Re: Ducati Multistrada Enduro 'what a tool'

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Congratulations hisunil. 2500 kms have passed already? I guess you were enjoying this fine machine... Really happy to know when someone's big bike dream comes true.
I still didn't understand why you called your 2015 Duke 390 an ambulance?

Anyhow congrats again, and do keep sharing your experience.

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Congratulations Sunil!

With 2500 kms on the clock please do give us a detailed review of your Enduro with lots of photographs as the short videos do not show much.

All the best for your ride and ride safe.

Cheers

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Thanks Samarth, Because I had converted it as a prototype for two wheeler ambulance.

[MENTION=74759]cyborgk[/MENTION] yes sure will do







Cheers
Sunil

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Congrats once again Sunil sir. I guess you have been riding so much that you took a lot of time to start this thread

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The Experience with Buying Ducati was not the Best!
Wasn't treated like a premium customer, had to often followup with many calls to find out the status and availability of bike.

Although went to test ride the bike, was denied and the bike was shown in the basement of UB City parking lot, where many were smoking and I actually got a headache and the entire experience of seeing the bike in a dark congested place with foul smell actually threw me off! my Wife also didnt like the experience.

When I sat on the bike, due to its active suspension and bike being Off, it was solid like a ROCK and very tall too! again didnt like it definitely knew that offroading this will not be possible, given its weight and height for Me @ 5.11" returned home with a heavy heart of no test drive, headache from smoke at the basement and the feeling that the indefinite wait continues! the bike was not even washed and had just returned from a road show too.

Continued to read reviews watch videos (even in other languages that I don't understand!) and kept asking for a test drive to the marketing folks.

Finally met other Ducati Owners reference by our [MENTION=15647]strider[/MENTION] Ajay and learnt that the Sales is like that! but the bike is AWESOME and spares will be expencive but service will be around 10K and I remember Srikanth (Hyperstrada) and Vinay (Multistrada 1200s) said go for it and you won't repent it!

The Service guy called that a test drive on road is possible, I was asking for a mud road/ non tramac ride as its an enduro, but that was not possible and took the 2kms test drive, a colleague Praveen joined me for the test drive and had to miss few conference calls too.

In the test drive realised that the height is manageable on regular roads, the thing is WICKED fast in sports mode, you one realise where you pulled the throttle and where you now are, how you came from there to here is a mystery, its that fast! with 160HP and 250kgs I made my mind about the ability to handle the bike and its power and the different modes, still the clutch was HEAVY and first gere falls with a huge THUD.

Now it was down to Money, is 21L onroad worth it? you can get around 42 of my wife's Dio for the same price! how do you convince yourself as a responsible mature old man @ 40 that its OK to shell out so-much hard-earnd tax-paid cash for something that you will use very very rarely!

More to come..

Cheers
Sunil

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Heartiest congratulation, Sirji!

Like the Monk mentioned in your introspect thread, we've seen the pictures. Now I open the forum to see this, BAM!
Wish you many more miles on the wonderful machine. Looking forward to your ride reviews and experiences - knowing you, I am pretty sure you'll take it to places and that'll definitely be a treat to the drooling folks. I, for one, am extremely keen on learning more on Ducati bikes and the related riding experience.

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Hi Sunil

Hearty congratulations on becoming a Ducatista... !!

Well i think it would be hopelessly idiotic to buy '42 - Dio' when you have already purchased one.... so you were truly wise to go for this beauty bro... !!

I love the Hypermotard looks.
Did you test it out too ?


Cheers
Happy motoring.

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Thanks Sir,

yes its been to places and already dropped on both sides the Enduro pack that came almost after a Month was sitting in the service center waiting for an appointment to be fit on a tuesday and the fall happened on a sunday, If Only they could prioritize in either placing the order (which was not done till I paid 1L advance) or at least fitting it once it arrived nothing would have happened, not even the small dents and scratches on the side steel panels. more on it a little later.

@dnewguy It's one way to look at cost/price and possibly the right way from an absolute utility standpoint. The ROI does not exist actually it's not even an investment!.
No I couldn't try the Hyper, actually with lot of try's, calls, emails, persuasion got one test ride of the Enduro that I wanted to buy, so trying other models was out of question and I had no interests too.


Cont ...

So what made the decision was two fold

1. Fortunately I have not regretted anything as yet ... and didnt want missing this to be the first thing
2. I already need to see a physiotherapist to ride it now so five years down the line, I think it will only get worst

Hence against all the logic and math, just following intuition, went ahead and made the booking....
After all very few things excite me now-a-days and didnt couldn't pass this one

I Enquired for the Grey one as it came with the Rally tyres that I wanted world wide, but then India is different !
learnt in India what every colour you book you get the same trail II tyres, so asked them to book red and did the transfer.

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Congrats on the beast again, nice to see u munching miles and thanks for the test ride. Ride safe ..

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Hi Sunil, belated congrats on your new beast.

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Congrats on the beast. This is one lovely looking bike. Sad to hear the buying experience and to learn that even if you are buying such a premium product.

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Thanks @MUSTANG 27, you took a test ride is it? sorry cannot map name to ID !
Thanks @krishna77 & @kailashnj

The Buying ordeal was far from over!
I was promised delivery of red colour in 4 days after payment, I guess Mr Ram bought it, fair enough he did book it before Me, so now was promised a red one before the long weekend, later after full payment was told red is not available! only a Grey can be delivered before Ayudha Pooja and long weekend! I was disappointed and thought whatever happens is for good and agred for Grey one too. Now they wouldn't let me see unboxing! its once-in-a-lifetime thing and was denied!!! reason company policy! promised not to post pics or videos of unboxing as I was told its confidential! not sure what the problem is! IMHO felt lack of biking spirit as they treated all people with same the same yard stick (when it came to rules) and didnt do ANYTHING out of the way! I got so wild that I smashed and broke My RG702 rugged phone!

During delivery My Son pointed out a Red multistrada Enduro in the backyard, when enquired was told that it's out for a road show in Mangalore, while it was actually delivered to a person right after mine( he lives near Mysore!) there ends all the horrible experience with Buying and start of wonderful experience of owning one!

Cheers
Sunil

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Now comes the Good parts, all the hardship is Over!

Didnt want to leave family behind but cant leave the New bike at home and go out in the car too!
So booked a Cab and off we go after Ayudha Pooja to the western Ghats.

Had saved a Uber cab driver's number as I saw a BIG NOSMOKING sticker as big as the front dash on the navigator side, in fact had saved it as NoSmoking Uber Driver.
Called him for a 7 days trip and he agreed, bug guess what, once he arrived and I was busy with pooja near home he is happily Smoking!!!
When enquired he says its for passenger inside car! requested him not to and he didn't for the entire trip!

We start the Trip First Night at RiverWoods homestay near Horanadu, not so good place especially kitchen cleanliness is out of the window, the roads to the place is excellent and its in middle of nowhere, good coffee plantation to ride in.

The Second day we stayed in Karamani homstay in Sringeri the roads to the place were excellent, in fact just before we reached RiverWoods I was a Group of SBK's enroute in the ghats, it was a mixed group of Harley. Kawa and Honda I guess, on the way to Sringari saw a Himalayan and a Impulse too. Karimani home stay is EXCELLENT the host knows so many flora and fauna's he is as passionate about plants as we are about bikes they have a plant for every spice, it tastes and smells like one too! can you believe it a leaf that smells like pepper, an other like garlic, one sweeter than sugar! we saw the snake here and too many birds too.

This is a Video compilation of the entire trip:


Cheers
Sunil

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Fantastic video compilation ,parts of it look almost from "the long way around' series .Hats off to you to ride the enduro on the slippery roads on those tyres .Since i live in a coffee estate i know how slippery the roads are in the rains .It could be used as an ad for the Ducati's ability to handle anything thrown at it.