There is nothing wrong with my bike!!!

At the risk of jinxing either or both myself and the bike I just thought I'd say that there is nothing wrong with my 1299S and its quite probably the best bike I have ridden. I can't help but wonder how Ducati are going to better it with the model but for now I simply look forward to riding it.

The fuelling is good with no snatchy throttle, paintwork seems to be ok and hasn't worn through anywhere, nothing has fallen off, the heat is no worse than the 1199 (perhaps even a little less?) and the fuel consumption is largely governed by my enthusiastic right hand, Im happy to put more fuel in the tank to enable my early morning 'enthusiastic commute'. The handling is sublime and the noise through the Akrapovics is nothing short of addictive.

I'm sure it has some faults but I'm too busy enjoying it to worry about them and I'm definitely not worried about if an R1M/S1000RR/ZX10-R have an extra couple of horsepower as I love the power delivery, noise and characteristics of the Ducati vtwin and find an IL4 fairly utilitarian and just get bored of them. At the end of the day, it was my choice to by the Ducati.

Brands Hatch GP Circuit track day next week - can't wait

Umm, yeah...after posting this...you're .......

I would go check your valve cover bolts immediately.

Excellent response - made me laugh out loud

Let's just all agree to stay clear of this post

I have a 2014 1199 Base I bought in March with 0 miles on it from a dealer.

I now have 1338 miles on her and have had zero issues.

So, I feel the same way the OP here does.

My only wish is that the gas tank held an extra gallon or two so I didn't have to stop as frequently to refuel.

Ride on Brothers!

Same here. I now have almost 4.200 miles on my 1299S and zero issues; rock solid.

Cheers.

It's an "L" twin, not a V twin btw . Congrats on your luck. Trackday should be awesome!!

Horsepower-wise, only the S1000RR is stronger. Torque-wise, you are in a class by yourself.

Love your style, title grabbed my attention
Enjoy

Over 1200 on mine and no problems. The torque is so addictive.

I believe the R1 is the better bike. With all the comparisons out now, I am really unsure of which bike I should trade my 1299 in on.

You need to get the 2015 Panigale R, it won the shoot outs, even against the higher spec R1M