don't worry - enjoy - i use mine all the time for everything, having traded the 748 in on it. the MTS has more grunt than the transalp, and you will love it. i miss how skinny the 748 was in traffic ...
have had a couple of ducati's in the past and a cagiva elefant too and guess what? each one i had for between 2 and 4 years, doing a minimum of 6,000mls a year including commuting and trackdays and i ...