2025 Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak Preview

With the so-called Ducati World Premiere events now in full swing for the 2025 model year, we’ve seen the incremental updates Bologna bestowed on the Multistrada V4 series, which we called out in our coverage of the lower-spec Multistrada V4 and V4 S models. Here we’ll tackle the sportier, more race-minded V4 Pikes Peak, a bike easily ID’d by its single-sided swingarm, but there are more updates lurking within, from the new forged wheels to the striking graphics package and even more performance-oriented refinements designed to push its already wicked envelope.

Editor’s note: We’ve reported on the original Multistrada V4 with our Is Ducati’s Multistrada V4 the Fastest Adventure-Touring Bike?, 2021 Ducati Multistrada V4 S MC Commute Review, and 2022 Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak Review articles and videos.

The two defining elements separating the Pikes Peak from the other Multi V4s are the nimbler 17-inch hoops and single-sided swingarm, which, coupled with the new “Pikes Peak” MotoGP-inspired livery, underline the bike’s racier stance. Number plates on the side panels and windshield also echo the race team’s cues, while additional premium parts include carbon fiber (the beak), a homologated Akrapovič titanium silencer, gold-anodized Öhlins fork sleeves, a prominent “V4″ logo on the seat, and the Ducati Corse shield on the beak.

All three Multi V4s run with the non-desmo V-4 Granturismo engine, six-speed gearbox, and an aluminum monocoque frame, but the V4 Pikes Peak electronics package includes a Race riding mode, developed specifically for this model, which replaces the new Enduro mode on the other Multis. Ducati says the Race riding mode map introduces the rev limiter more gradually than on the Multistrada V4, and the quickshifter, too, has been refined for the Pikes Peak variant to allow for aggressive downshifting and to enhance the direct throttle-grip link in the High Power mode.

Related: 2021 Ducati Multistrada V4 S First Ride Review

You’ll see more pronounced differences in the Pikes Peak chassis too, with new five-spoke 17-inch wheels that now have forged rims to save weight, and wearing sportier Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV rubber. And rather than the Skyhook dampers on the other Multis, the PP specs a 48mm Öhlins fork using Smart EC 2.0 suspension, which also measures suspension stroke and speed, but leverages the IMU as well to allow more adjustment in Sport and Race modes and better comfort in Touring mode.

Moving backward on the Pikes Peak, you have the signature single-sided aluminum swingarm (also raised 1mm like the other 2025 Multis) along with a fully adjustable Öhlins monoshock that also employs the Smart EC tech.

With the different wheel sizes lowering the nose and steepening the rake, dimensions are slightly different on the PP and the ergonomics follow suit. The Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak gives you a more committed riding position, with footpegs mounted 10mm (0.4 inch) higher and rearward, while the handlebars are lower, narrower, and have less of a curvature.

Otherwise the V4 Pikes Peak includes the same advanced electronics package of the 2025 Multistrada V4 S as standard equipment, with the Ducati Vehicle Observer (DVO) tech from the new Panigale enhancing the front and rear radar technology, which enables Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Blind Spot Detection (BSD) as well as Forward Collision Warning. Cornering ABS, traction control, cornering lights, and wheelie control all carry over as well, and the PP gets the same brakes as the V4 S, with Brembo Stylema calipers and larger front discs, at 330mm.

The 2025 Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak will be at US dealerships starting in Q1 of 2025 in a single trim level, and at a stated MSRP of $32,995.