Ducati X diavel V4 new for 2025 - a cruiser a part -

[p6x]

This is a live video and not some pre-recorded content available from Ducati marketing.

As usual, if you watch on YouTube directly, you can get the auto-translation, or you can simply have a look at the images.

I never liked the Diavel personally. This version has been modidified to be less excessive in ergonomy. Its a power cruiser. Supposedly comfortable for long distance.

At 30,000 EUR a pop, without me!

 

[audiomick]

The name "Diavel" seems to play on "diavolo", devil. No doubt in the sense of "as ugly as the..."

Edited Friday at 06:33 PM by audiomick

[p6x]

23 hours ago, audiomick said:

The name "Diavel" seems to play on "diavolo", devil. No doubt in the sense of "as ugly as the..."

I concur; I did not like the looks when it came out, and I still don't like it now, even with a V4.

By the way, I don't know if you are aware, is that all the new Ducati engines are no longer using the desmodromic distribution?

[audiomick]

8 hours ago, p6x said:

... all the new Ducati engines are no longer using the desmodromic distribution?

Yeah, I picked that up somewhere, and was very surprised. That has been their marketing pitch for so long, and it works well. And they gave it up. I can't help thinking that a German bookkeeper (Audi = Volkswagen) might have had too much to say in the decision.

Edited Sunday at 02:08 AM by audiomick

[p6x]

56 minutes ago, audiomick said:

can't help thinking that a German bookkeeper (Audi = Volkswagen) might have had too much to say in the decision.

The big advantage is for the consumers, or, let's say this is what Ducati says. The dreadful Desmo valves adjustment that can only be done by a Ducati dealer was expensive.

But Ducati is also able to sell the same bikes at a premium, while cutting costs. Manufacturing a Desmo engine is more expensive. Besides, if you take away the nobility of the desmo engines, there is no longer an advantage. The improvement in technology and metallurgy have obsoleted the Desmo. None of the Ducati MotoGP use it.

It is kind of the end of an era for us.

[gstallons]

On 2/14/2025 at 12:32 PM, audiomick said:

The name "Diavel" seems to play on "diavolo", devil. No doubt in the sense of "as ugly as the..."

I was trying to find any angle that could have been attractive...... uh , none

[Pressureangle]

A friend has one. Concur, there is no good angle. Only the Witch's Magic Mirror can love this one.

[gstallons]

I don't care how many drinks you have , some things are still fugly 

[activpop]

I must go to the beat of a different drummer. I thought they look OK for what they are. I'll admit they have a different look. Bumped into a guy with a new 1260s at the pump one day and looked it over pretty closely. Wouldn't have minded a 100 mile blast on one. Just not sure if I would have liked the ergonomics. 

Edited 6 hours ago by activpop