Ducati Adds MORE TECH to the Multistrada V4 Rally

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00:00 This bike is obviously going after the BMW GS Adventure and the bigger KTM Super Adventure.

00:06 This is probably the best multi-strata I've ever ridden by a landslide.

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00:24 We're here in Silverton, Colorado. We've just spent a couple days on Ducati's brand new

00:29 multi-strata V4 Rally. What Ducati will tell you about this multi-strata is it's the most

00:35 electronically advanced bike in the entire Ducati lineup. More so than the Superbikes,

00:40 more so than Streetfighters, more so than any other product in their line. The multi-strata

00:45 can really do everything, and you hear that all the time, but this bike really can do

00:50 that stuff. And the key to it is the modes and the traction control and all the engine

00:56 braking and all the stuff that this bike has. It's got the ability to conform to any type

01:01 of road that you're on. So we spend a lot of time on the asphalt and set up some sport

01:05 modes, but then in the flick of a button you can go in and switch it to Enduro. So we would

01:11 go off-road from the highway, one flick of the switch, but I pretty much bounce back

01:17 and forth between the Sport and the Enduro. With the Skyhook suspension, you get the whole

01:22 package when you make that switch. The second you come back onto the highway, you hit Sport,

01:27 firms everything up, you feel the bike get nice and taut again, and it completely transforms

01:32 this bike into something completely different. Some of the passes that we did in the past

01:37 two days, set it up in the Enduro mode, the suspension was awesome, get the traction controls

01:43 dialed in where you want it, the ABS is completely dialed for that sort of situation, and I was

01:49 really shocked at how capable this bike was. But another cool thing that I really like

01:53 about the Ducati Electronics right now, this is the easiest bike to get into the Electronics

02:00 and interact with. You can, in a couple flicks, with this new jockey toggle here, change your

02:06 parameters. They don't have a custom user mode, because every mode is customizable.

02:12 So you can go in and customize your Sport, you can go in and customize your Enduro mode,

02:17 you can do your Touring, your Urban, get those all set up, and then when you turn off the

02:22 key, when you cycle the bike, and go back to that, it's still there. All your settings

02:26 are held, which some bikes will go back to a default. That's a really cool thing. As

02:30 far as creature comforts, the bike comes with these nice pannier bags, they're really large,

02:36 they held up completely for the stuff that we did the past two days. Lots of rocky off-road

02:42 in there, in great shape. You've got a nice windshield that's super easy to adjust. The

02:47 mirrors on this bike are so good. You set up the mirrors and you're not looking at your

02:51 elbows, you can really see from both mirrors, they're slightly angled so that you can see

02:57 the person behind you in both mirrors, which on most adventure bikes, or sport bikes, or

03:02 anything, you just are looking at elbows, so that was really impressive. Another cool

03:06 thing that I was impressed with on this bike is the quick shifter. So the quick shifter

03:11 has algorithms that will adjust based on what gear you're in, what RPM you're at, and so

03:18 even in the low gears, when you're making that one-two shift, or the two-one shift more

03:22 so, the timing is different based on the speed and the RPM you're at. So it works really,

03:28 really good. Most quick shifters, you know, the top three gears are really seamless, but

03:33 this thing just works fantastically across the board. You know, overall, after a couple

03:38 of days of riding this bike, the thing has such excellent composure, the suspension's

03:43 great, the electronics give you confidence to just do whatever you want to do, and then

03:47 if you want to eat up some miles, you've got heated seat, you've got heated grips, you've

03:51 got radar-enabled cruise control, so this bike really can do it all. It really fits

03:56 the bill of a do-everything motorcycle, and I'll give Ducati a lot of credit. You know,

04:01 this V4 engine is absolutely awesome. Overall, such a great package. Ducati's really stepped

04:07 it up. This bike is obviously going after the BMW GS Adventure and the bigger KTM Super

04:14 Adventure. It'll be nice to get these into a comparison test and see how they stack up,

04:19 because this is probably the best multi-strata I've ever ridden by a landslide. Thanks for

04:24 watching, and as always, like, comment, and subscribe.

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