2015 ducati diavel

Year: 2015

Make: Ducati

Model: Diavel

Engine Capacity: 1198cc

KMS: 12,664 kms

Rego: 11/8/2022

With its selectable ride modes and traction control, the Diavel was the more technologically advanced of the two, but despite being artfully distinctive and blindingly fast, for the most part both motorcycles pushed comfort aside in favor of performance.

Nobody, including us, would ever complain that the Diavel lacked torque, but Ducati says the twin-spark engine, fed by elliptical ride-by-wire throttle bodies, was tweaked to make the muscular machine—the Cycle World Best Cruiser in 2011 and 2012—a little bit easier to ride, while still ensuring that there's plenty of go when you twist your wrist. Other changes to the four-cam, 90-degree L-twin include new pistons with 1198 Superbike-style crowns that bump the compression ratio from last year's 11.5:1 to 12.5:1. Moreover, Ducati says new injectors are positioned better, spraying fuel onto the rear of the hot intake valve, not the "relatively cold" surface of the intake port wall. This improves atomization, and thereby combustion. As for the exhaust, the Diavel still has a 2-1-2 arrangement with massive 2.28-in. tubing, but the stainless steel mufflers are new, slash cut and angled to match the radius of the rear wheel.

In any gear, whether in Urban (limited horsepower/throttle response), Touring (full horsepower/limited throttle response), or Sport (full horsepower and throttle response), with decreasing levels of ABS sensitivity and traction control intervention, the Diavel reacts eagerly, if sometimes irresponsibly (more the rider’s fault than the bike’s). The modes are ideally configured off-the-rack, although owners can dial in custom settings among them. Urban mode eases the bike’s aggressiveness in traffic; Touring offers massive highway power without abrupt throttle snappiness; and Sport mode is frankly superfluous – unless second-gear wheelies happen to be your thing.

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