Essai - Bennetts

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comparatif avec la MTS

Sportbike: XR (girlfriend)
Day to day: MTS (wife)

Intéressante comparaison mais assez juste

Ils ont été marqués par les vibrations.

It’s not subtle, imagine someone has put a vibrating toothbrush in your gloves and in your boots and you’ll know the feeling. It stays vibrating until 7000rpm, gets less after that and then disappears by 9000rpm, right in the meat of the mighty S1000R-based motor. At the top-end the bike is incredibly fast and it howls with exhaust noise and induction roar, but every time you slow down there’s that vibration again.

It’s right where you want to cruise that it hits as well. 75mph is in the heart of the vibration zone, and as marvellous as the S1000XR is in almost every other way I couldn’t buy one. Day-to-day when you’re not wanting to go bansai the BMW is incredibly annoying and frustrating to ride, all because of that vibration. It’s also not as comfortable as the Ducati as the seat padding seems to flatten off after an hour, the screen and fairing aren’t as good at keeping the wind off you, and it’s not as nicely finished as the Ducati.

And it’s for that reason that what should be a brilliant motorcycle, I couldn’t recommend. And if it was my money I’d take the Multistrada every day.

The Multistrada loses points against the BMW in a corner, even without its panniers on, the handling isn’t as precise as the BMW and you don’t get that feeling of front-end grip and stiffness on the hardest suspension settings that the BMW gives you. It’s not as fast either.

But the rest of the time when you want to go fast the Ducati is fast enough, the motor gives that V-twin grumble rather than a slightly annoying howl, it’s more comfortable, easier-to-live with, suits a wider range of riders with its slightly physically smaller dimensions, is better equipped and just feels better thought out than the S1000XR.

If you want the maddest, fastest adventure bike on the market then the BMW is it. It’s way more accurate and sportier than the Ducati and incredibly exciting to ride.

But the rest of the time, when you want something that’s almost as fast, something that handles almost as well, and covers ground with ease, in comfort and at speed whether two-up or on your own, the Ducati is the one.