Even after running two Multistrada 1200s (the first one was written off by a colleague) in the last two years, it never ceases to amaze me how quickly this bike gets you from A-to-B if you’re in a hurry.
And, as road bikes go, there are few finer and even fewer that would transport you 100 miles with such ease and grace, whether flying solo or fully-laden, two-up.
With 150bhp on tap there’s always enough power to wake you up, but the way it delivers it smoothly and progressively with just a little hit of extra power at the top end to make the front wheel lift is special.
But more than that it’s about the package. The comfort, the near perfect riding position, the wind protection (as long as you have an £80 Ducati higher screen), and the feeling you get from the rear tyre as the electronic traction control kicks in…
We’ve done loads of track days (running at the front of the fast group in a shower of sparks and rear wheel slides at some of them), toured Ireland, commuted, ridden through a winter together, had weekends away in the Lakes two-up and away with the boys to places like Weston’s beach race.
It’s been spanked round our test track, run flat out on the dyno, speed tested and still it comes back for more. I fail to think of any bike that I would like more. I just hope one day I can find the money for another one in my garage.
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