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    Why thank you Mr Random for that write up, I thought you might be pleasantly surprised by the Multistrudel.

    I'll get you buying a Ducati yet.

    Now, if you want to try weird, see if you can find a Ducati Indiana......


    Failing that, lets hear it for a postie bike

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    The DS1000 engine in those are what's in my SS. Really neat user friendly power with great mid range grunt.
    It hauls in my SS sports bike.

    As for the looks of the multi........

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    Saw an Indiana at the Sprints and was resolutely told by all and sundry to whom it was pointed out that, "I bet it didn't leave the factory looking like that."

    It fekking did!



    How's this for a thread dredge:

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ht=multistrada
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    Not one of their better ideas, was it? Marzzochis' and brembos' couldn't save that.
    I'm amazed one ended up here as they were only north american market, (anyone guess why?) and how anyone could feel strongly enough about it to import the thing is beyond me.

    OK Jrandom, PM Jim2 for details, we've found the next challange!

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    An even bigger challenge would be an Indiana 350.
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    I had those sort of feelings about the VStrom 650 when I first rode it. I couldn't believe how much fun it was in the corners. That and the new Triumph Tiger.

    Hurry up and try the Street Triple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    An even bigger challenge would be an Indiana 350.
    Now your just being silly, a Ducati that doesn't handle and doesn't go?????

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    I've never before ridden a bike that spoke to me so plainly, that almost begged me to tango along the road and conveyed such sheer light-hearted joy in the way it skipped over the tarmac.
    So, you hated it then?
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    So, you hated it then?
    No, but to be frank, while the ride was lovely, the looks...

    Sorry, in the end, I just don't think I could go there. I have to like looking at my bike.

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    Great review,you should work for a bike mag.
    Sure is fugly though.

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    Man, I really, really enjoy your write ups... Just the right amount of humour and not too much technical giberish that would leave the likes of me in a paralytic coma....

    Very well done Dan...I look forward to the next one!
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    Time to cut out the "holier/more enlightened than thou" bullshit and the "slut" comments and let people live honestly how they like providing they're not harming themselves or others in the process.

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    Y'know where all this is heading though? He's gonna test all these bikes, including several that meet his exacting criteria, then he's either going to buy something that meets NONE of them, or go, "Meh!! I think I'll keep my current bike, and spend the money on a car/plastic surgery/drugs/a vacation/more guns".
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    He's gonna test all these bikes, including several that meet his exacting criteria, then he's either going to buy something that meets NONE of them, or go, "Meh!! I think I'll keep my current bike, and spend the money on a car/plastic surgery/drugs/a vacation/more guns".


    Oh dear.

    It's funny because it's (possibly) true.

    Still, we'll see...
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    Somewhere amongst a pile of motorcycle magazines at home should be a copy of a ride review done about three years ago by Motorcycle Sport & Leisure on the Mouldystrada. From memory the one-sentence summary was along the lines of prolonged saddle time making one's piles bleed...

    Other reviewers tend to have formed a view similar to Mr jrandom. http://www.motorbikestoday.com/revie...ultistrada.htm
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