VOLUME 57 ISSUE 44 NOVEMBER 3, 2020 P79
THAT MAGNIFICENT MOTOR
But the trump card of this middleweight marvel is
its glorious engine. This all-new parallel-twin has an
exhaust note that's engaging from the very moment
you fire it up, sounding more like an offbeat version
of an old-style Norton Commando than the 'pre-
tend' 90° V-twin Ducati soundtrack you'd expect its
270° crank to deliver.
It pulls smoothly away from rest with hardly any
use of the cable-operated slipper clutch's light-action
lever, and starts to drive hard from just 2500 rpm
before really taking off when the ultra-clear seven-inch
TFT dash readout hits 4500 revs, and that gorgeous
motor really comes on strong, with a totally linear pull
to the five-figure limiter. Already at 4000 rpm there's
80 percent of the peak torque already on offer, with
