{"id":58429,"date":"2021-12-15T09:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=58429"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:02:33","slug":"a-new-king-of-mountain-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2021\/12\/a-new-king-of-mountain-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Ducati Multistrada V4S Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An all-round motorcycle with the V4 heart of a superbike.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever stopped to wonder why we bikers are drawn to Ducatis? Put the question to Facebook and I suspect you\u2019ll get many different answers. For some, it\u2019s as simple as the best of them being irresistibly red. Others will make the argument that, regardless of hue, they\u2019re simply the most beautiful motorcycles (and with the 916 and Panigale as examples, it\u2019s hard to argue their point). Still others will say it\u2019s the engine; their contention is that the Italian take on pistons is somehow more soulful than mere internal combustion. Indeed, the true technocrat will just mouth \u201cdesmodromic valve actuation\u201d as if no further explanation is needed.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it\u2019s always been the Ducati appetite for apexes. Slow steering (the aforementioned 916) or quick to full lean (that would be the latest Panigale), 17-inch slick or 19-inch semi-knobby up front, it matters not; if it\u2019s wearing a Ducati badge, you know there\u2019s a certain accuracy of steering that\u2019s missing on most motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strafing an Apex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58435\" src=\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSC00390-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">The all-new Multistrada V4S is no exception. Despite housing a seemingly lardy V4 engine \u2014 most adventure tourers make do with theoretically more compact twins \u2014 and being saddled with the requisite 19-inch front wheel, the big Multistrada needs little encouragementto fling itself into a corner. Oh, it helps if you jack the Marzocchi electronically controlled \u201cSkyhook\u201d suspension adjuster to its two-helmets-and-full-saddlebags rear preload position.<\/p>\n<p>Nor does it hurt, as I found out strafing the Stelvio Pass every morning for a couple of weeks or so, to scooch your butt forward on the seat to get a little more weight over the front wheel. And, if you want the ultimate in V4 Multistrada apex-diving, there will be a Pikes Peak version available by the time the snow melts in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>But, even on the standard V4, bang on the front Brembo four-piston Stylemas to tighten the big Duke\u2019s rake and the V4S will lay over like the son of Hypermotard. It may well weigh a hefty 243 kg, but it still flicks into turns like it\u2019s coming off the banking at Daytona. Tight, precise and ever so eager. For something that purports to be comfortable and easy-going (that\u2019s the \u201ctouring\u201d part of the formula), as well having as a modicum of the motocrosser in its soul (that would be the \u201cadventure\u201d part of its segment\u2019s definition), the thing really does behave like it\u2019s a superbike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Heart of a Superbike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, that might be because it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An all-round motorcycle with the V4 heart of a superbike. Have you ever stopped to wonder why we bikers are drawn to Ducatis? Put the question to Facebook and I suspect you\u2019ll get many different answers. For some, it\u2019s as simple as the best of them being irresistibly red. 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