I envy those of you who can ride year round. My Duc is plugged into a battery tender right now waiting for a semi-nice day to roll by.
Unfortunately, there will always be people who do not understand why we ride. I only hope they can experience the beauty that we see daily at least once in their lives. I try to share that beauty with them, hoping they may come to respect us a little more. For many it works; others refuse to see past their bias. I will take my victories where I can find them.
Landcruizer, I just spent the past few minutes trying to find pictures of the Desmosedici engine on the Multistrada forum I belong to. Unfortunately, I can't find the post for the life of me. One of the members there was certified to work on it and took a ton of shots. To adjust the valves, they have to drop the entire engine. I guess it's a good thing that for your $72k you get the first two years of service for free.
I forgot that some of the Monsters have switched over to wet clutches. I can understand it from a service perspective, but man does that dry clutch sound good opened up.