FEATURE WINNING AT TWINNING
I'm not quite sure what lured me to the Multi first, other than the fact it was so big, gangly, and anything but my normal pick of motorcycle. In my head, I'd already packaged this bike as the least exciting, capable or desirable of the trio, but that notion didn't last long. It was a sizeable bike, that was for sure, with high bars, low pegs, and a ginormous piles-defying padded seat. To cut to it, it had all the traits you'd expect from a consummate mile-muncher, madescreen, that thing was huge, to the extent that I didn't know whether to look through it or over it… and then I discovered it was adjustable in height, so I dropped it to suit. Faffing complete, I was set for the road, thumbing the rumbling V-twin into life and letting loose with the claimed 1 1 1bhp it harnessed. If I was to go by how good the motor sounded, I should have expected some arm-wrenching torque and the need to tame an unprovoked wheelie or two, but sadly I soon learned that wasn't what was on tap. While the engine's figures are respectable for a bike and configuration of this size, the weight of the Multi could not be ignored, pushing the scales at 225kg and giving Moby Dick a run for his money. Lightweight it most certainly wasn't, but with a few miles under my belt I started to warm to the gangly giant.
