Good morning Sadly my 2017 1200s was written off a couple weeks ago after a deer ran into the front wheel, bike went down and slid down the road for 50 or 60m, I was thrown off cartwheeled down the road unconscious and miraculously walked away with extremely badly bruised right upper body......safety gear saved me, helite airvest I can certainly recommend So now I am looking at a replacement, so I have seen a 2017 1200 Enduro in excellent condition with a super low mileage should I purchase? Positives: low mileage, full service history, has a big fuel tank, it is tall which suits my 6'1" Negatives: spoke wheels not keen as have had issues with these on other bikes, weight with all that fuel Can any of you Enduro riders past and present give me your thoughts please
I've got a '16 1200 Enduro on 15,000 miles, all good so far (bought 4 years ago on 9,000) even the fuel sender on revision 'C' I think. Only problem I've had is the quality of the fasteners they used when it was built, very low quality (snapped a top yoke bolt a couple of weeks ago) so I'm slowly changing fasteners out for better stuff.
That's a shame. I missed all the speeches and stuff (because matey I was with is an epic faffer) by the time we got into town it was almost deserted, very strange. I think most people must have gone home straight after.
I have a 67 plate - traded up from the combo of a 15 DVT S Touring plus a KTM 790 R plus readies in bank. This is over-sharing but if it helps….. Main plus is you have a mambo honking ADV bike that can deal with all manner of shit UK roads and whatever you have the capability of riding on, with all the comfort power and grunt of a regular Mutli, 50% more range, and none of the ugly stick GS issues. For me - only one negative: I don’t think I can pick it up alone. Have had one drop and I couldn’t lift it - it was lying awkward in fairness and I think wasn’t 100% well at the time - but no matter what I did I couldn’t seem to lift it, and ended up using the offered help of a friendly cyclist. Previous DVT/twin spark = no issues. The upshot is now I am shit scared of dropping it, and I ride alone, so all the (even gentle) off road benefits I thought I was getting, are kind of gone….I may try again in a controlled way and see if I can do it, as the confidence of self-recovery is gone. Other things to look for are gathering of detritus in the bash plate that the exhaust heats up to welded level, pitting and damage to swing arm (check out @GunZenBomZ pics for what happened to his - similar in mine but no way as bad). Fuel sender has just gone for the first time on me - this is my 3rd multi, and never had it happen before - but apparently easier fix than the regular models. Final thing - and this may be down to a ham-fisted PO - was several of the sunken brass fittings in the fuel tank are seized/cross-threaded and spin in place. I have for now worked around, but I wondered whether the larger tank might have had a lesser quality of finish/attention etc. Still awesome, but looking forward to testing a Desert X more than I thought on the DRE later this year.
Personally, I think Ducati nailed it with the 1200/1260 Enduro for those looking for a big all-terrain "ish" bike. What a monumental mistake putting a V4 in an enduro where torque is the name of the game! Big tank and excellent MPG to go with it. What a shame it's no longer available on the new showroom floors.
Reading back my reply it does look like I am really down on the enduro - I am not at all, it’s easily the best bike I have owned….to the point I would still have a tough call on letting it go even if I like the desert x.
Gents I bit the bullet and bought one and my god is it fun.......my only concern is the weight. Took it to France for a week with the touratech panniers and just could not wheel it around, couldnt get it on centre stand but still was great once going. Looking at soft luggage to reduce weight when touring.....it has a set of givi crash bars and these have proved a real issue that I only just found, they snag on the mud guard as you go over bumps and get stuck which then affects the stearing, scared the crap out of me at a junction tried to turn and almost lost the bike......anyway think I have a solution, other than removal, so currently trying that. Thanks for the responses, off to France again in a couple weeks for a blast down to Riders Rest cant wait
Can you post a picture of the crash bars where the mudguard is getting stuck please, I had a problem recently where my Pyramid plastics fender extender was catching the tyre (new Dunlop Raids) on big front suspension compression. SW Motech bars on mine but I think it was the crash bars pushing on the fender extender that was the problem.
it sounds like your crash bars might be fitted wrong, it shouldnt get anywhere near the mudguard (unless it has an extender as Edward says). If it has a touratech head protector they may have rotated the centre bar as otherwise the two touch. You do get used to the weight, but the additional weight of the metal panniers is why I went with the standard plastic ones. The ones from my 1260 enduro are now looking for a new home if you are interested
