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    Anyone have a Ducati DesertX? My son just got one.

    Couldn't pass up a deal, 2023 DesertX 5200 miles, 3 year premium warranty and a bunch of extras. My son can sell his '22 Tenere and get within about 1K -2K of the purchase price. The Tenere is a really nice bike, but the Duc has 40 more HP (110), better brakes, suspension, cruise control, and so on. He's stoked. Downside is that the Italians can't come close to a Japanese transmission, and it's a leg roaster. Oh and the desmo service is expensive, but I have an angle on that with an expert that does it out of his home - half price of the stealership. That's 10K miles away though. Ducati reliability who knows, but I had a 2013 Multistrada (which I regret selling more than any other bike) and it was flawless. I had a GS1100E when I was 21. He's nearly 20 and rode my GS for about 150 miles the other day. He's a great rider having ridden thousands of miles on mountain bikes. Lucky kid!

    Last edited by oldGSfan; 10-27-2024, 10:23 PM.
    Tom

    '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
    '79 GS100E
    Other non Suzuki bikes
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    #2
    Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post
    Couldn't pass up a deal, 2023 DesertX 5200 miles, 3 year premium warranty and a bunch of extras. My son can sell his '22 Tenere and get within about 1K -2K of the purchase price. The Tenere is a really nice bike, but the Duc has 40 more HP (110), better brakes, suspension, cruise control, and so on. He's stoked. Downside is that the Italians can't come close to a Japanese transmission, and it's a leg roaster. Oh and the desmo service is expensive, but I have an angle on that with an expert that does it out of his home - half price of the stealership. That's 10K miles away though. Ducati reliability who knows, but I had a 2013 Multistrada (which I regret selling more than any other bike) and it was flawless. I had a GS1100E when I was 21. He's nearly 20 and rode my GS for about 150 miles the other day. He's a great rider having ridden thousands of miles on mountain bikes. Lucky kid!

    Very cool bikes....was the Tenere a 700?
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      #3
      Originally posted by trevor View Post

      Very cool bikes....was the Tenere a 700?
      Yes, 700. Very good reliable engine, I've heard it is near the top.
      Tom

      '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
      '79 GS100E
      Other non Suzuki bikes

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        #4
        Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post

        Yes, 700. Very good reliable engine, I've heard it is near the top.
        A good friend has one and rode it to Ontario and back to BC with me a couple of years ago...over 8000km trip....bike did great!
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          #5
          That Ducati looks like a real horse! It's 500 lb wet. Ready to take on Baja.
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            #6
            Originally posted by Nessism View Post
            That Ducati looks like a real horse! It's 500 lb wet. Ready to take on Baja.
            I'm thinking maybe don't sell the Tenere and just ride with my son till I can't no more.

            The DesertX weight is measured 'wet' so it's really only 30 lbs more than the Tenere. Fuel carried lower like the KTM/Husky 901. Japanese bikes are weighed dry w/o ANY fluids, as I understand. Both handle fine on any road or trail, to my view. Tenere has much better throttle feel, has a cable not throttle-by-wire. That is the single demerit I can find on the Ducati. It sorta sucks but will get used to it. On road it's a nuisance, off road a liability.

            I can wring the Tenere out max throttle in every gear and it's 'just' fast enough, and a great bike. The DesertX is a different story, the front wants to come up but it has all the anti-wheelie stuff in street mode at least. It's nearly as fast as my '13 Multistrada (3.5 0-60 vs 3.35), but feels faster, as I'm now officially a geezer.

            We got a ton of extras, lowering kit, lower seat, screen - all which has to be reversed (a day's work) and I need sell the extra bits. Has 5K miles, 3 year premium extended warranty and was $11K. Pinching myself.

            We're planning a trip ASAP while the weather is mint. Maybe Mt. Palomar to see the telescopes, he hasn't seen them. I hope the back side dirt roads are open.

            Last edited by oldGSfan; 10-28-2024, 11:14 PM.
            Tom

            '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
            '79 GS100E
            Other non Suzuki bikes
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              #7
              My buddy I mentioned with the Tenere is actually looking at the Ducati now
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                Originally posted by trevor View Post
                My buddy I mentioned with the Tenere is actually looking at the Ducati now
                Yeah the Tenere is sort of a gateway drug to Ducati. Both have some cool P-D cred. Ducati has come a long way, the only real downside, having owned one, is the price of maintenance and mods. But I have ways around that. I know the president of SoCal Ducati Owners Club, he does the Desmo adjustment out of his garage and is meticulous. I mean obsessively precise, not what you get from your average tech. My Multi's service was half the price ($800, still ouch, vs nearly zilch for the Suzuki GS) at 16K miles, but I had to take all the bodywork off and haul the bike to his house. Then I sold it about 6 months later and am still smacking myself upside the head for selling it so cheap. Maybe this nre one makes up for it.

                Just found a pic when i was stripping it down for service. Just before I got Mr. Turbo and got back into Suzukis after a 10 year hiatus.

                Tom

                '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
                '79 GS100E
                Other non Suzuki bikes
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