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ducatiz

#165
November 16, 2009, 10:06:05 AM
Quote from: sally101 on November 16, 2009, 08:57:11 AM
[laugh] c'mon.. I'm serious!

ok, i love the Vstrom.
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sugarcrook

#166
November 16, 2009, 10:45:55 AM
I really don't see this bike as an adventure tourer.  Take it off-road, drop it once and you're looking at a few grand in repairs.  And turn signals on the brush guards?  Really?

150bhp is impressive sounding, but I think this thing is really more about posing than riding.  In that regard, they're aiming directly for the GS market.   ;D
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Pip

#167
November 16, 2009, 11:31:55 AM
I love the new Multi. Seriously.

I want one bad. I'd have the Monster for Hooligan-ing, and the Multi for traveling.
"You can fight a lot of enemies and survive, but not your biology."

Wouldn't fat air be easier to disappear into?

Slide Panda

#168
November 16, 2009, 01:07:26 PM
I like... but I've got no dillusions that this is an off road bike. Sure it'll handle better on a dirt road than an SBK, but it's no for *real* of most real off road. And I'm a-ok with it. I think this will be a good 'all arounder' sort of bike. Capable enough through the twists, but also able to pound out a 600 mile day w/o wishing you had a new spine.
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
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KRJ

#169
November 16, 2009, 01:15:31 PM


   I have an '07 1100s, and I don't believe it would make a good Enduro by any means, it is very good on rough paved roads though, and puts a good effort in chasing the other models in the twisties, but it really is nice at the end of a 500+ mile ride. I'll keep My XR650 for the dirt stuff, and find another Ducati model to race, but the Multistrada fits perfect in between. and I still think the new ones are uglier than mine!! [laugh]
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sally101

#170
November 16, 2009, 01:18:07 PM
Quote from: sugarcrook on November 16, 2009, 10:45:55 AM
I really don't see this bike as an adventure tourer.  Take it off-road, drop it once and you're looking at a few grand in repairs.  And turn signals on the brush guards?  Really?

150bhp is impressive sounding, but I think this thing is really more about posing than riding.  In that regard, they're aiming directly for the GS market.   ;D

Like it or not the GS is the definition of the adventure tourer market today..

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herm

#171
November 16, 2009, 04:36:43 PM
have to wait and see if obi-wan and charlie use multi's to go from prudhoe to tierra del fuego
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Slide Panda

#172
November 16, 2009, 04:45:48 PM
I wonder if all the new gizoms will keep him from getting petrol in his eye...
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

ducatiz

#173
November 16, 2009, 04:47:52 PM
Quote from: yuu on November 16, 2009, 04:45:48 PM
I wonder if all the new gizoms will keep him from getting petrol in his eye...

well, if its got the same plastic tank capacity as the other bikes, it will keep him from keeping it in the tank for long.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

muskrat

#174
November 17, 2009, 05:25:16 AM
Quote from: sbrguy on October 30, 2009, 03:11:19 PM
what is with the whole bird beak thing they ar doing with th multistrada... bird beak does not = aero and cool

geez if they just got that one concept down the bike wouldn't look that bad.

but i see what they are doing they are not going to hve any bikes except the 696 and th 796 hyper under 10k anymore.. those will be the entry levels and everything else will be up there.  sheesh.

pricing themselves straight out of the market yet again like the old days.   [bang]  I just don't see the 1/2 Tard worth $10K when the parent is selling from $8k+ into the low $10K's.  Not for my money anyway.
Like everyone else says, the 848 SF would be AWESOME and I too may jump on one.  I rode the SF and loved it but the insurance is a KILL JOY.
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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Juan

#175
November 19, 2009, 11:41:45 AM Last Edit: November 19, 2009, 12:11:27 PM by Juan

Raux

#176
November 19, 2009, 11:44:41 AM
Quote from: Juan on November 19, 2009, 11:41:45 AM
Did you guys see this ?? 

Most beautiful bike from EICMA 2009

[img]http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200911/ducati-multistrada-1-12_460x0w.jpg[img]

http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-news/ducati-multistrada-1200-the-most-beautiful-bike-from-eicma-2009-ar81877.html


maybe a translation thing? i had read it was best in show, but didn't realize that meant beautiful. neither the SF from last year's win nor the MTS 1200 can be considered beautiful bikes. aggressive, severe, innovative... but beautiful, nope

deepak8612

#177
November 19, 2009, 01:26:09 PM
the handsfree bullet on the page had me going for a second. cruise control on a bike? Now I can sip my chai-tea latte half soy - half fat while I'm riding my bad ass Multi?? sweet. Fecking feck

sugarcrook

#178
November 19, 2009, 01:45:29 PM
I have cruise control on my bike.  I didn't think I'd use it but it's very nice to have. 
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patorojo

#179
November 19, 2009, 04:44:35 PM
Quote from: sally101 on November 16, 2009, 08:46:12 AM
Can anyone name a bike in this class (adventure tourer) that is attractive?

Benelli TRE K Amazonas ?

I actually never warmed up to the original Multi.  I have to say I like the new styling better, but then again, besides my S2R1K, I also own a Vstrom   [roll]
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