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Interesting thread, not many of the mags do such a long term high miles test, same old issue - bikes are commonly seen as over the hill with this on clock with a very few notible exceptions.

mind you i have a broom that has this many miles on it, omly needed to change the handle 3 times and the head 5 times!!

Minpop wrote:Interesting thread, not many of the mags do such a long term high miles test, same old issue - bikes are commonly seen as over the hill with this on clock with a very few notible exceptions.

mind you i have a broom that has this many miles on it, omly needed to change the handle 3 times and the head 5 times!!

hi bud,i do wish the mags in the uk would cover long term tests on bikes or would that be asking to much??? cheers al.ps or are there other dark forces he he

If they really let the chain cut a groove in the swinging arm, then that's not wear & tear, it's incompetence and abuse. I wonder what other stupid things they did. My understanding is that it's really easy to adjust the chain on a Multistrada, so if they couldn't do that properly they probably couldn't/didn't do anything else either, in which case the bike has done really well.

Wonder how many miles it's been thrashed from cold whilst low on oil...

moto al wrote:

Minpop wrote:Interesting thread, not many of the mags do such a long term high miles test, same old issue - bikes are commonly seen as over the hill with this on clock with a very few notible exceptions.

mind you i have a broom that has this many miles on it, omly needed to change the handle 3 times and the head 5 times!!

hi bud,i do wish the mags in the uk would cover long term tests on bikes or would that be asking to much??? cheers al.ps or are there other dark forces he he

Many years ago Performance Bikes put a massive mileage on a Honda VFR750 (first one with the gear-driven cams) in a very short time in the middle of a cold winter. It stood up to the abuse remarkably well, and went just as well at the end as it did at the begining. But I don't think anyone's attempted anything like it since.

Bear in mind that most big bikes in the UK are only used in the summer, and that use seems to consist of riding from dealer to dealer looking for its replacement, the magazine editors have probably concluded that there is no point in conducting such tests.

Readers appear to have gone from wanting to know how easy it is to get your knee down to wanting to know how many different engine maps there are, which is really important as when you do 1500 miles a year you need to make sure the engine is in the right mode at all times, especially if it starts to rain, or get cloudy or something.

Richard Simpson wrote:If they really let the chain cut a groove in the swinging arm, then that's not wear & tear, it's incompetence and abuse. I wonder what other stupid things they did. My understanding is that it's really easy to adjust the chain on a Multistrada, so if they couldn't do that properly they probably couldn't/didn't do anything else either, in which case the bike has done really well.

Well I read that you are recommended to take the bike to the dealer to get the chain adjusted hmy:

MarkN wrote:The first picture looks like a Ducati in it's natural state :whistle:

Funny

I thought exactly the same! :whistle:

If you can't do this simple task, you shouldn't be writing tech articles for a motorcycle magazine.

I think this is a classic post that you can find anywhere on how 'good' or 'bad' a bike is.

I have an MTS1200 and up to press I have had no problems other than it needs new rubber and I wont be putting Pirellis back on, probably go for a dual compound.

Its a great bike in my opinion, would I do a RTW on one - No, I would take my XT660Z but as a touring/scratching bike its brilliant.

MORT 666 wrote:XT660z will travel further and cost less to maintain.

Travel further is debatable; mine needed a new reg/rec and a new wiring harness before it had 4k miles on it but only a few hundred were like that so not really a true indicator. It certainly cost less because the work was done under warranty