Five hundred lucky blokes will
get to buy and ride the new Diavel Titanium motorcycle. The Diavel has always
been a stunner motorcycle and now with titanium all over it, it’s become more
stunning! Following its successful unveiling at the 2014 EICMA trade show held
in Milan in November, production of the Diavel Titanium, a limited 500-bike
edition, is now under way, according to a company release. The first bikes are
already on their way to Ducati Stores globally. One wonders whether this bike
will be available at any of the Ducati outlets in India.
To underline the
exclusive value of this limited edition, each Diavel Titanium will sport an
individually numbered tank-mounted plaque (XXX/500). Built using only the
finest components and featuring plenty of exclusive details, the Diavel
Titanium, in addition to inheriting the dynamic performance common to all the
other models in the Diavel family, embodies a style that merges design,
performance and technology. These aspects together with the outstanding
craftsmanship of this unique version, adds a new dimension to the meaning of
exclusivity.
The defining feature of this
Diavel, which gives the bike such an extraordinary combination of strength and
lightness, is titanium. The broad tank covers (side and central) and headlamp
cover are both made of this metal which has been specially banded and
chemically satin-etched to create a host of different chromatic shades. On the
passenger seat cover, redesigned and widened on this version, the titanium is
combined with carbon fibre.
Carbon fibre has also been
used to make the redesigned air intakes, now wider and more powerful-looking,
giving the Diavel Titanium a sharper, more aggressive look. The radiator
covers, micro-screen, front and rear mudguards, front sprocket cover and filler
cap cover are also made of carbon fibre.
Taking exclusivity to the next
level, the hand-stitched seat made of Alcantara is embellished with leather
inserts. The aesthetics also benefit from a dark chrome finish on the frame,
while another key styling detail on the Diavel Titanium takes the form of a
high-grade, matt black ceramic coating on the exhaust pipes. Completing this
special edition are the exceptional machine-finished forged wheels in exposed
aluminium, designed to make the Diavel Titanium unquestionably unique.