TRAVERSE Issue 51 - December 2025 | Page 75

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optional rear fog light boosts visibility in poor conditions.
The bike is built for comfort, whether solo or with a passenger. A wider, taller windshield offers more wind protection, while a redesigned pannier mount provides more legroom for the pillion. Heated grips— now adjustable to five temperature settings— and a variety of ergonomic seat options allow for customization across a
range of rider heights. A centre stand comes standard, now engineered to reduce lifting effort during loading or maintenance.
The user interface has also been updated. The 6.5- inch colour TFT dash features more intuitive controls for suspension and heating systems, while continuing to offer turn-by-turn navigation, music control, and call functionality via the Ducati Connect app, compatible with helmet intercoms.
One of the most notable features for distance riders is the extended maintenance interval: valve checks every 60,000 km, with oil changes only required every 15,000 km or 24 months, underscoring Ducati’ s push for performance with low ownership costs.
Ducati is offering the 2026 Multistrada V4 Rally in three trim levels. The Radar trim includes Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Detection, and Forward Collision Warning. The Adventure Travel & Radar adds aluminium side cases and heated seats for both rider and passenger. The top-tier Full Adventure model includes those features plus a homologated Akrapovič exhaust and carbon fibre front mudguard.
Optional accessories include tank bags, soft luggage solutions, touring windscreens, and alternate seats. Aluminum panniers— standard on higher trims— now feature improved locks that allow opening and closing without keys, even off the bike. Ducati also introduced new apparel to match the Rally’ s global ambitions, including the Tour Summer outfit with ventilation zones and removable layers, and the Strada C5 outfit, which combines weatherproof Gore-Tex protection with a removable down jacket.
The 2026 Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally will begin arriving in dealerships in Europe in November 2025, followed by North America in December, and Japan and Australia in January 2026. It will be available in Ducati Red with brushed aluminium tank and Jade Green with gold wheels, both designed to reflect the brand’ s balance of rugged capability and Italian flair.
For Ducati, this model does more than evolve the Multistrada lineage— it represents a century of engineering, racing, and design poured into a machine built not just to travel the world, but to master it.
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