I haven't been on herein a while. Sold my 98 VFR going on 5 years ago. I had it for most of it's life and put on about 80,000 miles. Wanted something lighter and more powerful.
So, I picked up this Ducati Monster 1200, near new. More than enough power, wow. Less weight and better handling. Great bike. Great maintenance bills and some thing you have to go to the dealer for. Put about 25,000 miles on it.
Got tired of throwing money at it. Planning to move and the nearest dealer would be about 150 miles away. Thinking I don't need this insane level of power, don't really use it. All this lead to a decision to sell it, and I ended up trading it for a new 2022 Suzuki SV650. Even less weight, shorter wheelbase, handles even better. At least at lowish speeds during break in. But I have not quite 200 miles on it so far. Will add to that tomorrow. Keeping it to 5000 or so RPMs means a lot of short shifting. Can't really comment on the power yet. But I do like it so far.
Ride safe whatever you ride. π