12 PERFORMANCEBIKES.CO.UK| MARCH 2018XXX-rated Diavel
MotoCorsegivethe150bhpposetooltrueDucatisportingabilityandahornymakeover
‘Traditional Ducati
soundtrackisaddedbyanSTM dry slipper clutch’
HE STYLE AND POWER
of the Ducati X-Diavel
appeal to us. The handling
andridingposition,notso
much.Evidently,PBisn’talonein
expecting a Ducati to maintain some
semblanceofcorneringdynamism,
even if it is a cruiser. Japanese tuning
houseMotoCorsehavetakenstepsto
solvethatissuebycreatingtheDXC
–takingthestrongfundamentals,
addressing the limitations and
throwing some performance goodies
at it for good measure.
Thekeymodificationsthatmake
the DXC more than an L-twin fashion
statementaretotheridingposition.It’s going to cost
you, but you might
stand a chance of
hitting an apex...Newly fabricated frame/
swingarm pivot plates
accomnodate
proper rearsets.Hardly sexy next to the running gear
(whichwe’llcometo),butasstandard
thelowseat,forwardpegsandhigh
handlebars put you in about the worst
position possible to get it round a
corner, and any effort you do put in
will be wasted when you smash the
footpeg into the floor anyway.
So, a thicker, diamond-quilted
leatherseatshiftstheriderupabove
tanklevelby100mm(to855mm)with
amorecommandingstanceovera
lower set of handlebars. The cruiser-
spec footpegs have been tossed in the
metal recycling skip, and a new set of
frame/swingarm pivot plates have
been designed to accept a normalrearset-type footpeg. The result is a
riding position closer to that of a
Ducati Monster, and much better
suited to getting round a corner. Or
just hanging on as you exploit all of
its 150bhp...
Performance (as well as the ability
to control it) has been improved, too.
A set of 48mm Öhlins Road and TrackT