2025 Ducati Multistrada Range Unleashed Onto the Unsuspecting World With Big Upgrades

The moniker has been around for a little over 20 years, having been launched back in 2003 as a strange mix between a a sport tourer and a supermoto. It caught on, naturally, so its still around. OK, not only still around, but kicking and screaming like it never did.

The true evolution of the bike didn't start however until four years ago, when the Italian company gifted the bike with the new Granturismo engine and made it a sort of test bed for innovative technologies like the front and rear radar system. Since then, the bike family has constantly evolved, and it presently is one of the most impressive offerings in its segment, both it terms of performance levels and the advanced tech it has to offer.

As promised since the start of the week, Ducati began releasing details on the motorcycles it has been cooking up for the 2025 model year. As you might have guessed by now, it started on Thursday with the Multistrada range.

The revised family of motorcycles will comprise, for now, just three variants, namely the Multistrada V4, Multistrada V4S, and Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak. Below you learn what each of them has to bring to the table in their 2025 incarnations.

2025 Ducati Multistrada V4
The base Multistrada V4 model comes with a series of improvements for the new model year that target the way it behaves on the go, the way it looks, and the way the rider perceives it.

The bike is built around the same aluminum monocoque frame that uses a shell-cast aluminum double-sided swingarm. Inside the frame there is the 1,158cc V4 Granturismo engine I mentioned above. No changes were made to its performance levels, so it continues to deliver 170 hp and 123.8 Nm of torque.

What Ducati did to the engine was tamper with the cylinder deactivation system. By extending its capabilities, the Multistrada V4 now needs six percent less fuel to travel a set distance. Then, a new silencer has been installed, one that looks sharper and provides a different tune than before.

The bike offers a total of five riding modes, namely Sport, Touring, Urban, Wet, Enduro. The Enduro mode was tampered with to offer a dedicated Power Mode, which basically limits the power of the engine to 114 horsepower, something more suitable for off-road use. The Wet mode, on the other hand, is new.

The Italians also installed something called an Automatic Lowering Device. What this thing does is lower the bike when the speed drops below 6.2 mph (10 kph), and brings it back to the normal height as soon as speed reaches five times that.

The visual changes made to the motorcycle are concentrated at the front end, where we now get a design closer to the Panigale V4. The double headlight, completely encased, reminds the onlooker of the 916 and 1098 motorcycles.

Ducati also modified, to some degree, the way the Multistrada can carry stuff and accommodate people. The top case, for instance, has been moved further back to allow for more room for the passengers' legs.

The 2025 Ducati Multistrada V4 will be offered four trim levels: the existing Radar and Travel & Radar, but also the new Sport Travel & Radar, and Adventure Travel & Radar.

2025 Ducati Multistrada V4 S
Building on the same technical specifications of the bike described above, and carrying over the same changes, the Multistrada V4 S comes with its very own series of upgrades meant to make riding sportier.

It is this model that used for the first time the front and rear radar system mentioned above, and nothing changes in this respect, as the system is still offered. However, Ducati throws in the Forward Collision Warning (FCW) function.

This system is there to warn riders of a potential collision with a vehicle in front by means of a pop-up that appears on the dashboard. At the opposite end of the motorcycle, the emergency braking light engages, together with the hazard lights, to warn motorists behind the bike of the unexpected stop maneuver.

The V4 S also throws in a self-levelling functionality meant to keep the bike in the same configuration regardless of the load.

This version of the bike is propped on 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Pirelli Scorpion tires and relies on Brembo hardware for stopping power.

2025 Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak
Last but not least in the range of Multistrada goodies is the Pikes Peak version, a crossover machine that further builds on the revised Italian motorcycle but still keeps a lot of things for itself.

The Pikes Peak uses a different chassis setup, and also offers a different riding position thanks to the higher and more rearward footpegs, and lower and narrower handlebars.

Other things that set this version apart are the use of a single-sided swingarm, an Akrapovic titanium silencer, and Ohlins forks up front, wearing gold over their sleeves. The wheels are five-spoke 17-inch forged aluminum pieces of hardware shod in Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV tires.

For the new model year Ducati went for a MotoGP-inspired livery with the Ducati Corse shield applied to the beak of the machine. Specifically for this version, there is the new engine brake control system with three levels of adjustment.

All three versions of the new Ducati Multistrada will become available at dealers worldwide in October. Three colors are on the table for the two-wheelers, namely Ducati Red, Thrilling Black and Arctic White. Pricing for the motorcycles was not disclosed.