Multistrada 1200S

[lowercasee]

Originally Posted by Bayouboy

How tall are you and were able to get both feet down while stopped? In the pics it looks like the seat is a bit on the high side. I hate it when I can't get both feet planted - makes me feel very insecure. Another question: does this bike seem like it has real off road potential?

I am right at 6' tall about 250lbs so I had no problems getting both feet down. The bike is pretty light and feels that way too so that helps. Off road potential? I can't say for sure as I only got an hour on it on the highways and some twisites but it could probably handle fire / dirt roads ok. For single track, mud, rocks, and other rough terrain though, I would not even try it. Of course that's mostly because of the hefty price tag, I wouldn't want to drop it.

[Pete59]

Originally Posted by Pete59

Strange that Andy W ain't commenting - as he's got one - must be as crap as they look after all

Well that's now confirmed - Andy W limped into Popham meet, oil pissing everywhere - appears the magneto fell off on the A303.
RAC bod totally lost with such basic technology - the dynamo was playing up as well - 6 volt Itie Garelli crap
& he didn't have Castrol R with him - what a muppet

Get a real bike - Ride SV's & their GENETIC VARIANTS

[johnnymad]

Originally Posted by lowercasee

I am right at 6' tall about 250lbs

Same as me!

Please PM me your suspension settings - might be a good place for me to start!

[bioboy]

Originally Posted by Pete59

Well that's now confirmed - Andy W limped into Popham meet, oil pissing everywhere - appears the magneto fell off on the A303.
RAC bod totally lost with such basic technology - the dynamo was playing up as well - 6 volt Itie Garelli crap
& he didn't have Castrol R with him - what a muppet

Get a real bike - Ride SV's & their GENETIC VARIANTS

It is a 90 degree v-twin, perhaps he could not afford the real mccoy

[MidnightSV]

I find this video fascinating and inspiring... enjoy! Mulistrada 1200

[D.T.]

Originally Posted by Pete59

Well that's now confirmed - Andy W limped into Popham meet, oil pissing everywhere - appears the magneto fell off on the A303.
RAC bod totally lost with such basic technology - the dynamo was playing up as well - 6 volt Itie Garelli crap
& he didn't have Castrol R with him - what a muppet

Get a real bike - Ride SV's & their GENETIC VARIANTS

So Andy's new Muliti has a problem already with the charging system?

[lowercasee]

Originally Posted by johnnymad

Same as me!

Please PM me your suspension settings - might be a good place for me to start!

For the SV? The only thing that I did was crank up the pre-load on the front forks so there are about 4 "rings" showing. I did the same on the rear. Haven't really gotten into the rest of it, definitely need to. I really felt the limitations of it on the last track day.

[johnnymad]

Originally Posted by lowercasee

For the SV? The only thing that I did was crank up the pre-load on the front forks so there are about 4 "rings" showing. I did the same on the rear. Haven't really gotten into the rest of it, definitely need to. I really felt the limitations of it on the last track day.

OK Thanks. Mine was quite a lot softer than std when I got it a couple of months ago. Must have been a pygmy riding it before me! All I have done so far is put everything back to std. That has cured it of running wide on the exit of corners. It still feels too soft to all round to me and dives a lot under medium to heavy braking.