OTHER WORLDS? AND FINALLY...
There is another iteration of it. The Diavel
S, which comes with Öhlins and carbon. So
that’s the one I’d get because I’m shallow
and venal – and I would not care it costs
some five grand more, and nor will you. The Diavel is a great bike. I didn’t expect it to
be. But it was. I have rarely enjoyed riding a
bike (and riding it hard) as much as I enjoyed
the Diavel. The power and its delivery, coupled
with the bike’s insane ability to handle while still
managing to look like an angry steel war-totem,
really resonated. I appreciated the Diavel on an
emotional level because that’s where it got me.
It made me feel indomitable.
The Sachs shocks on this Diavel are excellent, as
are the Brembo M4.32s – and I did haul on them
hard enough to make that call – but a Diavel
with Öhlins and Brembo M50s – and a Goddamn
Hallelujah quickshifter! – would take the whole
bear-strangling match to another level.
And that is truly Old Time Religion.
It only comes in this war-jet grey, which Ducati
calls Sandstone Grey. The Diavel S gets that
killer red frame and come in Total, Utter and
Complete Black, as well as the grey colour.
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