I´ve heard numerous bad news about the Ducati 900SS and 750SS from other reviewers, particularly that it´s heavy on the wrists, has a lot of shake which makes it hard to read the dials and doesn´t handle to well around corners... I don´t know how this got such a high rating considering there are cheaper bikes that perform twice as good! Apparently the new 1000SS and 800SS makes great improvements on these older models.