Re: old design was oilheads-digest V1 #47

[Marco S Hyman <marc@xxxxxxxxx>]

 > with significant power, not so for BMW. As far as sport touring models 
 > go, Ducati's ST4 is less expensive than BMW K1200RS or R11RS. The same 
 > goes for Aprilia, another niche player.

Until you have it serviced.   Ducati makes BMW servicing seem reasonable.
A friend was so traumatized by the effort in servicing his ST4s at 6k
that he's selling the bike instead of going throug the pain a second
time :-)   

// marc

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