2011 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring ABS SPORT MTS

 2011 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring. RED. one owner. 1590 miles. very clean. always garaged. well sorted. needs nothing The S Touring includes hard bags. center stand. heated grips and electronically-adjustable Ohlins suspension in addition to ABS and traction control. ALL recalls completed Rear brake. FUEL TANK and coolant replacement Never dropped or crashed Have title w/ no liens Add-ons. REAR BACK REST AND BAG GPS RAM MOUNT Throttle cruise control Handle bar risers HAVE ALL Documented Service History The MTS mode switch (built into the indicator cancel button) toggles between 4 riding modes: Sports. Touring. Urban and Enduro. Each mode has a custom (and customisable) setup that includes peak engine output. throttle response. intervention level from the Ducati Traction Control system. ABS settings. and even electronic suspension setup. In Sports mode. for example. the suspension is set quite firm. with added preload. compression and rebound damping at both ends. The power output is set to the full 150 horses. and the throttle mapping is similar to the track mode on Aprilia and BMW sportsbikes - that is. power comes on strong and immediately with minor throttle movements. Traction control is set to allow a reasonable degree of powersliding out of corners. It's a tough mode to ride in - your throttle control has to be godlike to avoid jerky spikes of power. so you need to be concentrating 110% to get the most out of the bike. Touring mode is a softened version of Sports mode - you get all 150 horses. but the throttle mapping is backed off to a softer delivery. This means you have to twist the throttle a little further to get big power down. but it's much smoother. less aggressive and easier to ride hard. Traction control is brought up to allow less wheelspin. and the suspension is softened off so that your freeway miles are more comfortable Urban mode cuts peak power to 100 horses. and retains Touring mode's gentler throttle response. Traction control is maxed out. and the suspension setup feels similar to Touring mode. or perhaps a little more comfort focused. One-hundred horsepower sounds like a cruel neutering of the 1200cc powerplant. but in all honesty Urban mode still feels brutally powerful when you twist the throttle round far enough. The bike still leaps forward. wheeling with ease and obliterating traffic and speed limits. Enduro mode sets the suspension long and soft. gives you the same soft 100 horsepower throttle map as Urban mode. and backs off the traction control so you can steer the thing with the rear wheel a bit in the dirt.

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