2005 Ducati Multistrada 1000DS

[James Deuce]

Taaa Daaaaa

[Crisis management]

Seems the eclectic styling is perceived as a problem.....there's lots of custom Multi's in Germany & the States that look absolutely awesome (ok more like the retard). Worth a google or look on Ducati.ms in the forums.

I actually think they are good buying, everything is good except the styling and the styling is readily fixable. A bloody good bike for under 15K.

I shall now retire to my hermeticaly sealed Ducati world.

[skelstar]

Well you also don't look at the mantle peice when you're stoking the fire...

I reckon the whole it twin thing is soo much more than the looks. My bike is a bit ugo (or dated, whatever), but it don't look all that different to a K2 GSXR1000 when you are on the bike, but seems more special.

Each to their own though (better say that if 007XX is reading this).

[Hitcher]

Well you also don't look at the mantle peice when you're stoking the fire...

That depends on whether the "mantlepiece" has a penchant for disemboweling misogynists.

[AllanB]

you accept the necessary cost and simply enjoy it for what it is, without agonising over arbitrary concepts of value.

Well said.

At $14k the bike is 'good value' - for a Ducati - based on the new price. Such as any of the European rides that command a premium over a similar spec Japanese ride. Ditto Harley Davidson. I meet a guy a few months ago who was happy with the bargain he got on a new Road King - only 30 plus something thousand he said......saved a couple of grand apparently (which was promptly spend on pipes and filter!).

I often wonder what the most popular bike in each category would be if they were all priced on the same playing field. I'd most likely be on that Monster...

But I rave and slip off topic - great review and have fun on the test rides.