Road to Ruins: Episode 3 – BMW R1200GS Adventure v. Ducati Multistrada 1200 S
Fri, 27/04/12 – 11:34 | Comment

BMW’s R1200GS Adventure is the gold standard in adventure touring bikes, but now it’s facing down challengers like the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. Is the road to ruins for the BMW paved by the likes of the Ducati? Before we find out off the pavement, a little protection and preparation is in order. If we had the licensing, we’d cue the A-team montage music and cut to the folks at AltRider.com.

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2006 Ducati Multistrada 1000: Riding with Righteous Indignation
Tuesday, 27 Jun, 2006 – 23:33 | Comment
2006 Ducati Multistrada 1000: Riding with Righteous Indignation

Dear Ducati,
What would possess you to create a bike like the Multistrada 1000?  This is not a motorcycle so much a dopamine pump directly to the fun-centre of the brain; a two-wheeled narcotic of Hunter …

2005 Ducati 999 Monoposto: A Life Less Ordinary
Monday, 20 Feb, 2006 – 15:28 | Comment
2005 Ducati 999 Monoposto: A Life Less Ordinary

This morning, it seems, someone swapped my regular of dose of Raisin Bran with a big bowl of stupid.  The scrape of the knee-puck is official notice; I’m being an idiot and my actions are …

Ducati SS1000 – Soul of the Track
Wednesday, 4 Jan, 2006 – 18:01 | Comment
Ducati SS1000 – Soul of the Track

Kevin Davis from Ducati Canada is waxing poetic about the Supersport 1000 DS, “It’s a really good track bike.  I was doing 240kp/h down the front straight, that’s more than enough.”  Not being conversant with …

2004 Ducati ST3 – Used Review
Friday, 25 Nov, 2005 – 2:01 | Comment
2004 Ducati ST3 – Used Review

The Termignoni burble menacingly to themselves, the dry clutch issues its rattle, and while others hear a cacophony, a Ducatista hears a very special opus.  That sentence in itself could be used to describe any …

The Maddest Compo – Ducati Multistrada 620 vs Suzuki GSX-R 1000
Monday, 19 Sep, 2005 – 19:19 | Comment
The Maddest Compo – Ducati Multistrada 620 vs Suzuki GSX-R 1000

The engine is thrumming, the throttle is pegged, and I’m in the best areo-tuck 6’2” 200lbs of editorial content can manage.  The windscreen begins to vibe a bit. I bump the rev limiter in the …

2005 Ducati Monster S4R – Something Wicked
Tuesday, 8 Feb, 2005 – 1:31 | Comment
2005 Ducati Monster S4R – Something Wicked

After a short bit of town and freeway riding from John Valk BMW Ducati, it’s pulling out of US customs where Ducati’s Monster S4R shows it’s true nature.  A little too much gas may have …

2004 Ducati 999 – Hello God… Can I Borrow Your Bike?
Tuesday, 3 Aug, 2004 – 21:23 | Comment
2004 Ducati 999 – Hello God… Can I Borrow Your Bike?

I’ve just been through a series of corners on the Ducati 999, and I’m searching for words to describe it; heady, exhilarating, enthusiastic, invigorating, enlivening and inspired all leap to mind. Then I hit on …

2003 ST4s ABS – Yes, It is supposed to sound like that Officer
Thursday, 22 Apr, 2004 – 23:27 | Comment
2003 ST4s ABS – Yes, It is supposed to sound like that Officer

The Italians, they’ve brought us Lamborghini, Ferrari, and well… Fiat.  What they aren’t known for are their sensible four-door sedans, which when you get down to analogy is a bit what a sport-tourer is all …