Ducati 1200 Multistrada

I woke up this morning (November 9, 2009), checked out my calendar, and what did it say?

Ducati Multistrada 1200 Press Conference presentation @ EICMA 09
Pavillion 20, Fiera di Milano, Rho
2009-11-09 10:30am – 12pm Central Time

Really? If I had hopped a trans-continental flight yesterday, and showed up in Milan, would they have greated us as the pillar of media that we are?

Anyhow. The Ducati 1200 Multistrada is exactly as rumored. Some smart individuals realized that they were looking at a water-cooled engine in those spy-shots, and figured  the details out from there, but now its official, and its beautiful. We don’t like the ram-air intakes, and hoped that the ones on the test mule were “camouflaged”, but no, that was them, other than that, we can’t criticize the bike further without riding one.

Imagine a V-twin Superbike that doesn’t make you feel like you are doing pushups on the way to the Starbucks. Where you actually sit up. Where you are holding onto real handlebars. Where you have enough luggage space to put your helmet, and your Starbucks. Now imagine that it comes with ABS, a slipper clutch, a top-shelf suspension, and electronic rider aids. That’s what this is, and the fact that Ducati got here first is notable.

The bike comes in three versions. They are:

Multistrada 1200:

• Choose any of 4 engine modes via push button.
• Marzocchi upside-down 50mm fork
• V-twin: 150 Max HP @ 9250 rpm, 87,5 lb-ft @ 7500 rpm Max Torque
• Hydraulically activated, back torque limiting, wet clutch

Multistrada 1200 Sport Adds:

• Ducati Electronic Suspension system
• Carbon fibre components
• Öhlins suspsension
• ABS

Multistrada 1200 Touring Adds:

• Ducati Electronic Suspension system
• Side panniers
• Heated grips
• Center stand

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