We thought we’d seen all of Ducati’s fresh new wares for 2025 – but the Bologna bad boys had kept one more trick piece of kit up their sleeves: the 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4.
The XDiavel is a bit of an oddity. First launched back in 2016, it was an attempt at a more ‘American’ Diavel, with foot-forward controls, tweaked styling, lower seat and a belt final drive on the superbike-derived Testastretta V-twin engine. Those changes also helped it accelerate off the line – the long, low chassis and grunty motor actually made it Ducati’s fastest-accelerating bike at the time. Aimed mostly at the US, it’s nevertheless carved out a niche in markets in Europe and Asia, too, and Ducati also built a few special-edition XDiavels – the Dark, Black Star and Nera variants.
The wild old 1260 V-twin engine has gone now, though, and Ducati’s had to transfer all its bigger bikes on to the V4 platform – including the XDiavel hot rod. So, for 2025 we get the new XDiavel V4, with a 168bhp version of the Granturismo V-4 engine, as seen on the standard Diavel and the Multistrada V4 models. The 1158cc 90° V4 Granturismo motor is the lower-power unit, with conventional valve springs rather than the desmodromic heads on the V4 Panigale, Streetfighter and Multistrada RS models.
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As on the Diavel, it’s mated to a new monocoque aluminium main frame unit, rather than the old school steel tube trellis frames seen on the original Diavels. The rest of the chassis is also broadly similar: 50mm upside-down Marzocchi front forks and a remote reservoir rear monoshock, both fully adjustable, and a slick single-sided rear swingarm to show off the new star-shaped rear wheel. Ducati’s also dumped the belt drive used on earlier XDiavels in favour of a normal chain final drive.
Brembo Stylema calipers up front clamp on to huge 330mm discs, and the XDiavel comes with superbike-spec electronic riding aids to suit: cornering ABS and traction, wheelie, launch and cruise control, quickshifter and power modes, all controlled via the huge 6.9” LCD dash.
Visually, the obvious differences from the base Diavel are the forward-set footpegs and levers, though Ducati’s offering a kit to relocate the pegs to a more conventional mid-mount point, which seems a bit weird. The bodywork, wheels and exhaust are all slightly tweaked compared with the Diavel, but the similarities are clear. Finally, the XDiavel is a little heavier than the base bike: 6kg more at 229kg wet, no fuel, and it’s also £2k pricier at £25,995.
