The Diavel really looks like it’s just told
you to piss off and is waiting to see what
you plan to do about it
YEAH, BUT NO, BUT… THE LOOK…
People are polarised by its appearance. I’m not.
I quite like it. A lot. It’s utterly unique and grimly
brutal. Totally modern yet completely primal
– which is quite a styling trick to pull off. From
some angles, it’s like a precision-cannibalised
jet-fighter with wheels.
The brushed alloy scoops, the vast and
monstrous all-black Testastretta DVT engine
– around which everything is attached and
to which all things must bow – the sculpted
tank, the scalloped seat, and that Capo di tutti
Capi (Boss of all Bosses) rear-tyre hooked
around that deep-dished Enkei mag…
The Diavel really looks like it’s just told you
to piss off and is waiting to see what you
plan to do about it. And then it will strangle
you like a bear on the side of a mountain.
36 KIWI RIDER