After a year of ownership: Great to cruise and do highway commuting as well as open twistyish medium speed flowing roads Front end feel is non existent (don't think there is a way to fix the ergos, size, or weight of the machine for tighter stuff; wrong ergos and too much buffeting for high speed stuff) Could use a brake master cylinder upgrade (always stops well, but I'd rather have a higher effort lever with less travel that would have more consistency and instant response), haven't had issues with fade, but i also run better fluid and cooling ducts Extremely usable engine with great torque everywhere and awesome induction roar at wot and high revs, although I wouldn't say no to being more rev happy with a higher redline Too big for lane filtering in some situations Great for wheelies (more betterer with exhaust and ecu mapping) and skids if you're into that kind of thing Overall very comfortable and fast, but not very engaging or visceral (still more exciting than the xr, mostly because of the engine), never feel like going to the canyons for some fun, the couple times that i've tried were decently fast but definitely not all that enjoyable Helped the handling a bit by lowering the triple clamp on the forks (steering stabilizer became handy after that) and setting everything to the hardest with max preload to help get some weight onto the front, still need to try running a higher profile rear tire Quick shifter is stiff/high effort (not casual riding shoe friendly, need boots) and clunky compared to some No engine braking adjustment is sad (at least the RS got that), no static suspension mode with detailed adjustment is sad as well Hill hold takes some getting used to, made me stall a couple of times when i wasn't trying to take off slowly Would be nice if we had android auto/carplay instead of sygic and ducati connect that requires the screen to be on, at least they upgraded the phone compartment to be ventilated, so the phone doesn't overheat in there Overall a great daily that is amazing on the highway ((if you fit a large calsci screen or something similar to quiet it down) with its gamechanging adaptive cruise, heated seat and grips, bsm is nice to have too) that can be fast, but still need a separate smaller lighter naked/sport/sm bike for fun and shorter rides For how expensive it is I hoped it would be better at fun/performance stuff to be one bike to do it all Top box is love, top box is life Probably still forgot something in this book
great comment, thank you. you addressed all of my concerns, i test rode one briefly and it just felt so numb in the turns, even compared to my '21 XR, still thinking of selling the XR in favor of the PP though i've got a zx4rr and mt10sp for the fun hooligan street and track stuff, so i got my bases covered there
@frankfeng6199 I gave an XR a ride before getting the PP, it was lacking the sensation of speed, character from the engine (didn't get on with that i4 at all), and the brakes/suspension weren't great, nice quick shifter, but everything just felt effortless and speed seemed like just a number without a sensation attached to it, although I did prefer it's weight/size over the pp. Maybe I should've waited for mxr or multi RS (doubt that changes what I don't like about the pikes peak much, mostly just makes the engine more rev happy in terms of the character). Miss my tuono v4, kind of curious about mt10sp, new superduke (too bad no gt for the US for a year or so), and the upcoming rc990r, r9, Pani/sfv2. Miss me something smaller for filtering/splitting and just being more fun in general instead of having better commutability.
The same here, my 1260 PP feels so much faster and lighter, also much better handling. I would only get a V4 Multistrada PP for very long highway rides, a lot of wind protection as it’s a lot bigger and smoother engine.
Looking at this vs the s1000xr. Price wise loving the xr.
After a year of ownership:
Great to cruise and do highway commuting as well as open twistyish medium speed flowing roads
Front end feel is non existent (don't think there is a way to fix the ergos, size, or weight of the machine for tighter stuff; wrong ergos and too much buffeting for high speed stuff)
Could use a brake master cylinder upgrade (always stops well, but I'd rather have a higher effort lever with less travel that would have more consistency and instant response), haven't had issues with fade, but i also run better fluid and cooling ducts
Extremely usable engine with great torque everywhere and awesome induction roar at wot and high revs, although I wouldn't say no to being more rev happy with a higher redline
Too big for lane filtering in some situations
Great for wheelies (more betterer with exhaust and ecu mapping) and skids if you're into that kind of thing
Overall very comfortable and fast, but not very engaging or visceral (still more exciting than the xr, mostly because of the engine), never feel like going to the canyons for some fun, the couple times that i've tried were decently fast but definitely not all that enjoyable
Helped the handling a bit by lowering the triple clamp on the forks (steering stabilizer became handy after that) and setting everything to the hardest with max preload to help get some weight onto the front, still need to try running a higher profile rear tire
Quick shifter is stiff/high effort (not casual riding shoe friendly, need boots) and clunky compared to some
No engine braking adjustment is sad (at least the RS got that), no static suspension mode with detailed adjustment is sad as well
Hill hold takes some getting used to, made me stall a couple of times when i wasn't trying to take off slowly
Would be nice if we had android auto/carplay instead of sygic and ducati connect that requires the screen to be on, at least they upgraded the phone compartment to be ventilated, so the phone doesn't overheat in there
Overall a great daily that is amazing on the highway ((if you fit a large calsci screen or something similar to quiet it down) with its gamechanging adaptive cruise, heated seat and grips, bsm is nice to have too) that can be fast, but still need a separate smaller lighter naked/sport/sm bike for fun and shorter rides
For how expensive it is I hoped it would be better at fun/performance stuff to be one bike to do it all
Top box is love, top box is life
Probably still forgot something in this book
great comment, thank you. you addressed all of my concerns, i test rode one briefly and it just felt so numb in the turns, even compared to my '21 XR, still thinking of selling the XR in favor of the PP though
i've got a zx4rr and mt10sp for the fun hooligan street and track stuff, so i got my bases covered there
@frankfeng6199 I gave an XR a ride before getting the PP, it was lacking the sensation of speed, character from the engine (didn't get on with that i4 at all), and the brakes/suspension weren't great, nice quick shifter, but everything just felt effortless and speed seemed like just a number without a sensation attached to it, although I did prefer it's weight/size over the pp. Maybe I should've waited for mxr or multi RS (doubt that changes what I don't like about the pikes peak much, mostly just makes the engine more rev happy in terms of the character).
Miss my tuono v4, kind of curious about mt10sp, new superduke (too bad no gt for the US for a year or so), and the upcoming rc990r, r9, Pani/sfv2.
Miss me something smaller for filtering/splitting and just being more fun in general instead of having better commutability.
I rode my friends ben V4 MULTISTRADA and i didnt like the handle bar setup
What didn't you like about it?
They were positioned weird is all nothing like my 1260s
The same here, my 1260 PP feels so much faster and lighter, also much better handling.
I would only get a V4 Multistrada PP for very long highway rides, a lot of wind protection as it’s a lot bigger and smoother engine.
What happened to Bill Schaffer?
Who dis guy?
@@ApexMotow go watch the video from January, it explains everything.