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The Maddest Compo – Ducati Multistrada 620 vs Suzuki GSX-R 1000 (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2005 Ducati Multistrada 620
The engine is thrumming, the throttle is pegged, and I’m in the best areo-tuck 6’2” 200lbs of editorial content can manage. The windscreen begins to vibe a bit. I bump the rev limiter in the neighborhood of eleven—five. Upshift, the throttle is light and oil-smooth, I barely blip and keep it pegged. In the distance that fading speck on the uphill horizon is snapper Kevin, on the GSX-R 1000… and I’d be lying if I said I cared. I’m astride the Ducati Multistrada 620 Dark, I’ve just kissed 175kph, and I’m smiling like a madman. Why? This feels like riding… and the corners are coming up - the tight ones… and the tables turn.
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2005 Ducati Multistrada 620 - First Ride (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Ducati Multistrada 620
Somewhere in Sicily's twisty mountain switchbacks, surrounded by rain and snow, the newest member of Ducati's Multistrada family was happily shrugging off the challenging conditions. In fact, I was having a blast on this two-wheeled equivalent of a cute-ute SUV.
In the 24 hours it took to get from my house to Ducati's hotel in Sicily I had plenty of time to think about this new Italian all-rounder, and I must admit my expectations for the baby Multistrada weren't very high.
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Ducati 620 Multistrada – entry-level exotic (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Ducati Multistrada 620
Ducati's 620 Multistrada Dark is the nearest thing the Bologna firm has to an entry-level motorcycle. It's a derivative of the amazingly practical Multistrada 1000DS, powered by the smallest version of the air-cooled SS engine that traces its ancestry to the 1977 Pantah.
It's a well-proven, torquey L-twin that pulls strongly from 4000rpm through to its power peak, a claimed 45.4kW at 9400rpm, so strongly in fact that most riders come back from their first outing on it saying: "I can't believe it's a 600."
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Do-it-all Duck? (Cycle World)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Ducati Multistrada 620
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