Make the beast with two backs!

[Popeye the Sailor]

Have you tried a Multistrada?  The position is so different it might work.

I have but I can't deal with the way it looks 

I'm thinking the GS line from BMW-fairly upright, windshield, footwarmers (aka boxer engine).

[red baron]

I have but I can't deal with the way it looks 

I'm thinking the GS line from BMW-fairly upright, windshield, footwarmers (aka boxer engine).

Cuz, they do not look any better than the MTS.

What's this I hear Ducati is making a motard.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Cuz, they do not look any better than the MTS.

What's this I hear Ducati is making a motard.

Ugly with a purpose beats out ugly.



I'm debating the hyper, but...if I can actually ride again...I'll be back to doing four services in a year. Gets old quick.

[red baron]

I'm debating the hyper, but...if I can actually ride again...I'll be back to doing four services in a year. Gets old quick.

It's worth it.

[Popeye the Sailor]

It's worth it.

You been on one?

[red baron]

Yup, loved it.

Not quite the top end pull of the S4, but I don't wring out the 1k I've got anyway.

Go down to Hattar and test it out.

[Howie]

I have but I can't deal with the way it looks 

I'm thinking the GS line from BMW-fairly upright, windshield, footwarmers (aka boxer engine).

The good news is you can't see it while you are ridin it.

[Popeye the Sailor]

The good news is you can't see it while you are ridin it.

You can get blinded by ugly?

[NuTTs]

As per my PM to somebastid..

Well the GS is (for me) by far the most comfortable and easy to use bike there is. Period. I am 5'10" with a 30" inseam and my bike is the GS Adventure. It is a very tall bike but, with the lower seat option from the standard GS I can get both feet on the ground pretty much flat footing. Since I've got used to the height and weight of the bike now I used the standard Adventure seat in it's lower position.

The bike is very comfy with the bars at a natural position from your body, none of the Monster reach out and splay position. The seat is all day comfy for me, the pillion seat is also very comfy. On the ADV version there are no rubber covers for the rider pegs, only the passenger ones but I haven't yet found a need for these as the vibes never get too bad. My bike has covered 7000km since August and this includes 3 weeks of not being ridden when I was on vacation.. not one of those kilometers was bad/uncomfortable or weird. The engine pulls very well once warmed up, it is an oil cooled 1200cc beast so it will drink up to 750cc of engine oil (mineral only on the boxer, so very cheap) per 1000-1500km. My ADV has shorter gearing as it's more of an "off roader" or enduro tourer but it still shows a v.max of 215km/h on the speedo (205kmh according to the GPS unit). The acceleration is very strong for such a large bike and the torque is amazing.. something like 82lb/ft at 3500rpm or so.. it's a monster that could uproot a tree if req'd.

Fuel consumption is minimal.. if you ride gently with a max of 90-100km/h I have acheived 700km out of one 33litre tank. Being me, I generally get from 450-500km per tank with my shenanigans. The ESA suspension is a must have, you can adjust settings with the following preload and associated damping:

Preload                                                  Damping
Rider Only                                      Comfort, Normal, Sport
Rider + Passenger                          Comfort, Normal, Sport
Rider + Luggage                             Comfort, Normal, Sport

Off Road Normal                             Soft, Hard
Off Road High                                 Soft, Hard

The Off Road preload settings raise the front and the back of the bike up to 2cm above normal, the standard preload adjustment only affects the rear suspension. The different modes all work very well and you can tell the difference. For wheelies use the Rider Only setting with comfort damping.. you can wheelie off the throttle in first and second gear. 

As for options.. well I bought mine with ASC (traction control), ABS, ESA (as above), heated grips, Akrapovic end can (very fruity.. the popping on the overrun is evil), enduro side cases and top box (the manly aluminum ones), on road tires, BMW Garmin Navigator III and Alarm. I should have bought the inner bags for the cases.

I would test ride both the standard GS and the Adventure. I'm sure you will enjoy the bike. Make sure you go out alone and that you give yourself 30 mins or so to get used to the bike's size and weight. The centre of gravity is very low on this bike and once you are above 1mph it is very manouverable.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
NuTTs

[cbartlett419]

It's approaching a year.

o wow, man I'm sorry

[Monstermash]

No specific injury. I woke up with it one day. Months of physical therapy and workouts have reduce the pain to where I'm actually feeling good again, but I still can't get on my bike. I'd test ride some others, but most of the locals have ducs. Crap.

make the beast with two backs the physical therapy!

I was involved in a minor traffic accident a while back and that was the route my doctor had me take. I did it for like 2 months with zero results. Then as a recommendation from my attorney I went and saw a chiropractor. Less than two weeks later I felt almost 100%.

Some of you will remember this from TOB. Two years ago a woman pulled out in front of me exiting a Dunkin's parking lot. I was doing around 30mph and threw my Monster down the road. I was all kinds of make the beast with two backsed up. Bruised bursa sack in my right hip, really bad neck and back pain, and headaches that lasted for days. Headaches that hurt so bad I couldn't even get out of bed. My hip hurt so bad I counldn't lay on my right side. My bedroom is upstairs in my house and I had to get a bed pan because I couldn't get up and down the stairs it hurt so bad.
After a few days all the paperwork was finally filled out and I started seeing the chiropractor I saw for the auto accident. In less than a week I was mobile again. Granted I still had terrible pain in my hip from the bruised bursa sack but my headaches started subsiding and the most of the pain in my neck and back went away. I treated for a few months, twice a week and the results were 100% recovery.

Go see a chiropractor, case closed! 

[Speeddog]

+1 on the Chiropractor.

If an MD and PT can't solve it....

A friend of mine is going through the same type of thing, chiro in addition to swimming and workouts is making real progress.