Speaking of which, the suspension geniuses at Marzhocchi also tuned the SP's upside-down forks specifically for this application. The newly blackened front tubes measure 50 millimeters in diameter, are treated to a Diamond-Like Coating and are adjustable for spring preload, compression and damping. The rear shock comes courtesy of Ohlins, and it adds separate high- and low-speed compression damping to the fork's stable of adjustability. Looking good so far.
Power from the 1100cc air-cooled V-twin comes on a tad bit slowly before the engine works itself into a frenzy in the higher stretches of the tach and then falls off a bit short before a shift light flashes on the dash. Sadly, it's more than a wee bit unhappy below 4,000 RPM or so, and it shakes exactly the same way as every other large-bore air-cooled Ducati mill we've ever tested. Some may call it character, and we're not exactly complaining ourselves. But as we said in our review of the Ducati Sport 1000, you sometimes feel like you're sitting atop an L-twin-powered paint shaker from Home Depot at low revs and large throttle openings. The good news, though, is that the engine feels so great about halfway through its rev range that you soon learn to subconsciously keep it in its sweet spot. Problem solved, then, right? Plus, there's one more intoxicating payoff for keeping the engine on the boil.
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