The Ducati XDiavel is a motorbike, unveiled at EICMA Milan, which celebrates and brings forward the cruiser riding position that a growing number of bikers are starting to favor.
This bike is equipped with a 1262-cc engine that offers a broad torque spread for better performance, with 95 pounds-feet of torque pumped out when you hit 5,000 revolutions per minute. This is a bike that allows you to enjoy a relaxed ride, but also gives you to the option of churning out high-end horsepower when you feel a need for speed.
Ultimately, the Ducati XDiavel is all about the riding positions -- this bike offers a ridiculous 60 different ride positions, thanks to four different footrest positions, five seat positions and three different handlebars.
This enables the bike to offer an ergonomic and comfortable riding experience for riders of all shapes and sizes, a testament to the importance of customization to the modern motorbike world.
What's Driving This Trend
- Feet-forward Riding
- The trend towards feet-forward riding positions for cruisers, like the Ducati XDiavel, presents an opportunity for customizable, ergonomic design innovations.
- Multi-position Ride Customization
- As the market demands more customizable, user-specific features, the number of possible ride positions on motorbikes, like the 60 offered on the Ducati XDiavel, will continue to advance.
- Broad Engine Torque
- The demand for both relaxed cruising and high-speed performance presents an opportunity for motorbikes, like the XDiavel with its 1262-cc engine, to focus on engines with a broad torque spread.
Who This Affects Most
- Motorcycle Manufacturing
- As the trend towards customizable, ergonomic design features continues to grow, motorcycle manufacturers will need to adapt their production lines to keep up.
- Aftermarket Customizations
- Increasingly specific user demands will likely drive the aftermarket motorcycle customization industry to develop innovative new features for ride position customization.
- User Experience Design
- In order to continue meeting the demands of increasingly customizable user preferences in the motorbike industry, User Experience designers will need to take an increasingly central role in the development process.
