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Is this honestly realistic? My Multi is heaven for me alone, and for up to a few hours without a break... then, if my hands aren't frozen numb, my arse is hurting...
Here's the trouble: my lovely bride wants to experience motorcycling with me... she wants to take "a" bike on some longer trips, and she'd like to go exploring with me on weekends occasionally as well. That's all great news, right? Yeah, but the troubly comes in when she's miserable as pillion on the back of the MTS. I rented a BMW (shh) in Phoenix for Turkey day and now she says "if you had a BMW, I'd be a lot more comfortable..."
If buying a beamer is what it takes to make her happy, then so be it... it'd be the least I could do. Farkling the Duc would be spendy, and I'm not sure it'd really solve all the problems (hard seat, no heat, and "riding in a hurricane").
So the question (thanks for your patience with the newbie):
Would the Multi ever truly be beamer comfortable for my wife?
Would an ST3s be truly comfortable (I do still drool over Ducs, ya know)?
Is there a beamer that'll even closely perform like the Multi does in ALL conditions (when she's not there, I still NEED to be able to really have fun)?
And yes, I realize the thrd question appears out of place on Ducati.ms, but if I ask it at a BMW site, I'll get the other kind of predictable answer.
And, and, yes, I am going to be test riding both Ducs (ST3s, ST4) and Beamers (K1200RS, R1200ST, R1200GS, R1200RT)...
THANK YOU!! :-D
Here's the trouble: my lovely bride wants to experience motorcycling with me... she wants to take "a" bike on some longer trips, and she'd like to go exploring with me on weekends occasionally as well. That's all great news, right? Yeah, but the troubly comes in when she's miserable as pillion on the back of the MTS. I rented a BMW (shh) in Phoenix for Turkey day and now she says "if you had a BMW, I'd be a lot more comfortable..."
If buying a beamer is what it takes to make her happy, then so be it... it'd be the least I could do. Farkling the Duc would be spendy, and I'm not sure it'd really solve all the problems (hard seat, no heat, and "riding in a hurricane").
So the question (thanks for your patience with the newbie):
Would the Multi ever truly be beamer comfortable for my wife?
Would an ST3s be truly comfortable (I do still drool over Ducs, ya know)?
Is there a beamer that'll even closely perform like the Multi does in ALL conditions (when she's not there, I still NEED to be able to really have fun)?
And yes, I realize the thrd question appears out of place on Ducati.ms, but if I ask it at a BMW site, I'll get the other kind of predictable answer.
And, and, yes, I am going to be test riding both Ducs (ST3s, ST4) and Beamers (K1200RS, R1200ST, R1200GS, R1200RT)...
THANK YOU!! :-D