Evening Wolfy,
You're not the 1st and won't be the last person to wonder why they didn't buy a monster years ago! Bought my 696 in September 2009 and I've now done over 18,000 miles on it ...
There will be a Ducati only trackday at Cadwell later this year (
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ead.php?t=4370) - relatively handy if you're up in Lincolnshire.