Pilot Road 3's fitted Saturday morning; 129 miles later flat rear whilst 2 up with all panniers on just past Trumpington p&r on M11 north bound. Tyre pressures as book states. What is it with these bikes. It's the second rear puncture I've had on the Mutley in 8 months! Last 30 years riding all sorts of bikes I had just one rear puncture!!! The manual says Ducati dealer must fit tyres due to ABS sensor (mines a Sport touring) alignment and under no circumstances must the wheel weights be removed/moved when replacing tyre! Anyone got thoughts on this bit of info. Now having to buy yet another bloody MPR3 rear. Arrrgggggghhhhh. Sorry really really fed up. We can put a remote control sand buggy on Mars but not make a puncture proof m/cycle tyres. My touring push bike has Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres and since 2004 NO PUNCTURES. Front/rear cycle panniers loaded up plus tent etc on numerous trips riding through glass, nails, thorns; all with no problems. Arrgggh, bloody tyres. Puncture was a small(2mm dia.) bit of metal through centre line of tyre but through thinnest part of tread; bottom of channel.:frown:
I thought dealers could patch this tyre safely? I understood it is different on account of an all rubber construction?
Don't worry about dealers having to remove wheel taken mine on and off fine. However finding someone to plug a motorcycle tyre is a other story!! Really not meant to although have done in past.
The manual also says the dealer must adjust the chain...lying crock of shite. I holed my PR3 on the way to a dyno session at CJS - they do seem to be of a softer build than normal. They've done well, but not sure I'd have another set.
Add unreliable tyres to the other whinges on the Multi (that'll be number 273). It's just poor luck. I got a flat on my 749 in France once on a Saturday afternoon (of course) in the middle of bloody nowhere. Bike shops don't open until Monday afternoon. I had to get a taxi to go and get a replacement involving a 100 mile round trip and stay in a piss-boring hotel for two nights (that was one long Sunday). And I got another one on the 999 on the Scottish borders at 5pm on a Friday when on holiday. A passing AA guy plugged it for me. Shit happens.
I have no wheel weights on my bike at all as I use dynabeads inside the tyre to do the balancing act. No problems at all and it is a lot smoother. As for the puncture, I think that is simply the deal of the cards. I have done 48,000km on my 2010 1200 and I think I am at the end of the life of the 4th set of tyres. I have had 1 puncture with a large Tek screw. Just bad luck. As to the moaning and cries of get a Jap bike. Makes me want to go back to the US forum. An assembly as overly aggressive wankers but not nearly as negative and whingy as this forum. Nut up, smile and have fun. You'll live longer!
That's because you're in the wrong bit of the forum, Tim. In all the non-Multistrada parts of the forum you'll find a load of amusing people who are happy to own Ducatis and spend their time telling jokes. It's only in Multistrada Land that people are so miserable. The only reason El Toro and I were here in the first place is that we are bored and have already read and contributed to all the other threads that were of the slightest interest. Hang out in the Lounge if you want to have some fun.
Must admit I have a problem with my Multistrada - I'm missing the whinging git upgrade to the ECU so mine just keeps on being a delight to own. Anyone know a no win no fee firm who can sue Ducati for me to get it installed. Seriously though, I have never known a bike to provoke so much moaning - perhaps if folks got out there and rode the damn things instead of living on the internet?
I feel like I've been followed here by the bloody GS owners club - all they did was sodding whinge too :biggrin: Unfortunately I'm stuck here...can't afford to buy 2 of another model (one for each foot).
Don't get me wrong, I like the bike when it's working/not in dealers having new rad,engine cases, rear brake mod(bled twice now and still the worst I've ever had) etc. It is the first Ducati I've owned and probably the last. As for the tyre, I've rung a few bike tyre fitter places and no one wants to touch it. There is a BS Safety approved internal patch that can be done but was told hole diameter must not exceed 3mm! No idea what mine is till Monday. Fingers crossed it can be done. Friendly chap on a new Blade stopped to see if I was alright whilst on M11 hard shoulder. All the other bikes just shot past without so much as a 'thumbs up' to see if I was o.k. It was sunny so maybe they wanted to make the most of it!!
Dude. You got a puncture from a tyre not fitted by the manufacturer. What's that gotta do with the Multi? Its called the bleedin road. I just had 2 punctures 5 weeks apart. Both by nails. Because of construction. Last set of PR3s changed at 8-9k. No puncture. Toured Wales. Previous bikes and tyres all have their shares of wounds on the rubber front. Bike is not a puncture magnet. I see all sorts of bikes at my fitter's. It happens.
How good does a back brake have to be? I seem to remember the one on the Pantah requiring a firm effort to stop the bike rolling back on steep hill starts, but frankly it never bothered me. I only use it for scrubbing off a bit of speed in blind corners, not for actually stopping. On track I don't use it at all (it upsets the bike as the rear is barely in contact with the ground on heavy braking. I can't work out if the Multi back brake criticisms are due to a brake that is far worse than on any other Ducati (which seems surprising) or a different breed of rider who expects different things.
WARNING!! This might be the final ' nail in the coffin.. I mean tyre ' for anyone thinking of buying a mutley I mean a bike that also causes you to get punctures frequently. I'm now waiting for a post blaming our bikes for the wet weather were having cos every time they go out they get wet lol Ride it and enjoy it .... Sick of it, sell it
It's funny you should mention that. I was thinking of perhaps buying a Multi, but I have heard that the shit paint that Ducati uses on them is static and attracts rain clouds. I can't see the point in having a bike which will inevitably get wet every time I use it. I would then have to spend my life cleaning it. Does anyone know if Ducati fixed the problem with the 2013 model?
Well, on my 2012 bike it was shocking from new - I seriously doubt it would've passed the MOT. It was a bit better after the recall fix, but not as good as the one on my 2013 bike - so I reckon the rear brake criticisms are justified where they occur.
