VOLUME 59 ISSUE 35 AUGUST 30, 2022 P83
off-roading. Tall bars are matched
to a 34.4-inch seat height, giving
riders from 6'6" down to five-feet-tall
whippets more than enough room to
move around.
It has a bit of an old-school feel
at the handlebars, a little like the
Tenere 700 in that the gas tank
isn't mounted down low like on
the KTM. Interestingly, Ducati has
developed an auxiliary tank that sits
at the rear of the passenger seat
and takes the capacity from 5.54
gallons up to 7.6 gallons and is acti-
vated by a switch on the dashboard
once the level on the main tank falls
below a certain level.
Getting out of town and straight
onto the dirt, it's easy to see how
well adapted this engine is to the
rigors of ADV riding. The overkill
of the V4 Multistrada is quickly
On-road manners are excellent for a
bike clearly aimed at off-road.
