DUCATI MULTISTRADA 1200 ENDURO
FIRST RIDE
P52
The plus side of this conundrum is you
can tailor the Enduro exactly to your
needs—four bikes in one becomes
God knows how many, because the
riding modes that come from the fac-
tory are only suggested ones—the rest
is up to you and your butt dyno.
With the electronics switched to the Enduro
ECU mode, level 16 out of 24 preload selected,
no traction control and the engine set to the
minimum of 100 horsepower, the Enduro is an
absolute delight to ride up as tight and twisty,
rocky and rutted trail as you dare. The output of
100 horsepower may seem like I'm selling the
Enduro short, but no man in history has ever
required the full house 160 horsepower out of
an adventure bike and very few people, aside
from Quinn Cody or Toby Price, could
actually use it to its full potential anyway.
Later on I jack the Enduro up to 160
horsepower via the soft throttle re-
sponse you get in the Touring ECU map
just for the hell of it, but if I'm honest
the bike was more enjoyable off road
with the reduced power output. The traction
control map in Enduro mode is one of the best
available for an off-road bike, but I still prefer
to turn it off after the first leg. Doing so allows
the Enduro's chassis to really shine through,
progressively sliding and casually drifting in a
way that also lets the new, specially developed
Pirelli Scorpion Rally tires (only available on the
Touring package) show their true form.
Switching to the road, the Enduro is not so
These are just a
few of the 266
brand new parts
that make up the
Multistrada
1200 Enduro.
