The Ducati XDiavel was voted the
best-looking bike of EICMA 2015. As the 73rd edition of the renowned
international motorcycle exhibition concluded in Milan, the public which
comprised thousands of visitors, declared the XDiavel the winning bike out of
all those on display. This was the outcome of the “Vote for the best-looking
bike and win it” survey/competition organised by Italian magazine Motociclismo.
With no less than 6910
enthusiasts deeming it to be the best, the XDiavel received the highest number
of votes from both those at EICMA and visitors to the Motociclismo website. The
new Ducati cruiser took first place with 60.78pc of the votes out of a total of
11,369.
The votes were counted on
November 22, the last day of the show, at a packed Motociclismo stand, with the
count also attended by Pierfrancesco Caliari (General Manager of EICMA), Piero
Bacchetti (President and CEO of Edisport Editoriale), Federico Aliverti
(Co-Editor in Chief of Motociclismo) and Andrea Ferraresi (Ducati Design Center
Director), who received the award on behalf of the Bologna-based bike
manufacturer.
The “Best-looking Bike in
Show” award ceremony brought the curtain down on an intense week of exhibiting
and events, at a show that saw an increased number of visitors with respect to
the 2014 edition (628,000 visitors), confirming the positive signs of recovery
now being seen in the motorcycle industry.
Right from day one the public
flocked to the Ducati stand, especially the “total black” area dedicated to the
awesome new XDiavel and its range of accessories and apparel. With this
fascinating new bike, Ducati enters the cruiser domain and does so in its own
inimitable way, presenting a true cruiser but with all the design, technology
and performance one expects from a Ducati thoroughbred. The XDiavel offers both
the ‘low speed excitement’ that comes from the relaxed riding and
forward-positioned footpegs typical of a cruiser and the adrenaline rush of
sports riding that Ducati has made its own. This is what the X in XDiavel
stands for: the merging of two apparently separate, distant worlds on one bike,
a superb combination where both are accomplished without compromise.
Source: Eicma 2015