Good to hear the recovery has gone/is going well. I haven't heard from anybody since the EMM, no doubt because I don't do facebook/IG/WhatsApp so have been waiting on updates on your off. David
You do know that Tony slid off on some diesel, just south of Paris, with a similar injury a couple of days later?
I didn't know that, no. Last saw Tony and co in Belfort, I set off early while they were all still waking up and met up with Sam and Ian in Reims for an NFG evening
Well I'm also doing fine and my bike is due back home around mid-October. I hope things are going well with you too and delighted that Charlie is back on track with his new'ish steed.
When you say "still not back" you mean from being repaired, not from France I hope!? Hope your leg has healed well?
All good here, thanks and sorry to hear about your off - that could happen to any of us. Must have been a real bummer way to end the trip. My head says stick with my 1200S DVT for another year but my heart is desperate to spunk out for a V4PP. Low mileage used are already available reasonably well loaded ... little temptresses! Given where we are with Ducati's evolution of the MTS I'm not sure that 1200 to 1260 at this stage is a really meaningful forward step.
I was in the same boat and now own a 1200DVT and the V4PP. Objectively, no doubt the V4PP is the better bike. However, the full Akra system on the DVT sounds infinitely better than the full Akra on the V4PP.
I have the touratech crash bars and R&G bungs, my pall has heed bars and evotech bungs but he had to sort out a longer bolt
It really depends on which 1260 you're comparing it to. Generally speaking the biggest improvement of the 1260 over the 1200 DVT is the quickshifter. If you want a big step-up in a 1260 over the 1200, go find a 1260 Pikes Peak. That's a massive improvement with its Ohlins and Marchesini light forged wheels. The next step-up bypasses the V4S and is the V4 Pikes Peak again with Ohlins (now electronic) and Marchesini wheels. However, in the handling dept combined with suspension and wheels, its lower CoG and 30 lbs lighter, the 1260 Pikes Peak is the pinnacle of the Multistrada line. The last two Pike's Peak International Hill Climb races in Colorado are testimony to the 1260PP's handling and torque. Both 1260 Pikes Peak ridden by Carlin 1 and Codie 3&2 were on par and then some against the Super Duke R and the Aprilia Tuono, both of which are hypernaked's with engines producing more horsepower than the 1260.
