Terblanche on the new Ducati Multistrada

Probably the most dramatic example of the departure from the ambitious,
elegant futurism of the Terblanche-era Ducatis into the
dumbed-down-for-the-masses mundanity of the current generation is in the
Multistrada. An utterly unique, if slightly awkward bike corrupted the
traditional idea of a go-anywhere adventure tourer by eschewing dirt
ability in 2003, but was replaced by the remarkable-only-in-its-schnoz
(and, admittedly, performance) 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200. We asked
Pierre for his thoughts on the new bike. Piaggio’s design supremo,
Miguel Galluzzi, was also on the line and added some choice quotes of his
own.

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