Comparative test Diavel, B-King and Vmax: watts and show off !
As exuberant as the Yamaha Vmax but claiming the behavior of a roadster, the Ducati Diavel shakes up the muscle bike category … Site pits it against the Yamaha monster and the virile Suzuki B-King: comparative test 100% testosterone !
Technology and torque debauchery !
At least with these three monsters, you get what you pay for. The three bikes are particularly well equipped: 50 mm forks on the Diavel and 52 mm on the Vmax, radial front brake calipers, ABS for everyone, etc..
On the dashboard side, it is rather complete since the three offer, among other things, immobilizers with coded key and gear indicators, very practical on machines with as much torque..
The Yamaha and the Ducati offer displays split in two: in addition to the instrumentation on the handlebars (100% digital on the Italian), there is also a screen on the tank. Bright and readable on the Ducati, it is on the other hand difficult to read on the Vmax and even requires taking your eyes off the road, which is neither practical nor safe..
Finally, let us point out to our readers that for this comparison in the country of freedoms and human rights (!), Site had of course to be satisfied with restricted versions which lose up to half of their power: a straw !
Somewhere between restraint and castration…
The Yamaha therefore left 94 hp at the border (who said "freedom of movement of goods and people?), The Suzuki 79 and the Ducati" only "56 … Thus reduced to the regulatory 106 hp, the three motorcycles see fortunately their torque values are much less affected since they remain between 120 and 150 Nm. And fortunately, because the pleasure – real! – of piloting this type of machine lies precisely in their dazzling times.
The Diavel and the B-King are relatively well restrained and do not appear too frustrating on the secondary network. On the other hand, it is less the case of the Vmax … Taking into account its overweight, the "mega Yam" indeed finds its raison d’être only with its full power: castrated to nearly 50%, its weight / power ratio leans on the wrong side in France…
The Ducati and Suzuki allow to choose respectively between two and three injection mapping modes: A or B on the Japanese and Sport, Touring and Urban on the Italian.
Once again, this adjustment possibility is only of interest on the full power versions, in order to offer a more or less aggressive engine response. With our 106 hp flanged versions, we hardly feel any difference, much less than on the Aprilia Dorsoduro or Shiver for example..
Electronic cladding !
On the other hand, on board the Diavel, the choice of mode also influences the importance or not of the DTC traction control (Ducati Traction Control). In Sport mode, the DTC is hardly present, but it is much more felt in Urban mode: a real plus on wet cobbles and small undergrowth roads !
In addition, all of this can be configured manually thanks to the on-board computer which, for example, makes it possible to reinforce or on the contrary limit the action of the anti-slip on each mode..
The technological content of the Ducati is impressive: in addition to the DTC and its digital dashboard combined with a color LCD screen – unfortunately placed too low -, it offers the Ride by Wire (electronic throttle), disconnectable ABS and keyless start.
The electronic key remains in the driver’s pocket: detected within a radius of two meters around the motorcycle, it then authorizes ignition. When parking, the steering lock is also done without a key, but the box that you take in your pocket obviously keeps a key to open the fuel cap and the seat..
Bikers "geeks" will undoubtedly be at the height of happiness, but the others will easily get annoyed by the time of habituation requested by the device and by the few "electronic failures" when starting the beautiful or locking the steering.
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