Thanks man, i have just posted my short riding experience

Go for it dude !!

Its an R & G product, but i got them from the ducati south africa itself. i didnt get a chace to look around the market, i wanted one quickly before i do any kind of riding, and this was the only one they had in stock, but i must say, it looks totally slick

Beauty!!! Congratulations...

few more pics

Thank you yaar, I was waiting for it (ownership experience report), thanks once again dude for letting me use your motorbike photos, you have heard what my heart wanted to say I wanted the photos of your Ducati in the front view angle, and you posted it, ride safe and take care.

Kachingg...once again YUM

Couple of notes on my own research on the SF, as i am beginning to ponder over an upgrade next year.

The below 3500 rpm sluggish behavior is widely documented. I have read about the SF ownership experience, mods etc a lot on the Ducati forums. The best known fix being an ECU flash...which you already know. The Termis and the Ducati ECU upgrade wont do much to the below 3500 rpm nature of the bike. Obviously it will add more power and a glorious sound.

On the Wind blast issue, Ducati Performance accessories sells a wind screen, it looks rather small, dont know if it helps much. But PUIG i think also sells one for the SF, slightly larger. I cant say how it looks on the SF. Maybe you can research it a bit more, but it def seems to be much better at cutting out the wind blast.

Anyway, great bike man. Good choice. I did test ride the 1098S and good lord it has a rather painful ergonomics. The SF on the other hand had much more comfy ergonomics (i just sat on one in riding posture with my buddy holding the bike straight).

Good luck with the break in period and in taming that beast of a ride.
Ride safe

Yes, i figured, its the fueling issues, i do plan on flashing the ecu, question is when to. i have put 300km now on the bike, and the 3500rpm thing is really a *****, specially when u know how good the bike is beyond that, u cant help but wonder, how good the bike would be if one could just sort this issue.
frankly the bike has enough power to keep me occupied for some time, the termis are just gonna be for the sound, having a ducati with out termis is a sin !!
the sound of the termis is so sinister, goes with the nature of the bike.
regarding the windshield, i like the way the bike looks, wouldnt change anything, just have to deal with the wind blast :-)
i know what you mean about the eronomics of the 1198, i wanted to buy one as well, in fact loved the bike , didnt care about the ergo, until i saw the SF , that is :-)
drive down to South Africa, for a couple of days, we could go for some stunning biking trails. ( google search for Garden route )
Am already planning on buying one more bike in a few months, or may be next yr, wanna wait till honda comes out with the new gen cbr ( or may be am just plain screwed in the head ) , but i know my wife would no tbe a happy woman, she wants me to get an SUV. !!

Driving down to SA would be fun, but am up here in the United States.
Anyway, do give the Ducati Performance screen a look. It apparently feels right at home while not changing the minimalist looks of the SF.
+1 on the termis.

Oh man,you are too lucky Congratulations !! Awesome !!

kachhhing bro congrats on buying the best looking naked bike ever built.... even one of my friends has one here in delhi... its a black one and i have the privilege of seeing it every sunday... he has even installed termignoni exhaust cans for it... sounds really kickass now... enjoy your time with her

oh and i had one question.. in the pic on the first page. was that a diavel in the background???

hey thanks dude
yes it is the best looking naked ever !! the black does looks kick ass, i must admist specially the 2011 version paint job.
as i said before SF with out termis is a sin.

^^ hotness !

@ kachhhing sorry for being late, accept my heartiest congratulations. you got an awesome machine man.droooling

Sorry for being late buddy.
N my heartiest congratulations on becoming a Ducatisti..

Respect! Amazing bike kachhhing!


cheers.