Does your local Ducati dealer do demo rides? For my 1000DS, the demo ride is what sold me.

I leaned to the Multi versus other sport tourers due to the reach to the bars. I am 5'7", and the other sport tourers had me reaching too far foward to be comfortable. The dirt bike like riding position just ...

I believe the heads are the same, just different material in the guides that is obviously a little more durable.

Just for what its worth, i would still go with the 1000S DS, just because it doesn't have the closed loop fuel injection. I rode both on the same day, and many people might disagree with me, but i really didn't feel any power advantage that 1100 supposed to have over the 1000DS... honestly. I think ...

Get it checked out by someone knowledgeable with ducati's. If it checks out buy it regardless if it's what you want, ride it for a while then sell for a profit. As long as it's in decent shape, thats a smokin price.

Where are you located? Who is your local dealer? I just had my guides changed in my 2005 S with 2,700 miles. I was outside the warrantee period, however, my dealer still covered the repairs. Some poeple here are reporting thier local dealers are not willing to goodwill the guides.

I bought my multi to replace a superbike and for longer rides. It fits the bill perfectly for me. The mulit is still very sporty feeling, but the riding position is still very comfortable. I can now do all day rides without fear of pain..

The hardest thing for me at first was to get over the whole ...

tweake wrote:i was thinking about painting the motor on my multi black like the older super sports . wonder how that paint would hold up for that .

I have painted the side covers on both sides of the bike with black duplicolor engine paint with very good success. I've put 2,000 miles on and no trouble yet.

I sprayed mine with a textured black paint from Checker - and that was before heading to Alaska. Looks great and has held up just fine.

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Wow, good idea with the textured paint! I like it. I did mine with regular duplicolor flat black on ...

Good to know the multi isn't an oven.

My 996 is "ok" if you keep the speeds up, but if you get caught in traffic your butt is going to roast...