The new Ducati is not the most handsome of the bunch, or so I thought when I first saw it, but it really grows on you the more time you spend around it. Out on track it's a new experience to the old one. This is a new bike with better feel from the front end on full lean, which has always been a bit of a problem on the old 748. With more to adjust than a Technics hi-fi, handlebars, foot rests and subframe, you can really play around to make it suit your style. However, the dashboard will baffle the finest scientists, there's even a computer game on there, or so somebody told me. You can carry mega corner speed through the turns but it's still a tricky bike to hit apexes on. Mind you, with a race team budget this bike will be the bollocks.