To quote the quiz show guy at the end of Billy Madison, "At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it."
You didn't inspire the Multistrada 1200's first incarnation, you inspired the 2013 model that my GRANDMA could ride! What do you know about progress in regards to motorcycles? Are you certain they've 'improved the technology' of the bike? Do you have quantitative data that show the new model is 'safer' than the old? Because IMO they certainly have not improved the experience! Motorcycling is a skill. It is not for everyone and this current trend of drowning the bikes in technological AIDS just makes them more and more mundane every year. Manufacturers are now having to devise new aids to perceptively counteract the cumbersome 'safety' aids so the rider can obtain some sort of sensation from the motorcycle. We've already got cars that park themselves and stop autonomously when something's in the way that we can't see, because apparently we're incapable of being aware of our surroundings. And since motorcycling is inherently more dangerous than driving a car, how long until motorcycles drive themselves, too? And when they malfunction, man are we going to be in for it.
You like Ducati's heritage...what, that they used to make toasters and cameras, then opportunistically got into the motorcycle biz? Try Triumph if you appreciate heritage. Their safety? Ducati has one of the highest warranty claims per unit ratios of all manufacturers. Triumph has the lowest, +2 for Hinckley. Design and look - fair enough, I'm with you there. And well done leaving out what makes a Ducati a Ducati: it's MOTOR! People like you, I'll tell ya...Thank you for saying the tone of my writing is aggressive and has an attitude, I feel pretty bad-*** now.
No, but seriously...
Your association between wealthy people and frivolous spending is incredibly ignorant. Most wealthy riders (riders, not just people who buy a sexy bike and leave it in the garage for 20 years) have been riding all their life and have a deep respect for motorbikes and the joy they can bring. You can hurt yourself and others very easily on a motorbike. All that anyone here is asking you to do is to get into riding the right way- not frivolously, not on a whim, not because you can get what you want when you want and you like it. When you first begin riding, you can't even fathom what safe riding is. I know because I've been there as everyone else here has. We are just asking that you humble yourself before making motorcycles a part of your life. If you can do that, you will be safer for yourself and everyone else, and you will get so much more out of riding. Good luck
