2016 Ducati XDiavel S - Jay Leno's Garage

Jason Chinnock takes Jay through Ducati's take on the V-Twin cruiser; it's forward-friendly and street-legal… with the DNA of a superbike.

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2016 Ducati XDiavel S - Jay Leno's Garage

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[LMacNeill]

Is it just me, or is that back wheel one of the coolest wheels ever? Really like that!

[thomaschristopherwhite]

"So you can't fit any Kardashians in the backs"
-"No, unfortunately not.. OR! fortunately"

I love this guy.

[TheShreddDude]

Classic Leno. Just turns on the engine right in the middle of the guys sentence.

[russellcupples]

Jay ( if I may ) I want to thank you once again for allowing us drooling guys and gals to see the automotive world that we would never really get to see . Your a down to earth gentleman and I respect that .

[terencecars]

Hello Jay: Thanks for this great website. I'm an 78 year old guy that has a very long bike riding history. British origionally and emigrated to Canada when I was 15 Y/O. I started with a 47 Ariel 500cc, single, basket case and then a 1950, 1000cc Square Four. I then had a bunch of them. I usually bought them in pieces, fixed them up and sold them. The last Square four. (One of the last!) It was a 1957, Series, 2. It was really smooth, and very quick. I had a twin 700cc twin Royal Enfield and then moved over to Hondas. I had three Honda, 4 cylinder bikes and a 250cc single scrambler, the last Honda I had was a early '90s 900 cc inline 4, a great bike. I 'm staying in the Baja, Mexico at this time and have just finished refurbishing a 2005,
798 cc Ducati Monster Twin. What a great bike!! I loved working on it an even rode it for a bit.
Anyway, I'd like to thank you again for your really great web site, I really enjoy everything, your really eclectic collection of great bikes and cars. I Also had a few nice Brit cars, a "57, 6 cylinder E-Type 4.2 liter, 2+2, in British racing green also a '74 XJ12 also in BRG and so on.
Jay, I tell people that If I ever come back in this world, If I have a choice, I would love to come back as Jay Leno.

Thanks again for all you do Jay.

Terry Southgate

[Armedlegally]

One of these days I'd love to shake Jays hand, He's a real down to earth kinda guy period. He's genuinely into motorcycles and cars and understands their beauty, grace, styling and the freedoms you get while riding these terrific machines. Thanks Jay!

[VintageVibesRadio]

@10:46 Jay gives Zero Fucks.. Coolest guy in Showbiz. and @ 11:02 sub zero Fucks given.

[TheMissendenFlyer]

Great to see the master back on 2 wheels - seemed decidedly non plussed by the whole affair when in the garage but seemed to lighten up a bit when on the road - you can always trust 2 wheels to make you feel better! ...and I agree, California is a fabulous place to ride a bike, loved my time on the vanilla Diavel there this time last bike....

[robroberts]

its funny this vid is almost 25 minutes long and it seemed like it was over in a snap I enjoy this channel to much.

[bluelghtning]

My wife and I spent 3 days leading the XDiavel demo days in Atlanta, GA earlier this year. It was a last minute deal for us to lead the rides and up to that point, neither one of us knew anything about the new XDiavel. I was familiar with the original Diavel, but not the new XDiavel. Surprisingly for both of us, we came away after 3 days or finding the bike totally impressed by the XDiavel. My wife especially who is not a fan of cruisers at all and is on the petite side was totally in love with the bike. Even though it appears on the larger side, she loved riding it and found it so easy to ride it aggressively. Ducati did a great job with this bike!

Another surprising aspect we found from the demo rides is that we would start everyone in touring mode to give them the full power, but not the snappiness of sport mode. They could take a 2nd ride and then we would show them how to change modes and try them all. It turned out quite a few people actually enjoyed Urban mode, especially in that 35-55mph range. We ourselves felt that Urban mode worked very well and gave the bike a nice kick in the lower RPM grunt area. Sport mode was certainly a lot of fun when you really wanted to kick it up. There were a couple places we really got to lean the bikes over and again I was blown away with how much lean angle you could get from this bike and how well it handled in the turns!

Great review Jay!

[XenoRacing]

That camera angle of rim spokes is trippy to watch!

[k.k.hickey]

Jason seems very knowledgeable of his own brand. A lot of times Jay gets these CEOs and Presidents on here who don't know what the hell they are talking about and almost make themselves look foolish. This is a nice change.

[tomw]

Getting back into riding after a decade off. Jay brought my attention to this bike and I drove one this weekend. Gorgeous bike and so fast and nimble for a cruiser. Really is a class of its own. You can find these a lot cheaper used now as well.

[THEBODYPRACTICE]

I really like the narrative from Jay as he rides that bike- real time commentary is a valuable piece of feedback!

[supervikingbud]

Good video.When the CEO of Ducati talks Jay crosses his arms like he's not really interested in what he says as Jay knows pretty much the answers.When Jay talks he unfolds his arms.When the CEO had more to say Jay starts up the bike, LOL. Classic Jay.I like Jay because of his quirks and the cool person that he is as nothing really fazes him.

[allistairneil]

7:24 Dragging on the rear tire... fantastic imagery there, guys!

[themotochannel]

Ducati marketing dept: "we need to increase sales in the US: we need to sell a cruiser" Ducati accounting: "we don't have the money to develop a completely different bike." Ducati marketing: "fock it, just move the footpegs forward on the diavel, change the model name slightly by adding the letter X, and call it a cruiser" Ducati accouting: "That works for us." Jay @ 15:05 "I guess technically it's a cruiser cause of the feet forward thing."

[franksyed]

need more two wheels videos plz... Bike is awesome !

[patriot]

LOVE the Galaxie 500 in the background !, my 1st car was a 65 Galaxie 500, 289 FMX trans, the 63 is my favorite, whether the 390 with 4 speed manual or the 427 love the body lines !

[TwoWheelObsession]

The first thing I said to the wife when I got home from reviewing it last week was I'm glad I don't have an extra 22k laying around because I'd have a new XDiavel S in the garage!