2010 Ducati Multistrada

[y2blade]

I was, thanks

you are welcome

[Bigyin]

Last time i saw a bike with that much bodge tape on it Merv was riding it

[IanB]

Last time i saw a bike with that much bodge tape on it Merv was riding it

I think it could catch on

[IanB]

Infact I like the whole look. Sod you Mr GS Advenure with your reliability & your shaft drive. Give me Italain duct tape flair any day.

[Bigyin]

Does look a bit "Batbike" esque i guess, and wouldnt be hard to look better than a GS

[Schtum]

Does look a bit "Batbike" esque i guess, and wouldnt be hard to look better than a GS

Whaddya mean "better than a GS", ye big galook....!?!?! Eat yer heart oot, 1150 boy.......

[Adam]

Whaddya mean "better than a GS", ye big galook....!?!?!

Not hard to look better than a YELLOW 1150 thos is it?

[RiceBurner]

Does look a bit "Batbike" esque i guess, and wouldnt be hard to look better than a GS

Is it huge, or is the test-rider of Olly-esque proportions?

[y2blade]

Is it huge, or is the test-rider of Olly-esque proportions?

cant be Olly.....there are no shite old cars for sale on that street!

[Milky82]

can't really see what they're going to look like tbh with all the duct tape on them.

Its the pre-ratted version, Nik S will be happy

[protoborg]

That looks like a very gurlie phace to me

[Monstyr]

can't really see what they're going to look like tbh with all the duct tape on them.

Heres the teaser shot thats been doing the rounds for the past few weeks

And the test rider is a short arse apparantly.

[GiantPygmy]

Quite a bit of front-end vibration to sort out there

[Bigyin]

Whaddya mean "better than a GS", ye big galook....!?!?! Eat yer heart oot, 1150 boy.......

Now its GS Snobbery

Not hard to look better than a YELLOW 1150 thos is it?

Good point, well made

Is it huge, or is the test-rider of Olly-esque proportions?

Sam thought the bike was huge too till i convinced her the rider was on the vertically challenged side of life

cant be Olly.....there are no shite old cars for sale on that street!

Another good point well made

[crust]

When did you last have a radiator or water pump fail? You are meant to change coolant every 2 years, and most bikes it's a ten minute job costing half of a £20 bottle of 50/50 premix.

Air/oil cooled bikes typically go through the oil quicker, and that's a bigger, more regular cost. Depends if this is actually factored into the service interval though.

Air/oil cooled are also harder to keep clean with all the fins, and can therefore tend to corrode earlier.

Typically though I will grant air/oil cooled bikes use cheaper plugs, but I only have experience of XJ600 vs CBR900, and the price difference isn't that big.

Ducati engine families

Air-cooled = two valve, 8 shims, single OHC

Water-cooled = four valve, 16 shims, DOHC

Both packaged in a similar overall sized head, ones got water cooling jacket, pipework and radiator, other hasnt.

The extra gubbins make it all very cramped, belt change on a SOHC is easy, on DOHC its a pain.

crust