Don't buy a Ducati Hyperstrada
I rode an older Hypermotard in Europe, and really had fun. Probably the most fun I'd ever had on a motorcycle, to be honest. So I naturally wanted my own. Unfortunately, I'm too short to be in the Hypermotard club. I was on tippy-toe the whole week in Europe, and it was not a good feeling. I needed something shorter. Enter the late-model Hyperstrada. Very much like the Hypermotard, but including panniers, all Hyperstradas after 2015 are 939s, and the "low" model. After test-sitting one I knew it was OK for me. Don't get me wrong: this bike is fun. Damn fun, actually. And far more capable than I am capable of riding it. Unfortunately, it suffers from some glaring flaws that - somehow - nobody sufficiently points out. One is the legendary grabby clutch, a seeming constant characteristic of modern Ducatis. That goes away once warmed up, but is irritating. Still, no bike it perfect, and it's annoying but tolerable. Similar is the "...