Well, yes, that’s totally depends on how you see the bike and what you want to use this for.

Here’s a weird thing: people who want something sporty to ride on the backroads with occasional track days tend to go for Panigale-like street sportsbikes or hooligan streetfighters.

Riders who are serious to to ride on a race track typically buy any 600 or 1000 sportsbike which is not new and put a custom cheap plastic fairings, so they will have a bike that they are not afraid to drop and scratch (otherwise they won’t be able to make significant progress on the racetrack).

The bikes like Ducati Supersport (with linear torque curve and triple clamp above the seat to give a more relaxed driving triangle) are usually bought exactly for the purposes you are describing — commuting, weekend spirited riding and very occasional track days, can-do-it-all machines. These bikes are supposedly designed to be practical.

The thing is, that once you’ve used something with integrated aerodynamic panniers (like h2sx which you can ride 2-up with panniers on on ridiculous speeds without), it’s very hard to go back to something that does not have it (of course, if we are talking about owning only one bike).

Either way, that’s great that you don’t care about stuff like this, this only means that Ducati probably did it right with this model and there is a big enough market for it, and I am sure you’ll enjoy this bike if you choose it.

I am just a little bit sad that I am spoiled by integrated panniers and I would love to be able to travel on the bike whenever I want without having to worry about luggage problems :) That’s why I will probably choose the Supersport as the only bike to own.