DUCATI MULTISTRADA 950S The new 950S is pricey but it is one of the sportiest adventure tourers you can bet your money on
Such a tease this motorcycle is — that red colour tells you it’s a fast Italian steed; that upright riding posture tells you it’s going to be more comfortable than the reddest of supersport machines you have ever dreamed of; and it looks like nothing else from any other manufacturer meaning that no one is ever going to mistake this motorcycle for anything apart from maybe it’s own elder sibling. And if you have wandered onto this story without reading the title, the motorcycle I’m talking about is the new Ducati Multistrada 950S. Speaking of wandering, it’s not an out and out adventure motorcycle meant to wander the wild outdoors — though it is very capable if you have the muscle and grit to play with it. But at its heart, the Multistrada loves to gobble up the tarmac as if it were an endless string of spaghetti. Despite its 19-inch front wheel, the Pirelli Scorpion Trail 2 tyres and long-travel suspension, it would rather prance happily to and on a racetrack t