2016 DUCATI XDIAVEL
FIRST RIDE
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BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK / PHOTOGRAPHY BY MILAGRO
C
ruisers are slow, heavy, don't steer, don't stop and scrape every-
thing. That's what you'll believe after riding the new Ducati XDiavel.
Because not only has Ducati given their imposing but ultimately
aging Diavel a new lease on life by reinventing it into a feet-forward
badass, they've further decimated the notion that cruisers are indeed
slow, heavy, don't steer, don't stop and scrape everything.
And that engine. My God. That ain't no cruiser lump.
When the Diavel was released back in 2010, we saw the first tentative
steps into a realm that was very un-Ducati. The company that prides it-
self on hitting apexes was seemingly a duck (sorry Gavin) out water, and
THIS IS DUCATI'S LATEST SPORT BIKE. OH WAIT,
IT'S A CRUISER? REALLY?! WITH THAT ENGINE? YOU
COULD HAVE FOOLED US…
The XDiavel's
new personality
is certainly two-
fold: happy to
tour, but better at
getting mad.
THE
DARK DEVIL
