The NY Times (finally) Discovers the Diavel

Its taken some time, but the New York Times has discovered the Ducati Diavel:  Click HERE  for article.

The Diavel Carbon
I can't decide if the reviewer liked the bike.  Anyone who has seen the bike, in-person or in print, has an opinion on the looks.  And the debate on whether Ducati should be in the power NOT-a-cruiser business is so oft repeated, it can be recited by rote memory. 

And people are still arguing if the NOT-a-cruiser Diavel is, indeed, just that.

But the one thing that everyone who has ever sat astride the bizzaro-land Dali-rendition of the Ducati Sreetfighter can all agree upon, the Diavel is fun.  Feloniously, absurdly, perma-grin inducingly fun.

Unless you happen to write motorcycle reviews for the New York Times. 

I don't think he left the driveway.   Or he's bitter that the Diavel refuses to fall neatly into an existing moto-category?  Maybe he's a BMW guy? 

Could it be that he didn't realize there was a Sport mode for power delivery?

I don't know how to explain it otherwise.  Except to conclude he should go back to reviewing mini-vans and station wagons and leave bike reviews to riders who love to ride motorcycles!

Cheers!