Got the magazine at my newsagents this morning simply because I wanted to read the head to head of the Ducati Multistrada Granturisimo and the Aprilia Caponord 1200 with Travel Pack. Great stuff, except on page 50 it states the Coponord’s fuel tank is 4 litres bigger than the Multistrada’s and then on page 57 it states that the Strada has a 20 litre tank and the Capo has 17.5 litres.
And fuel consumption – what is it with those guys? They say that over 110 miles the Caponord used an extra 4 litre of fuel. But what does that equate to? Simple maths means that if the Strada does 40mpg then the Capo is doing just over 30mpg, but they don't share the figures they achieved with us. Otherwise, I just love the way they got two different viewpoints down in print on one test.
Interweb says:
1. the Strada does have 20 litres but the Capo has 24 (and is 4 litres bigger).
2. Roland Brown got nearly 50mpg from the Caponord with Travel Pack when he road tested it (so if Bike's comment and Roland's figures are both true then the Strada was doing 84mpg).
They are promising us a whole new magazine from the next edition. Well I for one am hoping the new mag is more accurate than the ‘old’ outgoing version and gives us the whole story and avoids following the BBC’s attempts to sensationalise everything. As it stands it's just not worthy of a subscription and I will stick to buying the odd one now and then (usually 3 copies a year).
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