I agree! It would be quite the challenge, but with the way insurance is for me, I only have 3 option: find the rare insurance company that will bother to give me a ".... off" rate instead of just telling me to .... off and pay it, compromise and just use the Streetfighter as it, or go through with this mountain of a project.
Indeed! You have to be at least a bit loony to even think about getting on a majestic, death-rocket, let alone make it one of your favourite things to do. Not even exaggerating, I love eating new, good food to death, but if I had to choose between giving up riding or only eating prison/hospital food for the rest of my life, you best believe I will be eating that .... food with the biggest grin.
It's crazy how insurance companies can be right? If a motorcycle is classified as a super sport, they will automatically refuse to give you insurance or give you a ".... off" rate, even if its a 80 hp 1992 gsxr 600, but if its a widow maker like the Streetfighter V4, but technically classified as a naked bike or a Streetfighter, its no problem.
Plus if he's riding it on the street mostly, which I assume is why he needs insurance, the SF is a way better street bike than the Panigale. So basically he wants to take a great street bike and make it a worse street bike for way more $ than insurance would cost him.
I just absolutely love the design of the Ducati supersports. I was absolutely in love with them when I saw the 848 evo for the first time as a kid.
It’s because of the area I live in. Very few companies offer insurance on supersports and those that do charge crazy amounts for it.
I agree with your point that you shouldn’t get a motorcycle if you can’t get insurance, but the thing is, regardless of what motorcycle or the price of it, if it is classified as a supersport, it’s automatically a big red flag. I was previously riding a HD V-Rod and I paid 900 CAD/ year for insurance on that and I am currently paying 700 CAD on my FZ6R, but when I was getting quotes for an old GSXR600 I was previously planning to buy, they told me to either .... off or pay 3000 a year, which is more than half the value of the bike itself.
