Ducati Multistrada 1200

marko138 · 07-09-2010, 11:14 AM

Good read on this bike. I want this sucker in a bad way.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/103/62...irst-Ride.aspx

shmike · 07-09-2010, 11:17 AM

Our local dealer brought one to the last trackday and put a few laps on it.

It looks like a fun "ride all day" bike.

z06boy · 07-09-2010, 11:31 AM

Kind of funky lookin' but I bet it's a blast to ride.

Trip · 07-09-2010, 12:26 PM

I don't think it will do any better than the old one. It's too uncomfortable (more like a sportbike) and not a BMW to compete with the GS. Plus it's a chain drive, so the shaft people won't want it. It's performance as a dual sport adventure bike is nowhere near the KTM, so performance minded people will rather go KTM.

smileyman · 07-09-2010, 01:07 PM

Won its class at the Pikes Peak Races, tho i am not sure what class it fits in...

Trip · 07-09-2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by smileyman

Won its class at the Pikes Peak Races, tho i am not sure what class it fits in...

1200cc, it pretty much races the buell and the HP2. The guy who won it has won it with the HP2.

The standings that I have found on it only shows that 4 people raced in the 1200cc class. Two Ducatis and two buells.

Trip · 07-09-2010, 01:27 PM

"The 1,205cc field admittedly wasn't terribly competitive-- a Buell XBSTT finished second a full 49 seconds later, another Multistrada piloted by Alexander Smith scored third, and a Buell S1 Lightning came in fourth-- but given the "Race on Sunday, sell on Monday" ethos, this 1-3 podium finish can't be a bad thing thing for Ducati."

Yeah, finishing 1st and 3rd is not really that big of achievement when there is four bikes in the field...

I could of at least got a top 5 on my GS. LOL

smileyman · 07-09-2010, 06:27 PM

Well they, meaning Ducati, talked it up. Personally I find the do it all concept neat but the bike expensive and ugly. I would much rather have say a monster 796 and an 848 to hit the majority of my riding on the head.

Dave · 07-09-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by smileyman

Well they, meaning Ducati, talked it up. Personally I find the do it all concept neat but the bike expensive and ugly. I would much rather have say a monster 796 and an 848 to hit the majority of my riding on the head.

a sport classic gt1000 would fit a lot of my needs, prolly pull mad tail doing it too

Archren · 07-10-2010, 03:16 AM

I think someone wired me funny, because I want that bike like a fat kid wants cake. Must be genetic, because my grandfather got one of the last few Ducatis to be imported to Brazil back in the day (1963-ish).

07-09-2010, 11:17 AM	#2
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smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	Won its class at the Pikes Peak Races, tho i am not sure what class it fits in... __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!

07-09-2010, 06:27 PM	#8
smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	Well they, meaning Ducati, talked it up. Personally I find the do it all concept neat but the bike expensive and ugly. I would much rather have say a monster 796 and an 848 to hit the majority of my riding on the head. __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!

07-10-2010, 03:16 AM	#10
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I think someone wired me funny, because I want that bike like a fat kid wants cake. Must be genetic, because my grandfather got one of the last few Ducatis to be imported to Brazil back in the day (1963-ish). __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

07-09-2010, 11:31 AM	#3
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Kind of funky lookin' but I bet it's a blast to ride.

07-09-2010, 12:26 PM	#4
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	I don't think it will do any better than the old one. It's too uncomfortable (more like a sportbike) and not a BMW to compete with the GS. Plus it's a chain drive, so the shaft people won't want it. It's performance as a dual sport adventure bike is nowhere near the KTM, so performance minded people will rather go KTM.

07-09-2010, 01:27 PM	#7
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	"The 1,205cc field admittedly wasn't terribly competitive-- a Buell XBSTT finished second a full 49 seconds later, another Multistrada piloted by Alexander Smith scored third, and a Buell S1 Lightning came in fourth-- but given the "Race on Sunday, sell on Monday" ethos, this 1-3 podium finish can't be a bad thing thing for Ducati." Yeah, finishing 1st and 3rd is not really that big of achievement when there is four bikes in the field... I could of at least got a top 5 on my GS. LOL