Hi All, Just joined the forum today and need your advice pls! I have a 10 month old Monster 821 and thinking of moving to a Multistrada 1200. Not very mechanically minded and regular oil lube is extent of my bike maintenance! My target bike is 1 year old, with 2900 miles, 1200S model, with 1 year warranty remaining, for sale in a Ducati dealer. Upside is circa £4k off the new list price. Reading the posts on different forums and from chatting with a few friends, am getting the impression there seems to be things which go wrong around the time the 2 year warranty runs out so worried about buying but love the feel. Can I please ask; 1) Whats the average cost of service people pay ? 2) Have many people had any repair issues for the 2016 onward bikes ? 3) Seems average cost of buying after market warranty is around £400/year but limited to £1000 to £3000 costs - has anyone been rejected from claiming on such policies ? 4) Any other things to watch out for ? 5) Is the 1200S really worth the circa £3K difference to the 1200 2017 list price ? Overall, I'm worried about buying and then after the 1 year warranty end up risk paying servicing in excess of £400/year, warranty purchase of £400-£500 and adding other running costs which total up being north of a couple grand a year. Am I unfairly worried and old problems are sorted on the new bikes or is the advice that this is the cost of Multistrada ownership ? Thanks for any advice.
I've a 2016 dvt s, done 3000 miles no issues whatsoever, in my opinion the s is worth the extra for the lights, suspension and brakes. Only had initial service done as yet and that was comparable with most big Ducati's Probably keep it for 3 yrs and chop it in against new model. Life's short and you can spend a lot of time worrying about what if, my advise....go with your heart
I agree the S is worth the money for headlights and suspension. If you are worried about a grand a year on running costs then you need to stay with a car or a Honda 125 - because bikes are expensive - even when they do not go wrong My 2015 S will be traded soon for a new 2017 S due to not being able to take a 3rd year warantee from dealer - the new S will have the extended warantee. You can take the WD route for around £400 - and I did consider it. Swapping the bike at just under 2 years will cost me £6500 - obviously more than the warantee - but gives me a new bike again. I thought about doing it in November and at that time it was only going to cost me £4000 - but dealer suggested I wait - that 1000 miles last month was expensive. So next time I will remember to change in November / December when dealer is keen to sell with stock. Mine has nothing wrong with it - and no reason to think anything is going to go wrong In 2 years its only had routine recalls done and issues with heated grips which all worked - just not much heat - but the new replacements were same. I just like reassurance of the WTY and also the New Bike Feel. I also changed now - to get exactly the same model - so I can transfer all the goodies from one bike to the next - as the bits and bobs you spend on them was nearly £2,000 (in my case) - plus I LOVE the 1200 S - best bike I have owned in 32 years of bikes. Then swapping before the service saves the £300 service bill. Services will be on average £300 - but belt service would be expensive - probably £700 (Estimate) - that's from memory 30,000 KM - so 18,000 Miles. Brake Pads last between 5,000 and 20,000 miles - depending on how you ride (£300 ish for a full set done at dealer - estimate and probably £150 if you do them yourself) Chain and sprockets probably good for 20,000 miles if looked after (£350 is in dealer - £200 to £250 if you do it yourself. Tyres last between 2000 and 7000 miles on rear and 4000 and 10,000 on front. Buying them at Ducati - expensive - buying online and having someone else fit them - Aprox £130 rear and £80 front and £20 a loose wheel for fitment - £30 a wheel if on bike. Depending on how many miles you do you can estimate running costs I did 6000 miles a year and spend £300 on service £200 on cleaning materials for bike (SDoc Chain Lube Silicone etc.) £420 on tyres £2000 on toys for bike as one off's £3000 a year depreciation I am sure you will love the bike.
Thanks Simon That's a brilliant level of detail so thanks for taking the time; very helpful indeed & likely to swing my vote to "buy buy buy"! Thanks for the reminder that bikes have a cost associated and you are right ; easily offset by the excitement compared to car!
Hi Nigel Thanks for your welcome and very sound advice! If these decisions were made by the head, I would never have bothered with a bike ; so despite trying the other contenders, BMW GS and S1000XR (both brilliant and ackomlished bikes), for me, there was a complete different WOW factor. Think you are also right on the S , think it makes sense to to get this 1 year old 1200S rather than stump up the extra £1k for a new 1200 but the need to time and patients to run in. Thanks again!
I'll echo what others here have said the S is 100% worth the extra over the base model on the DVT Multi. Hand on heart I do not believe the money you pay for a 1299S is worth the extra over a base 1299 for the road. The Multi 1200S DVT is a different matter. First electronically suspended bike I've ridden and felt huge differences and gains riding on the road. Astonishingly good.
