Be very careful of aftermarket ones. Had one on my mts and it caused front brake to stick on!!!! After much investigation worked out what was wrong and put on a new Brembo (AU$176!!!!) and all good again.

Well got the new bike home yesterday!
It is going in for a full service asap and all should be good!

Ì agree, look for another multi. This one has too many questionmarks for you. Especially the oil leak. And you are perhaps right about the front brakes, but could the burning smell have come from dirt on the exhaust?

One thing about the rear brake is the total lack of feeling. I think this is ...

Thanks for the feedback guys!
Rhino

Hi guys, just took a 2005 MTS 1000ds ofr a test run. It is a private sale, it has only 7000k's on it but is not looked after the way I would have expected a bike like this should be... the owner reckons it was serviced at 1000k's and again at 6000k's and I don't doubt this, but the bike is filthy ...