Ducati’s $16,995 Diavel Cruiser Leaves Harley’s V-Rod on Corner

The biking world can be set in its ways, and cruisers like Harley-Davidson’s V-Rod are meant to be big, heavy, powerful and loud. They’re wrapped in black and chrome and nowadays are normally ridden by bankers over 45.

Plonk one on the U.S. east coast, drive it in a straight line to California, rotate it, then drive it back. It’ll go fast, make noise and chug happily along all day. Just don’t expect it to steer much better than an oil tanker.