08-22-2016, 01:03 AM
(08-22-2016, 12:27 AM)Riko_imp Wrote: what exactly did you not like about the Multi except for the height maybe?
engine characteristics?
(08-21-2016, 02:50 PM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: You will be riding the bike wherever it needs to be ridden, it will feel natural after you get used to it. If you have never owned a Ducati maybe you should give it a try, but if you don't really have a lot of cash to spend on maintenance and need a reliable machine it is perhaps not the most effective choice out there. If it makes little to no power below 3000 RPM you won't be riding it in that range anyway.
103 pages of problems? Wow.
gonna test ride one the 10th of September, gonna rent one for a whole day, they predict a heat wave in Belgium starting tomorrow, so ideal bike weather and good to conditions to test how the bike handles in heavy traffic in hot weather.
On de Duc forum they warned me the bike doesn't like that, as many other bikes I assume, in that it gets hot in the leg area
The bikes seems to have all elements for a long distance travel bike.
gonna test ride one the 10th of September, gonna rent one for a whole day, they predict a heat wave in Belgium starting tomorrow, so ideal bike weather and good to conditions to test how the bike handles in heavy traffic in hot weather.
On de Duc forum they warned me the bike doesn't like that, as many other bikes I assume, in that it gets hot in the leg area
The bikes seems to have all elements for a long distance travel bike. A day is not, of course, going to reveal anything about the longevity of the bike if ridden under those conditions. If you're looking for a bike to commute on, the Ducati is most likely not going to be the best choice. They do like to be opened up on the longer faster rides.
I never owned one, as the bikes are quite expensive, have a plethora of engineering compromises in order to continue to use that huge displacement V-twin, and are just not as reliable or durable as the Japanese or even the German stuff.
I have to say that while the Ferret is generally on the mark in speaking of the EU twins a being more peaky, that's only in comparison to true tractors like Harley, which have no top end at all. I've owned a couple of Harleys, a couple of the air-cooled R-bikes and a couple of the Rotax GS series; all had very flat powerbands, very useable below 3000 RPM, just like the CB1100. In fact the dyno chart for the F800GS looks nearly identical to the CB1100's, flat as a pancake.
However, the Ducs use a very different design philosophy and are in fact very peaky for a twin.
Anyway, you'll see about the bike after you rent it.