Ducati Multistrada

The Ducati Multistrada is a series of adventure-touring motorcycles from Ducati, first introduced in 2003 and powered by V2 and later V4 engines. Its name is an Italian coinage that roughly means many roads, and the idea was to combine a comfortable adventure bike with a performant sport-tourer. Pierre Terblanche designed the original, which drew mixed reviews for its unconventional looks. The 2003 Multistrada 1000 DS was followed by a second generation from 2010 whose 1200 introduced riding modes, a third generation from 2015 with the Testastretta DVT engine and an inertial measurement unit, and a fourth generation from 2021 built around the Multistrada V4 and an engine derived from the Desmosedici Stradale V4. By the first half of 2023 the V4 versions made up about 18 percent of the motorcycles Ducati sold.