Ride Review: 2014 Motus MST
2014 Motus MST Test Ride @ Noble Rush, Redmond, Wa Well, it finally happened…we actually got to ride a Motus MST (there is also a high performance MST-R model w/180 hp & full Ohlins Suspension) & it turned out to be the same blue bike that cos' Pat 1st saw 2 yrs ago at Hinshaw’s in Auburn with a puddle of oil unceremoniously under it on the showroom floor & the same bike we went to ride last year at Hinshaw’s, but had a dead battery & then the owner changed his mind about us doing a test ride. We did convince them to get it running so we could at least hear it & had to be satisfied with watching a mechanic ride it in the prkg lot…it had that loud Ducati-like clutch basket metallic rattle at idle that would force you to explain to everyone that your $30k+ US bike was not broken! We had learnt that the bike had been sent back to the factory to repair the oil leak & also that Hinshaw’s had just been bought by the owner of the Ducati/BMW/Triumph dealer in Redmon