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Collected my new toy today, in the snow, on Friday the 13th and survived, lol.

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Collected it from Ducati Leeds who were excellent to deal with.

Looking forward to getting to know more about this bike

Death: "AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER."
So Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. The End.

Not a Duke but I thought you guys might like to have a look..

197bhp at the rear wheel, loads of Yoshi parts, K-tech front forks, TTX rear shocker, HM quick shifter....etc etc:Smuggrin:

It needed splitting out of the 'Random Picture' thread to be fair....

When it comes to the history of Ducati bikes then the Ducati Multistrada 1200 is surely one of the most diverse ranges around in the sense that we are not always entirely sure how to class the bike that come under the Multistrada series.

It was originally billed as a tourer type bike perfect for going on off-road adventures that a normal bike would struggle on. Indeed, there has been a rise in the number of bikes that have came under this classification in recent years and a lot of people are now purchasing them for off-roading; but does the 1200 from Ducati and all the models that come under this range actually classify as an adventure-tourer?

Releasing the 1200

The exterior of the Multistrada series, particularly when it was first announced in 2010 and released soon after, was controversial in that it could very much be placed, as Visor Down explained, in the ‘marmite’ category of bikes – you are either going to love it or think that it is one of the ugliest bikes around....

The Multistrada range of Ducati bikes has always split opinion at least when it comes to the aesthetics. For every person who thinks that the design of the bikes – especially the first generation that was released in 2003 – is quirky and different there will be someone else who despises the overall style of the Multistrada range.

“The reaction [when the first Multistrada was unveiled] was one of hushed shock, because the Multistrada looks like nothing else – except possibly a Dyson upright vacuum. Ducati is known for producing iconic machines such as the 916 and Monster and now it unveils something that looks like the result of a night of taboo sex between a Cyberman and a supermoto”. - VisorDown.com

However, the design element to the Multistrada often takes a bit of a backseat when it comes to the bike overall as the focus is mainly on how well it rides. Multistrada itself translates into ‘many roads’ in that the whole purpose of the bike is that it should be able to drive...

The Ducati Desmosedici is one of the iconic bikes to come out of the Italian company. It began with the technical changes in the rules in 2002 for the World Road Racing which effectively turned it into the MotoGP as we know it today that convinced Ducati to make its return to track racing and, with it, came the road-legal MotoGP Desmosedici. The MotoGP version started its design in 2001 and was released for use in 2002 however it wasn’t until 2007 that Ducati won their first MotoGP World Championship with the Desmosedici with hero Casey Stoner.

Indeed, there have been no fewer than 9 incarnations of the Desmosedici bike throughout the past 11 years for Ducati with the most recent being the GP12 with its 1000cc and was ridden, albeit fairly unsuccessfully, by Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden at the 2010 MotoGP circuit. Although, Rossi, in 2007 when he was still with Yamaha, admitted that his bike could never compete with the Desmosedici on the straight and nor could any other one...

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Hi,

I bought my 916 last October after wanting one for many years. Quite a bit of money had been spent on servicing and paintwork over the last 2 years and it was mechanically sound. Charlie's Motorcycles in Bradford got the belts done at Ducati Manchester and did a brake fluid change before it was delivered. I managed one 30 mile ride out before the weather turned to crap. So with only an oil change and coolant top up required I decided to strip her down and take a closer look.
Generally all was good, but some areas had seen better days. She was a bit grubby in places and many bolts/brackets were rusty. There was quite a few original parts missing and a few daft annoying things like mismatched bar ends, a 998 heat shield held on with jubilee clips, old partly polished rearsets and tacky aftermarket bolts etc etc etc.
My original plan was to restore back to standard but during the work I decided to make some tasteful mods. It's nearly finished now after many hours of graft.
A bit...