".

I don't think the bike is more expensive or more a pain in the ass or more vulnerable than any other Ducati.

And ridden "correctly" it may be the most fun Ducati.

LA