Ducati MTS1100 S Multistrada

Amazing how the Pierre Terblanche designed Ducatis have grown on us over the years isn’t it? No excuses for having a 2009 motorcycle on the Classic Super Bikes website; it’s a classic in the making as are so many of Terblanches masterpieces. The 999 for instance? The Sport Classic range? All way ahead of their time in terms of concept and styling. The Multistrada truly was a gamechanger, taking the big trailies which were all being used for touring and looking at it the other way by developing a true road bike with some of the big trailie features that made them so attractive. Laughingly known as the “fuglystrada” when it came out; you hardly ever hear that now; the years are being kind to its style and it’s growing into our sense of what looks good on two wheels. The early air-cooled Mutlys were half the power of the latest ones but they punch well above their weight due to the extremely light weight and wonderful engine characteristics. This is my bike and I rode to Italy with a friend on a later Pikes Peak a few years ago without falling behind and without wanting to swap machines. It’s a gem of a bike, does almost anything you ask.