Ducati Diavel Carbon Black

For the past two weeks, Ducati has been taking feedback online and at motorcycle shows on the new 2011 Ducati Diavel power cruiser. The Bologna brand has clearly taken some of the constructive criticism to heart, as it’s begun tinkering with the design of the Diavel. Replacing the the white version of the Diavel, Ducati has released photos of the Ducati Diavel Diamond Black, an all-black version of the Diavel that has a black anodized headlamp and air intakes.

The Ducati Diavel Diamond Black features a glossy black tank, which stands out against the bike’s revised matte black air intakes. Making for a sinister approach to the Diavel, we can see why Ducati opted to add this bike into the line-up, and drop the not-so-attractive white variant. With the Diavel Carbon hitting the pocketbook for a cool $19,995, we expect the Diavel Diamond Black to be the Diavel Ducati converts want in their garage.

In addition to the Diamond Black, Ducati will also be dropping the red Diavel’s ugly as sin brushed metal looking air intakes for the matte black revisions, which should help bring that bike’s style into more appealing standards (we’d go with color-matched intakes, but hey that’s just us talking).

Ducati Diavel Carbon

Character? How about Bat-man? The $19,995 Ducati Diavel Carbon’s a big pussycat of a motorcycle, but if you didn’t know any better, you wouldn’t think so. I especially enjoy riding it around CW’s new home here in the master-planned (master-bland?) community of Irvine. It really must be a nice place to live, if you like nice.

There’s not a blade of grass out of place, but the truly nice thing about Irvine is there’s nary a pothole or even a rough stretch of pavement to be found, and many of its wide, smooth parkways are laid out in big curves and circles to break up the monotony and (we conjecture) thwart bank robberies. (It’s working: Wikipedia says the FBI reported in 2010 that Irvine had the lowest violent crime rate among cities in the U.S. with population of more than 100,000.)

Into that suburban Eden cackles the aptly named Diavel, whose stock exhaust system fully complies with all federal and state requirements in the same way that ketchup qualifies as a vegetable. On the Confederate, you might actually feel a twinge of guilt for disturbing the peace along with a little anxiety re: the boredom level of the Irvine P.D. On the marginally more sedate but way less likely to strand you in Irvine Diavel, you’re Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack as you filter to the front at the red lights between the sealed Lexi and Priuses.

The thing idles like a quiet Funny Car, and you find yourself hoping the next light will turn red, too, just so you can blast off again, levering the torque back onto that fat beachball of a rear tire as the relatively lightweight, 498-pound-dry, 1198cc V-Twin uses its 133 horses to skim the front an inch or two off the deck…truly old-fashioned fun.

“Why, you can get any kind of house you want here, you can even get stucco. Oh, boy, can you get stucco!” In fact, stucco is all you can get in Irvine—in several shades of association-approved beige (there are something like 250 HOAs in the city).

The Diavel is a hot-chili-oil gel-cap suppository up the rectum of all that is sedentary and conventional (Rectum? It nearly killed ’um!), and as more than one of us has observed, it’s going to get somebody arrested. Then again, maybe not: For one thing, when you’re riding it, you feel invincible, like the only thing you’re missing is the black cape. And for another, we’re in Irvine, where crime is against the law.

Ducati Diavel AMG Special Edition

Thinking of changing your commute from a one mile ride to an eight mile ride? Or, are you simply looking for the trendiest cruiser bikes of the season? Whatever your reasons, here is the information you want.

Cruisers have dominated many parts of America, particularly the Northern parts. What makes them so widely loved is the laid-back design coupled with a wide variety of styles and designs. Even though modern stylistic designs are available, most people still seem to be in love with bikes that look like the classics like Harley Davidsons.

Cruiser bikes are a popular choice for casual driving. However, depending on the models and the power (and the money you are willing to invest), they may also offer great solutions in long distance riding.

Ducati Diavel Blue

The Ducati Diavel Blue is a controversial bike. Because it looked different, people wrote it off before it even became available. However, people should stop to think before they open their mouths about things, because this bike is awesome. It is reasonable affordable at around £16,000 and has 160 break horsepower. It has a top speed of 155 miles per hour, which is seriously impressive - after all, there is no chance you will ever do that speed in the United Kingdom right? Its 0-60 range is unbelievable and this bike will pass you before you can even see it. It is, quite simply, an awesome bike.