2016 MOTUS MST & MST-R
FIRST RIDE
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hold a full-face helmet, but are
consequently wide enough to
prevent lane splitting in traffic
with any confidence. Still, climb-
ing aboard revealed an extreme-
ly comfortable riding stance that
you can precisely tailor to suit
your tastes and stature via the
finest multi-adjustable triple-
axis handlebar package I've yet
encountered on any motorcycle,
even a BMW, with a five-inch
adjustment up, down, fore and
aft, and you can adjust the wrist
angle over a 15ยบ span, too. It's
made by Maine-based HeliBars,
and it's perfect.
The 32.5-inch high seat is
very comfortable, and
coupled with the quite
low-set footrests delivers
a relaxed and comfort-
able riding position,
with a relatively upright
posture. The flip-up
footrest's height is not
adjustable, but the toe
pegs for the gear and
brake levers are. But, I can't
see the point of fitting the wide
190/55 rear tire to the Motus,
because you ground out the
footrests without coming close
to using all the rubber. Much
better to fit a 180-section tire,
which would also further lighten
the steering, albeit as less of a
(Above) Motus have
wrangled the old Barber
motorcycle collection as
their 12,000 square foot
workshop.
Brian Case (left) and Lee Conn have big plans for Motus, with hopes of
expanding into Australia, Asia and Europe next year.
