[Ducati Scotty]

I think most folks are of the opinion that the UCE engine is still a little old school and that regular or semi-synth is best for the first few hunderd miles to provide a little friction and help break in.  Full synth is fine after that and I recommend it for all air cooled motorcycles since it breaks down less at the higher temps air cooled engines generate.

Don't worry about the stuff on the magnets unless you see a really big piece.  There will be lots of small shards and fine shavings on there for all oil changes for the first few thousand miles, but there should be less every time.  At 6500 miles I basically just get a small amount of fine powder on there now.  If you find a really big piece of anything post a pic here with a coin next to it for scale, we'll try to help you figure out what it is.

Scott

[r80rt]

I've ran full synthetic since day one.

[Ducati Scotty]

And I would say that's just fine    It's oil.  It's supposed to get rid of friction.  How that could be a bad thing even at break-in I don't get but that's not the generally held opinion.  

I do go with cheap oil for the first few changes on a new vehicle because I do them at really low mileages to get the first few batches of metal shavings out of the engine.  It's in there for so short a time I bet I could use Wesson corn oil and it would be fine.  No point spending $20-40 on full synth just to put it in the recycle bin after a few hundred miles.

Scott

[barenekd]

After seeing that oil comparison link that was posted, I'm going to full synthetic on my next oil change. Probably Amsoil, but that's maybe not the final decision. Gotta see what my local purveyor has in stock.
Bare

[Ducati Scotty]

Mobil 1 4T is also good and more widely avaiable.

Scott