VOLUME 56 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 P101
Diavel has never been strictly a straight-line package
that's reluctant to change direction anytime soon
like most other power cruisers fitted with raked-out
steering geometry and a massive rear tire, which
then if you insist on cranking them over in a turn,
suddenly fall on their side into the apex as you reach
the shoulder of the flat-profile rear rubber.
This is still a Ducati, after all, so not only does it
pick up speed fast, but despite steering geometry
that's still rangier than on anything else ever to leave
the Bologna factory's assembly lines, it's improbably
agile and easy handling. You'd expect the Diavel to
be a real handful in tight corners along city streets
or mountain roads—but it isn't. Instead, this is a
bike you don't have to fight to get it to steer. Turn-in
is especially great. The Diavel just tips easily and
controllably into the apex of a turn with relatively
minimal effort required, and holds a line well both at
