[Nickpilot]

I was off bikes for about five years...when I got here I broke myself back in again slowly. Had an Er6n for a year, a great fun 'get back into again' bike, then the VFR 800 for a year...no complaints about that...and now the Multi. I think I would have got myself into big trouble had I bought the MTS as a 'returning' biker...urban mode or not!!! 150hp is not a for 'returnees'...IMHO. Oh, despite some people thinking I am complaining about the Multi...I too think it is a great and fun bike...but it's very expensive (here, even moreso...100% import tax), and I just view it NOT through the rose tinted glasses of some 'Ducatisti'. Given no monetary limit...I dont think there is anything I'd rather have, well...this year!!

 

[Ducrowti]

I was off bikes for about five years...when I got here I broke myself back in again slowly. Had an Er6n for a year, a great fun 'get back into again' bike, then the VFR 800 for a year...no complaints about that...and now the Multi. I think I would have got myself into big trouble had I bought the MTS as a 'returning' biker...urban mode or not!!! 150hp is not a for 'returnees'...IMHO. Oh, despite some people thinking I am complaining about the Multi...I too think it is a great and fun bike...but it's very expensive (here, even moreso...100% import tax), and I just view it NOT through the rose tinted glasses of some 'Ducatisti'. Given no monetary limit...I dont think there is anything I'd rather have, well...this year!!

Personally I think that import tax could color just about anything with a more sobering sheen.

 

[Nickpilot]

Yep, the tax here is a bummer...but, that's the price and it does carry forward to the second hand market, so you do get it back. The compensation is pretty good mix of roads to play with all modes and, as yet, the police are pretty bike friendly (or more like their older radars can't pick up bikes...sadly I read in the newspapers that they have just bought 300 new 'radar' systems...as we know, all good things come to an end!!!