1260 Looking To Buy A 1260s

All the usual stuff pal. Low miles and owners with fsh etc. Bar sat navs, zorsts and screens I don’t think they get messed about with too much tbh. Some cracking used bikes out there atm.

 

1260S was pretty well sorted as it was the end of the line. The Grand Tourer came with a bunch of extras as standard (heated grips, extra lights, panniers and best of all a red frame!)

i would say the best extras to look for are heated grips, lights, luggage, keyless fuel cap. Other than that, as Youzy said, low mileage and good condition. Personally I’d rather buy one with some extended warranty left (the GT had a longer warranty).
Good luck, it’s a great bike, I’m on my 3rd one now

 

If you are gonna tour. Factory luggage is a must. They cost fortunes even if you can find them after the event. Minimum of both panniers, preferably the top box too.

 

4 year warranty on new ones, worth considering.

 

Personal opinion but i don't think the OEM luggage is worth the money.

Its not particularly robust and Givi stuff is the same for about 1/3rd of the price.

 

Whilst it's built to a price to ensure a healthy margin for Ducati at their inflated prices I was under the impression that it was Givi who actually make the OEM luggage. Their consumer line maybe more robust but the integrated mounting of the OEM panniers is relatively neat and unobtrusive when removed which for me is important. Maybe this is where the fragility that you're referring to lies? I can see that, though spare parts are available. Also the panniers offer decent enough space but are reasonably tucked in giving a narrower width than generic after-market panniers of the same capacity. Me. I prefer the panniers supplied with my 1260s touring, just my point of view into the pot.

The top box is very handy and useful for shorter trips or when my pillion and I need to stash our lids when parked up. The OEM case will hold two lids (maybe not two XL but I have an XL Shoei and she has a medium LS2). Also it gives her added confidence and comfort.

If buying a bike without luggage then yes, cheaper option would be to buy Givi kit. BTW the Givi rack, well at least the one that the dealer supplied for my mate's MTS Enduro, lacks support rails. This wound up, over time, snapping the grab-rail. Maybe they've improved the design.

Good luck with your search BigRalphie, plenty of bikes out there that match your needs.

 

That looks mint, fully loaded with all the goodies too. Congratulations, you don't hang around procrastinating do you

Well... almost fully loaded... You are of course missing the comfort seats. Most find the OEM ones uncomfortable after a 100 miles or so, even worse getting back on the following morning whilst on tour I found. Shocking for a premium priced touring bike. Of course Ducati offer the afore mentioned comfort items (guess that makes the originals discomfort seats...), except they stopped doing the Touratech ones and started making their own (or got someone else to do them). None are cheap and the non Touratech ones aren't as good. Touratech ones do come up on here and eBay occasionally. New they were around £400 each for rider and pillion! It got mine for significantly less than that, the rider one off a member on here and the pillion new when Ducati had an old stock clearance.

There are other brands of seat out there, Sargent are highly rated, as well as the option of taking your seat to someone to have it remodelled, plenty of advice on the options are only a search of the forum away.

I have the Touratech items and rate them although a recent 450 mile stint on the motorway on an emergency dash back from Scotland, as my dog was sick, had my arse smarting a bit towards the end of the day. Nowhere near as bad as first fuel stop on the originals mind you and on my usual tours I hadn't had an ache or pain from them over the three years I've had the bike.

 

Ive gone for the Givi Trekker box for my V4. There are no support rails on the V4 so any Givi Mono base will fit. I got mine from Iconic.

The lock on my Ducati topbox on my 1200 jammed a few times whilst i was on trips and i was never that confident it would unlock but maybe that was just me/mine.

I'm also not keen on hard panniers, i had them on both my 1200s and rarely used them as they made filitering more difficult but if i needed panniers again, i would fit soft ones.

 

Full boom boom anorl

 

He ain’t got one has he!

 

The lock is very much in the path of filth thrown off the rear wheel so that doesn't suprise me. 14k on mine and top case fitted most of the time for convenience, lock still working OK despite a fair amount of riding in wet weather. Will have to see how it goes.

 

Nice one, complete with full Termi system too , you won't be disappointed.

 

The Givi Trekker I now have has a cover for the lock so it’s obviously not uncommon.

 

Good result.

Looks well.