Ti amo!

Olives, wine, pizza, gelato, Monica Belucci… These were a few of my favourite Italian things. But the new Diavel 1260 S just might wipe all off those right off the slate!

- Ashok George

It felt great! When me and Rishaad are chasing each other like this on motorcycles, we’re usually under the strict supervision of race control and have the chequered flag in mind. But this time, there were no points to be won, no trophies, no celebration. This time we were just two mindless teenagers wth not a care in the world. And it felt great! Until I looked down at the speedo, that is.

All this while, our pace felt like a quick 80-100kph. But a quick glance at the speedo proved that to be very, very wrong. The digital display was reading all kinds of numbers north of 140kph!

Something this big has no business being this quick and fast. Of course, one might argue that the previous generation of the Diavel was every bit the same kind of monster. I’d agree too. In fact, it still remains one of the quickest motorcycles I have tested with it hitting 100kph in just over three seconds! But, this new Diavel is quicker, faster and corners even harder! I know! It’s hard to believe.

There is a lot of work that has gone into this motorcycle that makes it the work of art that it is now. And to start with, we need to look at the design.