[MichiganMat]

I've been looking at getting a bike for some time now and, being obsessed with performance as any good Pelican is, Im in awe of the bikes Ducati has been making. After reading this article I think I'll cross the 999R off my list:

http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-neil3nov03,0,7730165.story?coll=la-home-highway1

My favorite line:

This thing is misery on two wheels, a wickedly disposed and temperamental exercise of sheer mechanical narcissism upon which you assume a posture like it's flashlight inspection day in prison.

Anybody have one of these monsters?