Loving my 2024 Ducati Multistrada V4RS

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So I got my Multistrata RS back in April and I have about 800 miles on her so far and I’m absolutely in love with the bike. I also ride a V4R and a few other neat bikes, but I have to say the seating position in this thing is very comfortable and I can’t believe how nimble they’ve made it feel. The engine is way better than my street fighter. The smaller throttle bodies definitely made the difference in performance. There’s way more power throughout the entire rev range that the Street Fighter. The SF is better way up top but down low in my opinion had nothing. This .... starts pulling right out of the gate. Very happy with her so far.
 

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I'm curious, do the new V4 motors in the Multi have DVT?

Not sure what DVT is but it’s the same motor as the street fighter but with smaller throttle valve bodies and the Desmo valve system.
 
The only issue I'm having with the bike is an oil pan leak. It went back to the dealer and they thought it was the side cover and now it turns out its the oil like I had thought.
 
Turns out it wasn’t the oil pan gasket it was the o ring on the starter. Went out for 160 ripper with a good buddy and all was great!
 

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Likely not needed due to the advantages of the V4 over a L twin.

I think this is due to three things, The smaller/lighter valves of the V4 allow way more radical cam profiles, that DVT stuff was expensive to make and it's inclusion would have forced the heads to be wider yet. I find no advantage to the V4 except for topend power. My 1198 gets off a corner harder (as far as that goes my 1098 does too).
 
So I got my Multistrata RS back in April and I have about 800 miles on her so far and I’m absolutely in love with the bike. I also ride a V4R and a few other neat bikes, but I have to say the seating position in this thing is very comfortable and I can’t believe how nimble they’ve made it feel. The engine is way better than my street fighter. The smaller throttle bodies definitely made the difference in performance. There’s way more power throughout the entire rev range that the Street Fighter. The SF is better way up top but down low in my opinion had nothing. This .... starts pulling right out of the gate. Very happy with her so far.

it's interesting that you like the motor due to the smaller injectors but it's probably partially the mapping and the shorter first 3 gears too. Ducati claims a loss of 30 HP going to the smaller injectors (and probably smaller exhaust pipe diameter). Both would pick up the middle.
 
it's interesting that you like the motor due to the smaller injectors but it's probably partially the mapping and the shorter first 3 gears too. Ducati claims a loss of 30 HP going to the smaller injectors (and probably smaller exhaust pipe diameter). Both would pick up the middle.

It’s actually smaller throttle bodies by about 5mm which brings up the air velocity a bunch. The injector size is the same. I installed the AKR full system and took out the baffles and used their map and she’s fantastic. Just got a BMC air filter and need to install that when I go through her for the winter.
 

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