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rear brake, a degree of front brake is also applied. It's smooth—a million miles from the basic linked systems of the 1990s—and never feels like too much front is being introduced. How much is dictated by a blend of parameters such as lean angle and speed, but, with your head in laid- back touring mode, you can use the rear alone to trim your speed. When you up the pace and begin to exploit the Multi's ever-present sporting edge, you can feel the ABS trigger under harder braking. At this point, you transfer out of Touring mode into Sport mode and ABS setting 2. Now the system reverts to Front to Rear only, with some brak - ing force distributed to the rear when the front lever is applied, but the rear no longer has any effect on the front. Every mod seems to have been designed to make life easier and reduce fatigue in various conditions and scenarios. Sport mode and Touring mode, for example, deliver the same peak power and torque, but there is a noticeable difference between their handling character - istics and performance. The gap between the modes appears larger than before: Touring mode runs the The damp did give us the chance to test the new Wet riding mode, which limits peak power output to 113 horsepower—that's down on a full peak of 170 horsepower. Sup - ported by a plethora of lean-sensi- tive rider aids to keep you safe, and with the Skyhook semi-active sus- pension set to low grip conditions, it works supremely well. The laws of physics still apply, of course, but you can exit super-slippery hairpin corners with full throttle—a guaran- teed recipe for disaster with lesser electronic systems—and still, the bike drives calmly forward. As the roads dried out, improved conditions allowed us to sample the new linked Rear to Front braking sys - tem. The current V4 S model already runs a Front to Rear system that electronically distributes braking loads between both wheels. Now, for 2025, when in setting ABS 3 and us - ing just the larger diameter 280mm (Top left) Attention to detail has always been spot on with the V4 Multi. (Left) Application of the rear brake pedal now activates the front brakes, and vice versa. (Below) 1158cc of glorious Italian stallions. This is one of the best motors Ducati has ever produced. P98 RIDE REVIEW I 2025 DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S