Jay Leno’s vehicular pursuits aren’t restricted to automobiles. For this episode of Jay Leno’s Storage, he switches from 4 wheels to 2, getting the main points on the 2021 Ducati Multistrada V4 from Jason Chinnock, the corporate’s North American CEO.

The Multistrada is designed as a multi-purpose bike (the title means “many roads” in Italian), so it is proficient in off-roading, metropolis driving, touring, and the sporty fashion of driving Ducati is known for, Chinnock mentioned. Leno views it because the motorbike equal of efficiency SUVs just like the Aston Martin DBX. Programmable modes change the driving character; they include City, Sport, Touring, and Enduro. The bike’s suspension pre-load can be adjusted to accommodate a passenger or baggage.

Ducati launched the Multistrada in 2003 with a 2-cylinder engine, however the 2021 mannequin sports activities a V-4 making 170 hp. The transverse-mounted engine has cylinder deactivation for the rear financial institution of cylinders, however for rider consolation not gas economic system. Shutting off two cylinders reduces warmth, serving to to maintain riders from baking whereas sitting at stoplights. Winglets direct cooling air towards the rider whereas underway. The Ducati Fast Shift (DQS) permits clutchless shifts up and down regardless of the guide transmission.

The 2021 Multistrada can also be the primary manufacturing motorbike with radar (the unit is positioned between the headlights), Chinnock says, which permits blind-spot monitoring and adaptive cruise management. These options are widespread in automobiles nowadays, however not as widespread in bikes.

The bike’s varied options are managed by way of an 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster. Creature comforts embody a heated seat and heated handlebars.

Ducati has been in a position so as to add extra options to its newer bikes partly as a result of it is a part of the Volkswagen Group, and might use the large automaker’s engineering sources. VW was thought to have thought of promoting off Ducati (together with Bentley, Bugatti, and Lamborghini) because it shifts focus to mass-market electrical automobiles, however the automaker introduced in December 2020 that it was keeping Ducati, together with Bentley and Lamborghini.

Click on on the video above for far more info on the Mulstistrada V4 and to see and listen to Jay and Jason go for a trip.