Is Aprilia going to join the party?

**Taz** · 5th March 2011, 21:33

Originally Posted by young1

So what I saying (got a bit lost there!) is that there is a place for heavy adventrue bikes.

Yeah somethings got to stop the ships from drifting away..........

**dino3310** · 6th March 2011, 13:01

Originally Posted by Taz

Yeah somethings got to stop the ships from drifting away..........

no that would be Fords and KLRs

i reckon this would be dam near perfect for a lot of NZ

http://www.terramostro.com/specs.cfm

**warewolf** · 6th March 2011, 18:46

Originally Posted by young1

I am surprised that Ducati have never done a true adventure type bike, they have suitable engines and do have a history of looking outside the square (eg Monster etc).

I'm not. Ducati are pretty much a pure sprotsbike company. The ST series was the first radical departure from that, or maybe second after the Pasos. The Monster is very much a naked sports bike. The Multistrada just a styled-up more upright ST. The Hypermotard - big upright naked sports. A true adventure bike, as distinct from a "soft-roader", is just too far outside their box.