MILAN: So what was the best looking bike at EICMA (Milan Motorcycle Show), which ended on Sunday?
The Ducati XDiavel, according to visitors to the annual motorcycle trade show.
This was the outcome of the “Vote for the best-looking bike and win it” survey/competition organised by Italian magazine Motociclismo, currently enjoying its tenth year of success.
With no less than 6,910 enthusiasts deeming it to be the best, the XDiavel received the highest number of votes from both those at EICMA and visitors to the Motociclismo website. The new Ducati cruiser took first place with 60.78% of the votes out of a total of 11,369. An S version of the XDiavel is also available.
The “Best-looking Bike in Show” award ceremony brought the curtain down on an intense week of exhibiting and events, at a show that saw an increased number of visitors compared to the 628,000 vsiitors in the 2014 edition, confirming the recovery in the motorcycle industry. The show organiser has yet to issue an official tally of the visitor turnout this year.
Ducati said the XDiavel offers the “low speed excitement” that comes from the relaxed riding and forward-positioned footpegs typical of a cruiser and the ush of sports riding. The XDiavel was designed to merge two apparently separate riding styles and performance.
The XDiavel has a new twin-cylinder 156hp Ducati Testastretta DVT 1262 engine that achieves maximum torque 129Nm. The rider is offered 60 different ergonomic configurations, and the bike has a maximum lean angle of up to 40 degrees. The XDiavel is the first Ducati to use belt-type final transmission, a must within the cruiser world.
Enhancing high performance and safety are the Bosch Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), together with Ducati Traction Control (DTC), Riding Modes, Bosch ABS Cornering, Cruise Control and the innovative Ducati Power Launch (DPL).
Ducati presented a total of eight new bikes at the Milan exhibition, of which seven were new models, namely two Ducati Scramblers (the Flat Track Pro version and Sixty2), the Hypermotard 939, Hypermotard 939 SP and Hyperstrada 939 family, the Panigale 959, the Multistrada 1200 Pikes Peak, the Multistrada 1200 Enduro and the XDiavel. The Monster 1200 R, previewed in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show was also at the Ducati booth.
EICMA was opened from Nov 19-22.
Keyword: Ducati XDiavel rides off as best-looking bike from Milan show