{"id":4162,"date":"2022-09-14T10:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacktopmedia.co.uk\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2022-09-14T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:10:09","slug":"ducati-hypermotard-950-rve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacktopmedia.co.uk\/?p=4162","title":{"rendered":"Ducati Hypermotard 950 RVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the car world, manufacturers spend huge amounts of money trying to design cars that will appeal to everyone and offend no one, in an effort to capture as many sales as possible.
The end result is a sea of anonymous SUVs that all look broadly similar and have very few stand-out characteristics. They are little more than white goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This single-minded determination to produce something that excites us and stirs the soul is what makes motorcycles so awesome. Manufacturers like Ducati are still willing to design and build motorcycles that are so flawed they don\u2019t work well in many scenarios, but in the right place at the right time, are absolutely fantastic. It is something to be celebrated, we should consider ourselves very lucky.
One such machine is the Ducati Hypermotard 950 RVE. This is motorcycle conceived for a single purpose; to make people like us happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ducati\u2019s Hypermotard is perfectly imperfect. On long journeys it\u2019s a bit of a pain; the seat isn\u2019t particularly comfortable, you sit high with no wind protection, it\u2019s geared quite low and it\u2019s just not much fun doing the boring stuff. After an hour and a half of shuffling along at mundane speeds, surrounded by faceless people in their generic tin boxes, feeling the minutes tick away, I was itching to snap the throttle open and get out of there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorways and dual carriageways are not what this bike does best. The Hypermotard’s hunting ground is pretty much anything else. Urban assault, fast A road blast, B road storming, this bike will have you laughing out loud.
A dash across town turns into a Matrix-Esq, high speed, race against the clock, weaving through traffic, stealing space, feeling like the rest of the traffic is in slow motion.
The Hypermotard is blessed with Ducatis twin-cylinder 937 cc Testastretta engine which only makes 114 hp at 9,000 rpm and 96 Nm torque at 7,250 rpm, but it feels a lot more. The bike feels punchy and alive, raw and rebellious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the road opens up and speeds increase, you get to use the superb 6-speed gearbox with up and down quickshifter. Ducati says \u2018the gearbox has been revised to make it easier to engage neutral when the bike is stationary and to ensure maximum precision in gear selection.\u2019
In my experience, Ducati gearboxes can be hit or miss. Some have been great, some not so much. This gearbox was excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

45mm fully adjustable, aluminium Marzocchi USD forks are superb and help the front 120\/70 ZR17 Pirelli Diablo Rosso III find all the grip you need. At the rear, the Sachs shock offers preload and rebound adjustment and the aluminium, single-sided swingarm holds a 17\u201d rear wheel, wrapped in a Pirelli Diablo Rosso III 180\/55 ZR17 tyre.
Handling is superb. There’s a brief period of adjustment, it\u2019s different to your typical scrambler, adventure or street bike. Suspension is a little softer to start with and you sit up high and forward. When you\u2019re hard on the brakes and there\u2019s more dive than you\u2019re used to but you very quickly become accustomed to it.
Ducati has equipped the Hypermotard with all the toys, as is typical these days; 6-Axis Inertial Measurement Unit (6D IMU), 4.3″ TFT display, ABS Bosch Cornering EVO, Ducati Traction Control (DTC) EVO, Ducati Wheelie Control (DWC) EVO, Ducati Quick Shift (DQS) up\/down EVO and 3 riding modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 3 riding modes are; Sport, which delivers the full 114 hp with a sharper, more aggressive map. Touring also delivers the full 114 hp, but with a softer map. Urban uses a 75 hp power limit for poor conditions. Needless to say, i left it in Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one hand, Ducati\u2019s Hypermotard isn\u2019t great. It\u2019s tall with a narrow seat, little or no wind protection, and very focused and compromised.
On the other hand, it\u2019s brilliant. I haven\u2019t had this much fun on 2 wheels for a long time. It\u2019s fast, has a superb chassis, looks great and encourages you to ride like a hooligan. I would have one in a heartbeat\u2026..probably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seat Height – 870 Mm (34.2 In)
Displacement – 937 Cc
Power – 114 Hp (84 kW) @ 9.000 Rpm
Torque – 71 Lb-Ft (96 Nm) @ 7.250 Rpm
Dry Weight – 178 Kg (392 Lb)
Wet Weight – 200 Kg (440 Lb)
Seat Height – 870 Mm (34.2 In)
Maintenance Service Intervals – 15,000 Km (9,000 Mi)\/12 Months
Tank Capacity – 14.5l
Hypermotard Starts At – \u00a311,495 For The Standard 950.
Hypermotard 950 RVE – \u00a312,295. (Also available In restricted 35kw version)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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