New season, new bike

I know.. AGAIN! I swapped out the bike, again! But the deal was way too good to pass and so is the bike. I mean, real manly bikes like the Bobber are all cool and all, but these light thumpers are just soooooo much more fun..
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The bloke: MargusMoto
The bike: 2024 Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono “Maria”
The main camera: GoPro Hero11 Black

I’m getting a cramp [Applause] I’ve forgotten how to ride the thing I’m sorry yes another year another bike any time I start the season especially on a new bike you’re going to hear me laughing like a freaking Maniac put it in the urban mode like it’s basically freezing outside so not

The best time to ride for the first time in the year after a long ha hi whatever the word is the brand new bike that I don’t know uh tires that are not perfectly running with controls actually the controls are surprisingly familiar because I have owned um husar 7 one

Super Moto it’s not that dissimilar M and the smell of the new bike the burning grease don’t stall don’t stall oh man I love this light bike I mean it’s going to be another video where I explain why I sold bobber basically I just made a straight up swap

They got my bobber I got this the ducatti high motar 698 mono that’s a long name [Laughter] mul at some point I’m going to need to uh check the suspension setting as well and make it uh plush and um comfortable as much as it’s possible on this

Motorcycle yeah you’re saying I’m in the third gear which I’m definitely not okay A little bug in the system uh gear indicator has stopped functioning it’s showing confident in the third gear well it is a brand new bike I mean it’s been around like openly

On the market for a couple of months so yeah there will be teething problems is obvious a lot of people advise against going for this first year first year uh production bike but n in the long run run I’m going to go for the UR anyway once diotti makes that

I’m going to make the switch but for now this one is real the Ducati Enduro based on this the mono version is still only in my dreams Focus now rush hour traffic on a brand new bike cold tires not run in tires not run in bike everything is new but that’s you know

Normal for me ah it has changed into fourth now apparently and here I would think it’s in actually in the second it’s pulling by itself in the second gear I let go of the uh of the throttle and it’s like uh it’s automatic or cruise

Control it’s ping oh my boy oh my oh my the pull is uh even there when I’m not touching the throttle that’s the beauty of the light bike man these um real real first rides are always a freaking giggle fest all right I’m in fifth gear now and in neutral as

Well no it’s not the gear indicator I’m stupid that’s a distance I’ve traveled once it hits number seven then I will know for sure oh the gear indicator is on the side here dumbass Jesus Christ that’s obviously not gears well that’s yeah I can’t focus on

The dash you I have to focus on the freaking Road it’s impossible to explain what this means of being on a such a light bike until you actually been on one it’s it’s man man man man man man man oh looks like I might need some gas oh the dining ccle is also

Nice now pay attention gravel woo it’s also a familiar feeling of being on tiptoes again I like tall bikes I do love tall bikes especially in the city you can see so far so well o another thing uh that I read in the manual that nobody has been speaking

About this this thing is supposed to have self-cancelling turn signals apparently maybe it’s not on I thought it would be on by default Man Fire up and another thing that I really really missed is having hand guards because it deflects so much cold wind away from my hands I don’t feel like I

Need uh the freaking hand warmers whatever they called I don’t know maybe for Highway use it would be more necessary but not in the city not at these speeds at least oh yes let’s see about the fueling now though like the biggest gripe I had with

The the KTMs like I had the 701 husky version of it was that in the city speed like doing 40 50 km an hour even worse doing 30 oh it would be so jerky it would be just annoying thing to ride I’m quite curious to see how it is

On this motorcycle though yeah given it’s not running in it’s cold it’s the worst of all worlds but still and obviously the the clutch is super light you hardly notice it all but this is pretty common on Modern bikes the brake is one finger action I yeah

Again I haven’t had to break too hard I hope I don’t because yeah again Frost uh but it feels light it feels abundant to stop this bike that doesn’t weigh anything and luckily enough I don’t weigh much either so you know match made in heaven but about the yeah I keep

Toing this thing I’m um 6 ft 183 cm tall the seat is narrow it’s it’s like tall but it’s narrow and it’s comfy enough and uh I don’t want to go fast because the faster I go the frostier it gets but then again I don’t want to be

Stuck behind or in between cars cuz you know like onethird of these guys and gals are just on their phones nonstop or yawning you know that’s also an option oh it’s butter smooth I mean it’s fast but it’s not yes it’s not like mean or um abrupt it’s not raw it’s just this

Like Smooth out power which makes this bike again feel so light and so easily manageable oh man given I do always do the same same thing when I get a new bike I’m in love instantly I it’s the best bike I’ve ever had I say and then yes year later I sell

It but but no no no really really this one is the One oh yeah and she’s called Maria on the straight road the most fun thing you can have is dodging the manhole covers it’s so OD that it has a lower idle RPMs and when I put it into gear and hold the clutch in it almost feels like it’s in an

Assist that I I wouldn’t stall it’s like the motorcycle noticed that I have a trouble getting off um that’s what she said and uh yeah just trying to give me a helping hand my glasses are fallowing up so bad H but I can’t open with the wiser because then my face just

Freezes oh just can’t win it can I and one of the few things that I’m going to miss that’s on the bobber is the the freaking cruise control it’s a simple thing but damn it’s so convenient I also wonder what kind of Lights am I

Running to my much to my surprise and um um sorry I’m worrying about stalling in the bike the um handbook motorcycles um manual said that uh the daylight running lights are actually better visible in the daylight whereas I always thought that the the daylight running lights just look cool and that’s their main

Purpose something blink was that traction control quite likely such a silly machine oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy yes yes yes yes yes manhole covers yes I’m freezing up but luckily I’m always at home okay enough of this I’ll see you in the next one oh my God that’s cool oh

Boy flipping GM machine