Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 19 September 2024 – With a new episode of the Ducati World Première 2025 (link to watch it here), the Bologna-based company presents the new Multistrada V4 MY 2025, introducing important innovations that make it more sophisticated, more fuel-efficient and comfortable for the passenger. It is joined by the V4 Pikes Peak, the crossover that celebrates the sporting successes of the Multistrada, which - sharing the electronic, mechanical and aesthetic evolutions of the Multistrada V4 - becomes even more exciting to ride, effective and fascinating.
The new Multistrada V4 is the Ducati aimed at those who love to travel in great comfort on any type of road, while enjoying the sportiness that has always characterized Borgo Panigale motorcycles. A Multistrada V4 improved and more customizable to offer an even more exciting experience.
With the new Multistrada V4 S 2025, Ducati takes the touring attitude of the Multistrada V4 to an even higher level, thanks to greater efficiency in riding, even when fully loaded, greater comfort for the passenger and new electronic systems that make it safer and more performing in all road conditions. The new Automatic Lowering Device makes it even more usable. In sports riding, the Multistrada V4 is more precise and exciting to ride, thanks to an optimised chassis. And with the V4 Granturismo engine in the Euro 5+ version equipped with extended deactivation, performance (170 hp), reliability and running costs (maintenance intervals every 60,000 km, Oil Service every 15,000 km/24 months and the 4 year warranty Multistrada 4EVER**) remain top-notch. Extended deactivation, in particular, reduces consumption by 6%*, increasing autonomy and travel pleasure.
The 2025 Multistrada V4 is also new in style. Redesigned at the front, with more aggressive proportions on the front end, its line clearly expresses dynamism and sportiness. The front view, in particular, brings it closer to the style of the new Panigale V4. The double front headlight is highlighted by the new painted parts that completely frame it, taking on an important stylistic presence as on the 916 and 1098. The new silencer has a sharper shape and an even more personal sound, helping to underline the Ducati sporting DNA of the new Multistrada.
The 2025 Multistrada V4 also offers the rider improved greater visibility when riding at night, with Ducati Cornering Lights that are more effective in illuminating the road when leaning and an optimised headlight cluster to reduce the shadow area in front of the front wheel. In addition, the Coming Home function allows you to leave the low beam headlight on for a few seconds after switching off the ignition, making it easier to open the garage door when returning home in the dark.
With the new DVO (Ducati Vehicle Observer) function, the Multistrada V4 becomes even safer and more efficient, thanks to electronic controls that can act with greater precision. This function estimates the ground forces acting on the motorcycle and the loads that it can bear in various riding conditions, simulating the input of 70 sensors to integrate the data provided by the inertial platform. The Ducati Vehicle Observer, developed by Ducati Corse in MotoGP, refines the strategies of ABS Cornering, Ducati Wheelie Control (DWC) and Ducati Traction Control (DTC).
The new Multistrada V4 also features three levels of EBC (Engine Brake Control), allowing the rider to customize the engine brake to suit their riding style. Finally, the Electronic Combined Braking System, with its advanced strategies and functions, modulates the action on the front and rear brakes to always guarantee ideal performance, now also based on the load. In addition to the front-to-rear strategy, which manages the rear brake even when only using the front control, the new Multistrada V4 is now equipped with an unprecedented rear-to-front strategy that optimises braking power when only using the rear control.
The new Multistrada V4 is also easier to handle when stationary and at low speed. Thanks to the introduction of the Automatic Lowering Device, the bike “lowers” ??rapidly, with a variation of up to 30 mm, and automatically when the speed drops below 10 km/h. When the rider accelerates, exceeding 50 km/h, the Multistrada V4 automatically returns to its riding height. The system works automatically and can be deactivated by the rider.
The 6.5-inch TFT colour dashboard has been updated in the user interface, with more efficient and versatile control of the suspension. The system naturally maintains the map navigation functions thanks to the Ducati Connect application, which also supports the use of the phone to answer calls or listen to music, using a helmet equipped with an intercom system. The interface for choosing the level of accessory heating for grips and seat is new and more intuitive.
Selecting the Enduro Riding Mode activates a dedicated Power Mode, which limits power to 114 hp with a dynamic and direct response specific for off-road use. The DTC switches to a lower intervention level and the DWC is deactivated. The ABS on the rear wheel is also deactivated and the cornering function and rear lift-up detection are inhibited to adapt to off-road use.
With this strategy, deactivation also occurs when the bike is moving. As the speed increases or above a certain torque request from the throttle grip, the rear cylinders are reactivated, guaranteeing the character and performance of the V4 Granturismo. The system is active in all Riding Modes.
Ducati has also specifically created some clothing items to fully enjoy the touring possibilities of the Multistrada V4. The Tour Summer outfit, for example, with large areas dedicated to ventilation, detachable sleeves and three independent layers, including thermal lining and waterproof membrane, to offer comfort in all weather conditions. Or the Strada C5 suit, which is made of a comfortable, sturdy and modular stretch fabric in terms of thermal protection, thanks to the detachable Gore-Tex® internal membrane and an internal down jacket that can also be used on its own, once the bike is parked.
With the presentation of the new Pikes Peak, Ducati raises the bar once again, applying to the technical base of the new Multistrada V4 2025 chassis, electronic and ergonomic solutions designed to give it a decidedly sportier attitude.
To further underline its innate sportiness, the Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak is equipped with numerous carbon fibre parts and a homologated Akrapovic titanium silencer. Other distinctive aesthetic elements are the low smoked plexiglass, the unmistakable gold anodization of the Öhlins fork sleeves, the seat with the V4 logo and the Ducati Corse shield applied to the beak.
The Öhlins Smart EC 2.0 suspensions have been optimised in their strategies to offer more support in sports riding and, at the same time, greater comfort in touring use. The system works according to “event based” logic, as on the Panigale V4 S and Streetfighter V4 S, self-regulating based on the rider's riding style. Furthermore, using the dedicated button on the left handlebar, the rider can now choose the suspension control strategy regardless of the selected Riding Mode. On this bike, he can activate the Track, Dynamic, Comfort or Low Grip Suspension Modes, increasing support and precision, or comfort and stability, based on the type of route and conditions without changing the engine response or the behaviour of the electronic controls.
The new Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak is now also equipped with EBC (Engine Brake Control) adjustable on three levels, which allows the rider to customise the engine brake according to riding style and context. Finally, the Electronic Combined Braking System offers the front-to-rear strategy, which manages the rear brake also by operating only the front control.
The engine has been optimized to enhance the characteristics of the bike, with the inclusion of the Race Riding Mode, developed specifically for this version. The Race map is added to a more racing strategy for the limiter, which comes in more gradually than on the Multistrada V4, in order to alert the rider in advance and allow more effective sporty riding in terms of gear changes in the high area of ??the rev counter. The quickshifter has a dedicated calibration that allows very aggressive downshifting, in addition to the implementation of an even more direct throttle-grip link in the High Power Mode.
The Multistrada V4 2025 Pikes Peak also offers the rider better visibility when riding at night, with Ducati Cornering Lights that are more effective in illuminating the road when leaning and an optimised light cluster to reduce the shadow cone in front of the front wheel. Furthermore, to increase safety, the Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak offers a rear fog light as an accessory.
The presentation videos of the new Multistrada V4 and the V4 Pikes Peak are available on the Ducati YouTube channel.
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