While I'm waiting, I bought the Multistrada 1200S Touring workshop manual in CD form on line for around $20 (think it came from England). Much of the information is useful for the Monster 1200; you just have to be careful.
Utterly stupid to introduce a new bike and not be able to supply a service manual. Guess I'm used to Harley-Davidson, where for $65 I can buy a nice, thick, well-written hardcopy manual. Oh, well.