Personally, I'd take this and a few mods. For the extra cost, I can buy carbon wheels which are lighter than the forged ones, and other than that, almost everything else is just things like carbon parts and a front mud guard.
I have this on order. Still torn between a used 950 SP or this one. I test rode a standard HyperMotard 950 and 950 SP and the SP does feel a bit different and rides better IMHO! The SP with this paint job would have been sick!!
I’d definitely pay for the paint job although I don’t particularly like the half & half wheels, would prefer either all red or all black (but they wouldn’t put me off the RVE)
Love this bike and in standard format for me as think it looks more classy. You need to be a damn good rider to own one of these in my opinion, as not the sort of bike you can half ride. Dare 2 dream😉
LloydGrace1 so agreed. I have a ktm 950 and a friend of mine has the 939 hypermotard. You just can’t help yourself just giving max throttle and the feeling you need to hold on tight is amazing 😄
It would have been a better review if you had actually ridden the moto you are reviewing. This is a more like a polished brochure review. Ride the bike damn it.
Exactly my friend. If I talk too strongly that guy on the other channel will ban me as in the army guy. Anyway I traded my 2019 Triumph for the 2021-22 T120 Matt Black / Graphite gold line series. Yes you are correct, a classical vintage per se. Does not handle like yours I have to admit that. Often I comment on the classical bike channels. Merry Xmas & a happy new year to you Kanwan. Auckland NZ
Trouble with these is the small tank. A 950 is going to gobble up fuel at a huge rate. Considering this is an ideal machine for town and suburbs you'd be in the petrol station every other day if used for commuting so a bigger tank and an engine no bigger than 800 would be more usable, I mean 950...thats alot of engine when in the real world you'd never use half that power. Don't get me wrong, it's fabulous, what a tool.. But I'd like to use more power of as lesser C. C. engine and give me as tank with a couple of ltrs more.
I like it, especially the red accent on the wheels, but I think it will start to look dated pretty quickly. Wouldn’t be my choice but fun to see nonetheless. Might see if I can score a set of those red wheel decals for my SP however. Nice review!
I like the bike its different but I have always loved the hypers I have the 1100s and its a blast. I duno about those half painted wheels doesnt do much for me all black would go better personally i think. But about time on the rest of the paint ducati!
Cool and all, but its a sport bike with motard styling. It be nice if they actually created a true supermoto rather than adding lipstick to the last one. These bikes are 95% sport bikes.
H701, K690 if you want big, S400 if you want fun. Ducati are nowhere off-road (Sled maybe - but not really) - this is not supposed to be a SM - more a tall, hooligan naked for moto-silliness.
I don't know how old you are but I'm 57 and ride an 2009 1100 hypermotard everyday on my commute from Santa Cruz to San Jose in Cali. If you are familiar with Hwy 17 then you know it's the perfect commute bike for this road. Yes I ride like I'm late for work everyday but I can't help it the bike was made for that.
I recently test rode the Hyper and I was let down. Not because it's a bad bike, it isn't, I was just expecting it to feel like a big supermoto, but instead it felt like just another naked bike. If you want supermoto handling and lightness, you should but an actual supermoto, not this bike...
It's for fun - they call it a "hooligan" bike. The idea is you wheelie everywhere, carve-up corners, do stoppies and make a general nuisance of yourself. It's not a commuter or tourer - it for straight-up fun. You can take them to a track but the RR's will kill you because of suspension and set-up - but that's not the point.
Can ANYONE please explain to me WHY Ducati call 1000cc (or in this area) a “mid class” bike? Litre bikes was always considered Litre bikes and 600cc to 850cc mid class???
This "litre bike" term is a Japanese hype word came from the gentleman agreement between Japanese bike makers. since the japanese bike makers don't like competition, they decided together that their most powerful biker are 1000cc inline4 that's why their bikes are almost identical. Ducati and the rest of European and American bike makers followed their own philosophy. This 950 twin is more powerful than similar CCed japanese Twin.
All good answers guys... but we’re in the 20’s now, not the 70’s or 80’s (so even putting “legacy” aside) Ducati need to fall back in line with current standards and terms! OR maybe they don’t!? 😆
No it ain't. The KTM has reliability issues like most KTM's. And this looks so much better with a superior fit and finish and build quality. 950 makes more low down torque.
