Singhee! What a pleasant surprise.
Wait till you see the real one.
Huh?
What are you doing?
I'm taking portraits of my bikes on the Vivo X70 Pro.
You know what, over the next two days, you can take lots of pictures with our two companions.
They are very adventurous, so all you need to do is pack your sense of adventure and
let's go. Like right now?
Would you be more interested if I said there were Bollywood personalities involved.
Bollywood?
Let me introduce you to our Bollywood action superstars, Akshay Kumar, and Tiger Shroff.
What?
Wait, you've been spending too much time with Shumi no?
Maybe a little bit, but motorcycles, now these two are new age adventure bikes, which I've
been dying to get together for a comparison test, the Ducati Multistrada V4 is like Akshay
Kumar, you know, tried, tested, does its own stunts and is just getting better with age
and on the other hand, you have Tiger Shroff, the young upstart, the new Action Jackson,
trying to make his name as the action star.
Congratulations!
You have officially lost it.
In that vein, can you spot our two new age cinematographers?
There's nobody here.
Well, there is, your Vivo X70 Pro, and this Vivo X70 Pro Plus, with a 48 megapixel camera
we can shoot Bollywood like films on the journey.
The Multistrada is one of the superstars of the adventure touring world.
In its new avatar, it ditches desmodromic valve system to make the bike smoother and
cooler as their cylinder deactivation for stop-start conditions and the split radiators
and ducts funnel air away too.
The Pan America is Harley's first adventure tourer, but it gets a lot right?
It is spacious, would be comfy even for Big B and you would need his long legs though
because it feels even taller than the Ducati.
I really wish Harley Davidson gave this a lower seat height in the form of their adaptive
ride module as standard.
I don't think I've ever said this before, but the Ducati doesn't feel hot in the city man.
Unfortunately I can't say that for the Pan Am.
The rear cylinder's sitting right below me and the header's as well very close to my leg,
the right hand side is definitely getting cooked.
I guess with these bikes, finally you want to be out on the open road.
Yeah, let's carry on.
The V4 GranTurismo has multiplied the Multistrada formula, there's more performance, more technology
and more ability, all of which makes it more of a player.
The new engine packs more cylinders, four of them, and there's more power, a 170, so
it blitzes open stretches and in true Ducati fashion this Multi S has lots of tech
like radar based aids.
The Harley can't relax because it is out to make a mark with an all new engine.
Yes, as you would expect of an Harley, it has only two cylinders which packs more than
the Ducati, more displacement and more torque, that too at lower revs.
But it isn't old school,
there are ride modes and electronic suspension on offer here.
You know what's surprising, Harley Davidson's made a certain kind of motorcycle, a certain
kind of engine but this, the Revolution Max, I think it suits its personality so very well.
It's not the most refined engine in the world, but that one word that I think speaks to it
very well is drama, lots of it.
I could see that, it's got a lot of grunt the way you were using it, but it feels like
it's kind of angry, right? Yeah. What about the Multi?
Yeah, the Multi, that's an interesting change that's happened here with this generation because
it's got more cylinders, more power, but torque has actually gone down, I think it's better
for it because now it just behaves in a more mature manner, I would, I wouldn't call it
serene, but it is calmer at times when you want to just soak in the sights.
I mean, at no point should you make a mistake and think that this is slow or lazy, this
new design for the fairing is the other thing that has hit home because you sit behind it,
and you don't feel the wind blast, you don't hear anything, it's just so nice and calm
there as well and it's so easy to adjust.
Then I tried doing that on the Pan Am.
It's a bit of a wrestle, isn't it?
It is a bit of a wrestle for sure.
I was asking you to lead because I've got adaptive cruise control, there's blind spot
detection, so I know it's a lot of technology that people don't necessarily want on their
motorcycles, but it just does feel a little bit more helpful and you get used to it pretty quickly.
Yeah, before you claim all the accolades, where are we heading next?
I know a road down here which is really good
and we can have a lot of fun over there with these bikes.
You mean corners, right?
Did I say that?
The Multistrada is honed for agility, its wheelbase is shorter, the bars are wider and
a counter rotating crank sharpens its manners further and all of it sits in a monocoque chassis.
The result is an experience that would make Mr. Kumar's best action sequence seem a bit
slow and lazy.
Mr. Kumar would have thought that he would just fly into the distance but Tiger Shroff
is fierce.
Harley uses the engine as a stressed member to cut back on weight.
That was fun!
Mr. New kid on the block, please do tell what that was like.
I'm pleasantly surprised, apart from the weight of the motorcycle, with steering it becomes
a little difficult, but it's not as bad as you would expect from a 250 kilo class motorcycle,
it's still handles really well.
It's got a long wheelbase, it's a big, bulky motorcycle right, but that really adds to
how stable the motorcycle is even in the corner, and even on the highway.
But the one thing that I felt was a little amiss it's going to be the suspension.
I know it's electronic suspension, I know Harley's made an attempt at electronic suspension,
we compare it to what that has, that's got years of experience, this feels more like a
first-gen attempt.
I think the one thing that really hits home with the Multi V4 now is just how everything
works together, the suspension really just changes the attitude of the motorcycle, it's
feeling lighter to steer.
When you're in the sport mode, and then you can see all that anger, all the redness that
you expect from a Ducati just pouring out.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, you've made me go around corners, but we are here for some
adventure, right? You want to do some real adventure?
If you insist.
Yeah, and do you want to get some friends along?
Oh, yeah, our cinematographers, that's got gimbal stabilisation and it'd be superb.
These big heavy and powerful motorcycles are happier on fast, rough roads
than slow technical trails.
To test them, we chose something in between.
The Pan America with a 175mm of ground clearance and a longer wheelbase is a bit outgunned.
But Mr. Shroff has a few tricks, like a solid bash plate, straight pulled spoke rims and
suspension that has hard and soft settings.
Incredibly, the Multistrada's new V4 engine is lighter and more compact than the L-twin
before it.
It has also allowed the wheelbase to shrink, part with its alloy wheels you don't want
to go hunting for rocky trails.
Coming out of off-road sections...unscathed...and the motorcycle's safe is hugely satisfying,
actually, that also reminds me of the Pro Plus because it's stabilisation worked so
well, the videos that we've got, smooth.
How was Tiger in the wild?
The chassis is very communicative, and when you pair it with the grunt of the engine of
the Pan Am, I think it's a very good, very good fix.
But...there's the but, it is a heavy motorcycle to manage, yeah to manage, especially at low
speeds when you're taking tight turns.
You want the suspension even when you're going off road, you want it to soak up quite a bit
and it still feels a little... not as compliant as you would want.
To reduce weight they've gotten plastics and the quality of plastics could have been a
whole lot better.
Tiger Shroff's carrying a really heavy name, the brand's established but the product will
take a while to get better and that's the Pan Am.
How was Akshay Kumar?
Well, that was of course meant to be a joke, but it's incredible, how well it's fitting
the Multistrada because it is clearly getting better with age and that holds true even off-road
because the new engine gives you power in a manner that is just more manageable, I'm
not saying any of these bikes is a piece of cake to ride off-road, I think the Multi V4
has become a really well rounded, even better, more accomplished, more sophisticated motorcycle,
one that makes its higher price tag just feel like the premium for a premium motorcycle,
but no conversation about top action stars is complete without Sallu.
Sallu?
The GS.
The off-road king, but that's a story for another day, for now, let's take a look at
what your cinematographers have captured today.
Your boot's are also supposed to be waterproof, why don't you test those out as well?
Unfortunately, they aren't IP68 rated but this phone is.