Hi all, Dr Dave newbie here. Last bike was a Multistrada 1200 with termis and ecu, Superduke before that. Bloody love my MT, reminds me of my old 350 LC (but obviously way better). The things fun, more than can be said about the multistrada. Seats an absolute killer though and it seems there is only so much you can dial in/out of the stock suspension. For the price and bearing in mind what's been done to keep the cost down this bike shouldn't be as good as it is....basically its more than the sum of its parts..... suits me fine.Reading on another thread about people owning quite lively bikes before going onto the MT09....a friend of mine traded in a GSX 1000, I traded in my Suzuki GSR750, just wandering what other bikes came before the switch to the MT09...?
After my first test ride on a tracer a thought thar seats crap but now with 600 mile on its fine so maybe you just have to get some miles done on it to soften it up.Hi all, Dr Dave newbie here. Last bike was a Multistrada 1200 with termis and ecu, Superduke before that. Bloody love my MT, reminds me of my old 350 LC (but obviously way better). The things fun, more than can be said about the multistrada. Seats an absolute killer though and it seems there is only so much you can dial in/out of the stock suspension. For the price and bearing in mind what's been done to keep the cost down this bike shouldn't be as good as it is....basically its more than the sum of its parts..... suits me fine.
Looking forward to finding out from you guys how to make it more comfortable and handle better in time for a June jaunt to the Pyrenees.
Hi Shaun,After my first test ride on a tracer a thought thar seats crap but now with 600 mile on its fine so maybe you just have to get some miles done on it to soften it up.
Allthough fortunately your bike is about 20kg lighter than Tracer...Hi Shaun,
Unfortunately I have the standard MT so ain't no breaking that plank in. Sort of wishing I had bought the Tracer instead cuz by the time I've added a comfy seat, hand gaurds, screen etc it will be a wannabe Tracer. Bugger!