{"id":62429,"date":"2024-07-11T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=62429"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:12:55","slug":"the-perfect-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2024\/07\/the-perfect-motorcycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Motorcycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first motorcycle I\u2019ve ever tested where I didn\u2019t want to change anything. Okay, almost anything.<\/p>\n

I think I might have found the holy grail. A motorcycle that needs absolutely no modification. Or at least a motorcycle that needs no modification for me.
\nTo be more specific, there is, with but one exception \u2014 and, even that, is a matter of half-an-inch or so \u2014 there\u2019s absolutely nothing I\u2019d change about Ducati\u2019s Multistrada V4 Rally. Not a damned thing. Not the handle-bar, no alternate bend or bar riser needed thank you very much. Not the windshield, Ducati\u2019s latest featuring the first adventure bike windscreen in history I wouldn\u2019t change for a Givi Airflow. Nor the seat or, as is so common these days, the suspension. Hell, when the tires wore out, I\u2019d even put on another set of OEM Pirelli Scorpion Trail IIs. As an old curmudgeon who revels in finding fault in anything and everything \u2014 I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s the very definition of being curmudgeonly \u2014 not having anything to complain about borders on the traumatic.<\/p>\n

The V4 Granturismo is a Giant Amongst Adventure Bike Engines<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"That should be taken figuratively, not literally. Despite boasting twice as many pistons and a bunch more horsepower, Ducati\u2019s V4 is only marginally bigger \u2014 it\u2019s a little wider, but not as long or as tall \u2014 than the V-twin it replaces. It is also plenty powerful. In this guise, Ducati\u2019s V4 displaces 1,158-cc, 55-cc more than the Panigale\u2019s Desmosedici Stradale it\u2019s based on. But, in a first in recent Ducati history, the bigger version uses springs to control its intake and exhaust valves rather than the company\u2019s trademark Desmo system.<\/p>\n

There are two immediate consequences. First, the Multistrada \u201conly\u201d puts out 170 horsepower, down from the as much as 240-hp the company wrings out of the V4 in pure Panigale superbike guise. The second is that all Multistrada V4s boast an incredible 60,000 kilometre valve service interval. Yes, 60,000 klicks between major services, with only minor items like air cleaners, oil and filters needing attention on a more regular basis. Compared with all its competition \u2014 save Harley-Davidson\u2019s Pan America, with its hydraulic lash adjusters \u2014 it is now Ducati that offers the least intensive service regimen. Somewhere, Soichiro Honda is rolling over in his grave.<\/p>\n

Not Enough Torque?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for those 170 horses, they are more than enough. So too is, contrary to some reports, the Duke\u2019s 89 lb-ft of maximum torque at 8,750 rpm. To hear some tell it, the Granturismo lacks low-end grunt. And \u2019tis true that BMW\u2019s new R1300GS boasts more peak torque which is, as is characteristic of a twin, produced at a lower rpm. It\u2019s also true that even BMW\u2019s R1250 version of the big Boxer twin is a little…<\/p>

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The first motorcycle I\u2019ve ever tested where I didn\u2019t want to change anything. Okay, almost anything. I think I might have found the holy grail. 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