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Originally Posted by losttoy
Honestly, yes, a little voice in my head has starting favouring Ducati 
The impression I got from reading all around was that Ducati's reputation of being a tinker toy might no longer be valid especially for the 695 although Ducati's history might very well justify that reputation.
Unfortunately, at least here in Northern California, the dealers won't let you test ride anything. The best you can do is sit on the bikes in the showroom. I am not quite sure how people here are supposed to decide on what they want to buy without test riding the bikes. But I guess I will just have to live with that.
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I too had the same thoughts as you when I bought my bike 2 months ago, I heard all the usual stuff about reliability, cost etc but also heard, like fizzwheel says that this is a load of crap, so based on the following points I made up my mind.
Although they were both about the same price to buy the Ducati parts are more expensive (aftermarket like exhaust etc)
No wind protection on the Ducati
Ducati a bit too low for me (6'4" even the SV is a bit cramped)
As a first bike I wanted something that wasn't going to need a lot of attention mechanically, I know I said that this could be a load of crap but I wouldn't buy something like an alfa romeo as a first car....its an Italian, made with passion and sexy as f*** but going to give you regular problems
Ducati not as fast
I want my next bike to be a Ducati if I can afford one in the next 2 years or so, the noise is the BEST and lets face it.....its a DUCATI!