Multistrada Replacement

[Capo]

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2009/january/5-11/jan0609-new-ducati-1200gs-rival/?R=EPI-105341

[Slag]

Very interesting! If it really does have the 1098's engine in it then I have found my bike 

[derby]

they need to get a pic of it's face. the 'strada never had a problem with it's ass.

[zooom]

I am somehow doubting the 1098 motor...it would be incredulously ridiculous to have an on road biased adventure bike with a SBK motor....

now...if that is the replacement for the ST...that could be a whole horse of a different color...

remember...MCN = Enquirer of motorcyle news.

[Slag]

I was kinda expecting the two bikes to be merged into one. A smaller, sportier touring bike.  More fairing than the multi, but less bulk than the ST.  Triumph did something similar with the Trophy, Sprint.  Granted, the Sprint started life as a sport tourer as well. 

[Raux]

maybe they'll bring it in two flavors, the 1098 -watercooled version for the powermad crowd and the 1100-air cooled version just like they did with the ST2 vs ST4

[swampduc]

maybe they'll bring it in two flavors, the 1098 -watercooled version for the powermad crowd and the 1100-air cooled version just like they did with the ST2 vs ST4

Weren't there rumors recently about an air-cooled 1200 engine? I think one of the above scenarios would be much more likely.

[danaid]

I am somehow doubting the 1098 motor...it would be incredulously ridiculous to have an on road biased adventure bike with a SBK motor....

now...if that is the replacement for the ST...that could be a whole horse of a different color...

remember...MCN = Enquirer of motorcyle news.

True about MCN, but the new issue of motorcyclist had a small paragraph hinting at a similar bike,

" The Streetfighter won't be the only Ducati model recycling the 1098 motor, now that its Superbikes have grown to 1198cc. At a heavily guarded EICMA reception (so secret that mobile phones and cameras were confiscated at the door). Ducati dealers previewed a 2010 model that features the 1098 twin in a Multistrada-style adventure-touring chassis. Details remain scarce, but this sounds like the rumored Strada Aperta (open road) machine Ducati is developing to compete directly against BMW's very successful R1200GS (more than 30,000 units sold in 2008). You'll know more as soon as we know more."

[DesmoDiva]

they need to get a pic of it's face. the 'strada never had a problem with it's ass.

so true.........so true

[akmnstr]

As an adventure rider I couldn't be more disappointed.  And what the hell is a road based adventure bike.  If you can't ride an adventure bike on gravel, over washboard, fire roads, blm and national forest roads what is the point.  Maybe there is a new class of rider that I just haven't met yet, adventure rider possers, or adventure rider dudes, or (let me lay it out there plan and simple) pussies.   

[Triple J]

I expect the new MTS to be a cross between the current Multi, and the previous ST bikes. The 1098 engine seems to reinforce that. I just can't see Ducati coming out with a bike with any real off-road aspirations. I've taken my MTS on fire roads, but I don't pretend that is what Ducati had in mind when they designed the bike.

Ducati makes road bikes. It's what they know and they should stick to that. If you want an adventure bike, go buy a BMW or a KTM.

[cyrus buelton]

Looks like Ducati keeps building new bikes out of old parts

[Triple J]

Looks like Ducati keeps building new bikes out of old parts

Because they re-use an engine?  That's just good business since they've already spent the R&D $ on it.

Like the styling or not, the Streetfighter is definitely not a parts bin bike, as are any of the other recent new models.

[akmnstr]

Looks like Ducati keeps building new bikes out of old parts

It is not just Ducati, but it seems that every manufacturer (except Buell and Aprilia) must produce a surplus of sportbike engines and then
after about a year in the sportbikes, those engines are replaced and the left overs are put into a naked bikes or some other form. 
Sometimes leftovers are good, but this ain't pea soup.

[akmnstr]

If you want an adventure bike, go buy a BMW or a KTM.

I already did that.   

Ducati could have made a better adventure bike than either BMW, KTM, or Kawasaki.  They
understand how to make a light bike.  A modern version of the elefant would have kicked ass.