I bought the socket and a 3/4 to 1/2 adaptor and a big cracker bar. Worked a treat and will do again tomorrow. Don't forget you will need a big torque wrench to get up to the tightening setting, off the top of my head 180Nm, anyone confirm?

I did 400 miles in a day this summer and i was sore as hell. But then again, if i had done the same trip in my car (Dover to Newark) i'd still be sore as hell cos that route is 'orrible on a friday afternoon.

Don't you guys think it's a bit fatalistic saying that you WILL drop your first bike? Surely if you go out thinking "i'm going to crash" then there is a seriously hightened possibility that you will. I never dropped or even scratched my first bike when i was a noob rider, cause i loved it that much ...

If i remember right the 620 has a twin sided swingarm as opposed to the single sider on the 1000 and the suspension may be a spec or two lower than the 1000. Everything else body work wise should be more or less the same. As you have said the power and torque are down on the 620 motor and in my ...

Glad to be of help, i'm sure others on here will disagree but thats my twopence worth. Just ride safe and enjoy it.

As for the exhaust, the italians sum it up in one word - Music.

A Ducati sounds amazing, what the race pipes, Termignoni, Arrow, Leo Vinci etc do is let the music out, the bike will be louder and sound much deeper. It will also, if tuned correctly give more power in a more linear way. This is done ...

Don't know what the laws are in the US as to how much training you need to have but my first bike was a 900 Monster and I had no trouble.
The bike will only go as fast as you let it, so if you have got your head screwed on and can control yourself then controling the bike will follow.
Apart from the ...