Holy crap that is good news! Thank you! Salmon is at the end of one hell of a trip full of twisties!! Man, this is starting to shape up nicely for me.

Can the Ducati valves be adjusted easily, or do they have to be shimmed? I'm not afraid of taking the tank off, I am used to that already. Also, what common issues are there to be fixed ahead of time? All bikes have mandatory fixes to avoid future breakdowns. Locktite fixes? Wiring issues?

That 07 ...

Yes, we have some awesome mountain roads here that go in all directions and are full of twisties for hundreds of miles.

I'm looking at an 07 strada with 19,000 miles and it just had belt and valve service. The guy wants 7,800 for the bike and it has some nice farkles on it. Price sound good to you ...

I am really thinking about buying a used Multistrada but live in Boise, Idaho and there really isn't a great Ducadi dealership within even a four hour drive of here. There is a BMW dealership that claims to work on Ducadi's, but I don't trust that. I work on my own Jap bikes, do most of my own ...