Last misadventure of the family Hypermotard, the Ducati Hyperstrada 821 is the most practical by far of the range, without giving up its sporting genes.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: limit
Despite its high bubble, Ducati Hyperstrada is not a GT. On the fast tracks, protection is finally average and the position is a little too sporty. Ducati does not try besides to mislead us and “sells” this Strada it is like an easy and lucid machine for the daily newspaper, and not like a machine trans-Europe.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: Live
Healthy, sharp, and balanced, the Ducati Hyperstrada does not behave like these motorcycles with the castor angle closed which is the “supermodel’”, but rather like a good sporting roadster with the nose gear sure and top-of-the-range braking.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: Hypermotard
High on legs, Hyperstrada remains Hypermotard. It is equipped better to face the daily newspaper, even if protection leaves something to be desired (especially on the level of the legs). Side maintenance notes the more spaced revisions (major to 30,000 km and “small” revision with 15,000). A good point
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: meter
Identical to that of both other Hypermotards, the “wall cupboard” LCD is rich in information (computer multifunction), but it misses a gauge of fuel, almost obligatory equipment for a GT… It is ordered via the control unit on the right-hand side. Note the height of the trigger guards of the handlebar, statements of 20 mm on this model.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: semi-rigid
Out of reinforced Nylon, the side bags are semi-rigid. They are provided with flexible and tight internal bags. Closing is done by zip and is locked with small locks of the cloakroom. It is possible to place integral there cuts XL. Note the saddle “comfort” of the series on this model, with the possibility of choosing a low saddle with the order.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: Equipment
Of origin, the Ducati Hyperstrada is equipped with two semi-rigid Nylon ballistic satchels, a bubble, a central crutch, a more comfortable and less high saddle, with a handlebar raised of 20 mm, handle passenger, mudguards broader, a driving shoe, heating handles and of two catches 12 V
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: Delicacy
The “Ducati Testastretta 821” of this Ducati Hyperstrada is a true delicacy, able to tractor draw in the first third of the rev counter, to push with strength between 4,000 and 5,000 tr/min, and to panic like a turbine to 9,000 turns.
Ducati Hyperstrada 821: Rate
With the rate of 12,790 €, Ducati Hyperstrada takes the step on its direct competitors such for example Triumph Tiger 800 (less expensive but less equipped), even the KTM SMT 990 (200 € less expensive but also less equipped)
Attributes “GT” on an extreme motorcycle? A quite singular idea…
But what the aestheticism lost, the practice gained it. Of origin, Hyperstrada is equipped with two semi-rigid Nylon satchels, a bubble, a central crutch, a more comfortable saddle and less high, a handlebar raised of 20 mm, handle passenger, mudguards broader, a driving shoe, heating handles and two catches 12 V. Question equipment, it is thus of the strapping man.
Electronics is also there, with three driving modes, the “Safety Pack”, composed of ABS and anti-skid, all inter-connected with the selected cartographic mode (Sport, Touring, Urban). The motorcycle is light (204 kg with the full ones), and the catch in hand is easy, but the saddle is still a little high (850 mm).
Ergonomics is however disconcerting for a “touring”: one is on the front one, drawn aside arms, very close to the small bubble. Fortunately, one is easily aware of the obstacles thanks to the assets of the motorcycle: lightness, balance, and engine of goodwill. Only the gearbox is hard and not very pleasant with low mode, but as a whole, to make a city with Hyperstrada is more than possible.
Engine of exception
Remain that a “Ducat’” is before a whole sporting machine. At a stretch from the left inch let us pass in mode “Sport” on the small Corsican roads. Healthy, sharp, and balanced, Ducat’ behaves like a good sporting roadster with the nose gear sure and the top-of-the-range braking, and, especially, equipped with an engine of exception!
This “Ducati Testastretta 821” east tractor draws in the first third of the rev counter, pushes with strength between 4,000 and 5,000 tr/min, and panics like a turbine to 9,000 turns.
GT or not GT
With the wire of the kilometers, protection proves finally very average, the position too sport. Moreover, Ducati “sells” this Strada like an easy and lucid machine for the daily newspaper, and not like a machine trans-Europe.
Verdict
Proposed with 12,790 €, Hyperstrada is more general-purpose with the daily newspaper than these direct competitors (Triumph Tiger 800, KTM SMT 990), thanks to its many equipment of series and truly remarkable engine!
