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[BDG]

What Monty and John said.

What great bike, brilliant road bike but utter crap off road.

Early niggles with the centre stand arm being too long sorted by hack saw and a bit of welding.

The worlds worst panniers for leaking (faster you go the bigger the gap) sorted very neatly by factory mod, not that I use them much.

Over keen ABS sorted by some computer trickery.

Low rev fuelling issues reported by some others (wasn't that bad on mine) was improved by remapping.

Fuel gauge that has a mind of it's own at times, i.e. still reads empty for 50 miles after refilling. Anyone else got this prob?

As for riding, well it's fast, comfy and handles well. Good enough to cover 1,000 miles in one hit, whilst averaging 82 mph and 40 mpg which ain't bad at that sort of average speed.

It'll only do 157 mph (144 mph genuine according to the GPS) with the top box fitted so if you want to go faster don't use the top box. This was on a private test track of course, well I think it was private as you had to pay to use it, but there seemed to be a few others around with the same idea.

Don't bother using it off road unless your a factory rider posing for pics. The 17 inch front wheel makes it horrible off road, plus you'd struggle to get a proper off road tyre in a 190 rear. If you really want to ride something of this ilk off road buy a KTM.

All credit to Ducati for putting an engine like that in a bike like this. It's a bit mental, but thats what makes it fun.

[Monty]

Originally Posted by BDG

What Monty and John said.

It's a bit mental, but thats what makes it fun.

Suits all 3 of us then Shaun...................a bit mental!
Off to Mugello in 2 weeks-now that will be COMPLETELY mental.

John

[BDG]

Originally Posted by Monty

Suits all 3 of us then Shaun...................a bit mental!
Off to Mugello in 2 weeks-now that will be COMPLETELY mental.

John

Have a great time John.

I've just had the best of both worlds, rode the Multi down to French/Spainish border, then swop to the dirt bike for a week (which went down in a van) then back home on the Multi.

[Road Runner]

Thanks BDG
I read about some of the little niggels some were having, but just could not seem to get a deal with any Ducati dealers they were offering silly money for my DS1000 in P/X In fact the salesman at Moto Rapido didn't have time to even look at it while I went on a test ride. So went for the new Kawasaki SX1000 as my main bike. (Still have one Duke in the garage).
R.R.

Originally Posted by BDG

Have a great time John.

I've just had the best of both worlds, rode the Multi down to French/Spainish border, then swop to the dirt bike for a week (which went down in a van) then back home on the Multi.