Alright, here I am again, two years into a new moto and ready to move on, seems to be my style, but I believe I'm ready to settle down. Here's my problem: I was very into the Griso 1200 8V a couple of years ago, but was turned off by the the negative info regarding dependability, tappets and so forth, which I was reading about on this site. I went with the Ducati Monster 1100S, put a ton of upgrades into it (5K worth), but frankly, I can't put much more than an hour in the saddle before I'm having a back problem..... (ok, I'm not 35 yoa). So I'm looking around again, this time for a Ducati Multistrada 1200S which costs about 20K, or a Griso that I can make a project bike. I don't do many long trips, mostly around the hills close to home, but my Harley friends would like to go on longer trips, which I'm sure the MTS 1200 could handle, but not so sure about the Griso. Additionally, the dealer network for MG is very slim, although in some areas Ducati is not much better. I just can't get over the looks of the Griso 1200, it's beautiful. Thoughts?