Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

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Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test
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Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

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Posing made easy. With the CR&S DUU, Yamaha Vmax or Ducati Diavel you are an attraction everywhere.

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Macho bikes at their best in the test: CR&S DUU, Yamaha Vmax and Ducati Diavel.

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As stimulating as diving naked in a school of wild sharks. CR&S DUU, Yamaha Vmax and Ducati Diavel.

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Ducati Diavel.

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Ducati Diavel – boredom, what is it?

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Diavel: Streetfighter-like: the short stub tail. However, with beautifully integrated lights.

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The handlebar clamp of the Ducati: unconventional and just as charmingly designed as the reservoir for the brake fluid. The stainless steel elbow snake is a stunner and extremely distinctive.

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At the meeting: chatted to death in ten minutes.

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CR&S DUU.

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CR&S DUU – goodbye to boredom.

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What a mix at CR&S: air-cooled V2 charm, side-hinged shock absorber, the rear is practically nonexistent (Bonsai pillion is desired), oil expansion tank in front of the engine – and the frame is a wonderful eye-catcher.

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The DUU can be configured ex works: wheels, handlebars, frame finishing variants and materials for many components can be freely selected.

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Easy envious of these chunks you are the focus.

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Yamaha Vmax.

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Yamaha Vmax – Get out of everyday life quickly.

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The powerful, low-reaction cardan transports the power to the rear wheel. The processing of the thick Max is impeccable, the use of the highest quality materials is visible everywhere.

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Yamaha: The shift light in the driver’s field of vision is important – it warns the driver to change gears at hot-blooded traffic lights.

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And then: full on the twelve.

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Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

Comparison test: macho bikes
Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Vmax and CR&S DUU in the test

There are motorcycles that are the exact opposite of boring, such as the Ducati Diavel or Yamaha’s Vmax. With the DUU from CR&S from Italy has added another. Which is most effective at dispelling boredom?

Rolf Henniges

11/24/2011

Suppose life is a never-ending flow of work, TV and sleep. Day in, day out. The same story for weeks, months, even years. And somehow, you feel it, suspect it, know it, nothing will change there if you don’t take drastic countermeasures. But what do you do? You could sign up for Ultimate Fighting. Broken bones. Or feed wild sharks while diving naked. Toes off. Maybe marry a woman? Broken bones, toes and money gone. May be. Or buy a motorcycle. Bingo! But please no four-cylinder, fully disguised comparison test winner with heated seats, hair dryer and reversing lights. You need the ultimate wake-up machine. A bike in which there is no oil, but adrenaline in the engine. Don’t know what to do? Here are three suggestions:

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Yamaha Vmax – more engine is not possible: V4 unit, 1680 cubic meters, fat 200 hp, insane 167 Newton meters of torque. The machine cannot be classified into any existing genre, it is a mix of muscle bike, cruiser and dragster. The new one is now Vmax Well sold around the globe, current list price: 22,500 euros. Ironically, Ducati, best known for its successful sports commitment, left 2010 with the Diavel a machine off the leash that has what it takes to stand up to the Vmax Paroli: 240 mm slippers, comparatively ridiculously light, super-sporty DNA, grueling looks. Even the Diavel does not force itself into a corset of existing motorcycle types: under an excitingly styled dress from the styles cruiser, muscle bike and streetfighter hides a thoroughbred V2 super sports engine with 153 hp. The reward for courage: The Diavel, which costs 16,690 euros, is the world’s best-selling Ducati in 2011, on par with the Multistrada. Last but not least, the DUU from the Italian luxury manufacturer CR&S another self-promoter take the stage. The thing is optically more of a sculpture than a motorcycle. A compact appearance with unbelievable details, noble in workmanship. Power is secondary here, 97 hp must be enough. The DUU accelerates the eye faster than the body and is so exclusive due to the small number of pieces that you will probably be chatted to death at the meeting point or get a tennis elbow from signing an autograph. From 22610 euros (basic price) you can get there.


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Easy envious of these chunks you are the focus.

Contact
Test to the example, housewife test: The three stand next to each other in the parking lot. Which one will sneak around the most diligently, and why? Despite the extremely striking appearances of the Diavel (very futuristic – goes through as the new Batman mobile) and the Vmax (beefy, evil, powerful), the DUU scores here. Their cavity in the frame fascinates everyone, from die-hard bikers to unsuspecting housewives. In addition, both the proportions and the detailed solutions of the DUU are sensational: the pillion seems to float in the air, the rear and pillion seat are extremely minimalist, the strut is hinged on the side, and on the supposed tank there is a filling opening that looks like a submarine -Locking hatch reminds. Despite these gimmicks, the DUU in the sandwich of the other two bikes is almost reminiscent of a mokick next to two thousand, because it is comparatively narrow. Which is immediately confirmed when you sit up. In all honesty: everyone over 1.75 meters or with a Reiner Calmund contour works on the CR&S. out of place. At 2022 millimeters, the machine is long, but also very narrow. Your saddle padding has an alibi function. At 800 millimeters, it offers the most powerful seat height in the trio. You are enthroned more than you sit. Especially in contrast to the Ducati, which fully integrates its pilots. The following applies to the DUU: very sporty sitting, the feet rest high up and far back. In the Ducati the footrests, on the other hand, are very far forward and high. The most casual of all is to sit on the Vmax – provided you don’t have long legs. They are spread uncomfortably by the intake ducts.

Start up
Start. No witchcraft with the Vmax. The starter turns briefly, and the four pipes are already grumbling. The V4 sound sounds as full as the V8 gurgling on American road cruisers. With the Diavel, on the other hand, it feels as if the battery is too weak, the starter dragging the crankshaft laboriously around its axis before the water-cooled V2 starts working. It immediately sounds bassy, ​​potent, an electronically controlled exhaust flap makes it possible. The DUU: Also the 1916 cubic 56-degree V2 from the American engine manufacturer S.&S wants to be worshiped a little by the starter before he shoots the two pistons, just under 105 millimeters thick, through the cooling towers. But then: While the Ducati sounds chubby and rebellious and the Vmax in a direct comparison almost harmless and gentle, the X-Wedge called V2 in the CR makes you happy&S the ears with a wonderful sound mix of working components, almost tangible compression, audibly pounding pistons and bass-heavy tones from the silencers. The DUU already offers the greatest possible entertainment.


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As stimulating as diving naked in a school of wild sharks. CR&S DUU, Yamaha Vmax and Ducati Diavel.

power
When making this comparison, the test driver is completely dependent on the popometer. Because none of the DUU models currently available in Germany ended up on the MOTORRAD test bench. The DUU, which was kindly transferred by Motorsport Thiel from Heilbronn (www.thiel-motorsport.de) for test purposes, was spared the rigors of a test run due to its low mileage. That’s why we make it short: The 200 hp of the Vmax set the bar in terms of acceleration to dizzying heights and torpedo the 314 kilogram machine from standstill to 100 km / h in just 2.7 seconds. The Diavel needs 0.3 seconds more for this. Sucks. When driving, the whole thing works like this: the three bikes in a row next to each other, last gear in, 100 km / h, full throttle – the Vmax settles out, the Diavel always in the slipstream, and the DUU rider feels as if he would simply stop. There are two good reasons for this. On the one hand, the almost equally heavy DUU only has half the Vmax power, on the other hand, the CR&S translated incredibly long. At 100 km / h, its engine turns only 1700 rpm in the last gear, despite the sporty Baker six-speed gearbox. Incidentally, it ends at 5800 rpm. The perceived optimal switching point for casual country road surfing is 3500 tours, with the Vau feeling most comfortable at speeds between 2500 and 3500 rpm. If the almost two-liter S&S-Motor actually lifts a torque of 158 Newton meters, then you don’t notice it due to the long gear ratio. If you focus solely on performance or maximum acceleration, you have to buy the Vmax right from the start. With these bikes, however, more important than sheer maximum performance is the entertainment value of the drive, i.e. what the power feels like.

Here, too, the Vmax sets a milestone. Because the V4 hangs gently on the accelerator, reacts spontaneously and executes acceleration commands exactly as the driver wants. Regardless of whether you are sneaking through the 30s in high gear at low speed or want to torpedo past a car at 140 km / h – it shakes its power almost casually from the much-described wrist. Low vibration, silky soft, completely casual. And unlike the V2 engine of the Diavel, it never encourages heating. The Ducati drive lures with incredible revving and below 3000 rpm does not behave as evenly as the Vmax drive. Spurts like the ex-superbike engine, however. The water-cooled V2 has a sporty, crisp translation, hangs greedily on the gas and turns up to 10,000 tours with great pleasure.

Other power bikes in the test: BMW S 1000 RR, Kawasaki ZZR 1400 and Yamaha Vmax


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Yamaha Vmax – Get out of everyday life quickly.

Experience factor
It’s about the sausage. In terms of driving dynamics, the Diavel sets the milestone of the trio. Despite the powerful 240 mm rear tire, it is agile and comparatively neutral. The low weight of only 241 kilograms has a very positive effect on handling. If you step down from the other two subjects, the Diavel feels three hundredweight lighter. To stop them on command, a gentle pull with just one finger is enough. Seen in this way, the Diavel is an all-purpose weapon. Devilishly fast. Hellishly agile. Viciously cool. And damn affordable.

On the other hand, the cult around the Vmax is priceless: The enforcer image that the Yamaha attached since its debut in 1985, today you just buy it too. Every backwoods pigeon fancier has heard of the Vmax. Definitely something. Even if it is just a consumption of more than ten liters per hundred kilometers. It’s correct. She can do it. And honestly: Vmaxers not only often have to go to the gas pump, but also have self-control as a character trait. And a couple of well-toned upper arms. Because the chunk is clumsy at walking pace, requires muscles and driving experience. The latter especially when it comes to jerky gas tears. Even in second gear, the rear roller still lays rubber carpets on the asphalt. That doesn’t work at the front: the ABS-assisted brake is much more hesitant compared to the Ducati stoppers. Nevertheless, they are effective. If you want to live your life in the fast lane, you cannot ignore this Japanese dragster.

Anyone who does not attach entertainment value to driving dynamics and engine power, but is looking for that certain something, should give the DUU a try. It looks top-heavy, steers sluggishly and has a high center of gravity due to the engine mounting position. Although the wheelbase of 1576 millimeters is the smallest of the trio, the DUU feels three meters long. And you always feel like a foreign body. Because here is something that demands adjustment. Something angular, awkward, hard, rough, vibrating. A sculpture that drives. A thing that cries out for many compromises, but on the other hand banishes boredom forever. The DUU doesn’t even have to drive for that. Standing is enough. The S&S-Motor celebrates the combustion engine experience in a tempting and thrilling way, because every piston stroke of this displacement giant is like a heartbeat. The DUU lives. This joie de vivre carries over. Ultimately, you have to decide for yourself which macho bike will pimp your life best: the one with the most exciting optics (DUU), the highest agility (Diavel) or the most powerful production engine in the world.

CONCLUSION: The billing


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CR&S DUU – goodbye to boredom.

CR&S DUU
Goodbye boredom: With the DUU, you are always the focus. Everyone wants to know if and how such a stylish object drives. But that is unfortunately modest in direct comparison with the other two: -bearing, more inharmonious, more cumbersome. But it doesn’t matter.

Ducati Diavel
Boredom what is it? The Diavel, Italy’s miracle cure for uniformity, is cooler than James Dean, more agile than many a fat naked bike and rides more easily than many cruisers. It cuts the same good figure in Sturgis as in Starnberg.

Yamaha Vmax
Get out of everyday life quickly! No other combines such acceleration values ​​with such eccentric optics. With the Vmax you not only buy a piece of cult, but also a bike that works in everyday life beyond the drag strip.

Criterion (max. 10 points)  CR&S.  Duacti  Yamaha Start up  10  8th  9
Sound in the basement  10  9  8th
Sound when attacked  8th  10  8th
Good vibrations  9  6th  8th
Easy going  9  6th  10
The head says  2  9  9
The heart speaks  10  9  7th
Must-drive factor  5  9  10
Awe  7th  9  12th
cult  8th  7th  10

Technical specifications


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Duacti Diavel – boredom, what is it?

Yamaha Vmax

Engine:
Water-cooled four-cylinder, four-stroke, 65-degree V-engine, two overhead camshafts driven by a gear chain, four valves per cylinder, bucket tappets, wet sump lubrication, injection, Ø 48 mm, G-Kat, bore x stroke 90.0 x 66.0 mm , Displacement 1680 cm, compression ratio 11.3: 1, rated output 147.2 kW (200 PS) at 9000 / min, max.torque 167 Nm at 6500 / min, consumption 6.8 l / 100 km.

Landing gear:
Bridge frame made of cast aluminum, telescopic fork, Ø 52 mm, double disc brake at the front, Ø 320 mm, six-piston fixed calipers, disc brake at the rear, Ø 298 mm, single-piston floating caliper, ABS. Cast aluminum wheels 3.50 x 18; 6.00 x 18, tires 120/70 R 18; 200/50 R 18, tires tested Bridgestone BT 028 “G”.

Measurements and weight:
Wheelbase 1700 mm, steering head angle 59.0 degrees, caster 148 mm, spring travel f / r 120/110 mm, seat height * 780 mm, weight with a full tank * 314 kg. Price: 22,705 euros including ancillary costs

Manufacturer information, * MOTORCYCLE measurement

CR&S DUU

Engine:
air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke 56-degree V-engine, three underlying camshafts, two valves per cylinder, hydraulic valve lifters, bumpers, rocker arms, dry sump lubrication, injection, Ø 52.4 mm, bore x stroke 104.8 x 111.1 mm, Displacement 1916 cm, compression ratio 9.7: 1, rated output 71 kW (96.6 PS) at 5100 rpm, max.torque 158 Nm at 4300 rpm, consumption 4.6 l / 100 km.

Landing gear:
Stainless steel central tubular frame, upside-down fork, Ø 48 mm, single-sided swing arm made of stainless steel, double disc brake at the front, Ø 320 mm, four-piston fixed calipers, disc brake at the rear, Ø 260 mm, double-piston floating caliper, forged aluminum wheels; 3.50 x 17; 6.00 x 17, tires 120/70 ZR 17; 190/55 ZR 17, tires tested by Pirelli Diablo Rosso II.

Measurements and weight:
Wheelbase 1576 mm, steering head angle 65.5 degrees, spring travel f / r 120/127 mm, seat height * 800 mm, caster k. A., weight with a full tank * 283 kg. Price test machine: 30 700 euros incl.
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Manufacturer information, * MOTORCYCLE measurement

Ducati Diavel

Engine:
water-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke 90-degree V-engine, two overhead, toothed belt-driven camshafts, four valves per cylinder, rocker arm and rocker arm, operated desmodromically, wet sump lubrication, injection, Ø 56 mm, bore x stroke 106.0 x 67, 9 mm, displacement 1198 cm, compression ratio 11.5: 1, rated output 112.7 kW (153 PS) at 9500 / min, max. Torque 128 Nm at 8000 / min, consumption 5.5 l / 100 km.

Landing gear:
Tubular steel frame, upside-down fork, Ø 50 mm, single-sided swing arm made of aluminum, double disc brake at the front, Ø 320 mm, four-piston fixed calipers, disc brake at the rear, Ø 265 mm, two-piston fixed caliper, ABS, forged aluminum wheels; 3.50 x 17; 8.00 x 17, tires 120/70 ZR 17; 240/45 ZR 17, tires tested by Pirelli Diablo Rosso II.

Measurements and weight:
Wheelbase 1590 mm, steering head angle 62.0 degrees, caster 130 mm, spring travel f / r 120/120 mm, seat height * 770 mm, weight with a full tank * 241 kg. Price: 16,690 euros including ancillary costs

Manufacturer information, * MOTORCYCLE measurement

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