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It’s only expensive if you can’t afford it

I’m writing this in mid-January at the point where many of us are struggling with cashflow, thanks to the wallet-stretching excesses of the festive period, and the long, long wait between paydays that’s brought on by that self-same holiday. Consequently, I find it ironic that Ducati chose this point of the year to be launching a limited-edition version of its muscle bike, the Diavel. Now, the basic (i.e., not really very basic) version of the V4 Diavel isn’t a cheap bike, at twenty-three-and-a-half grand, but then that’s hardly surprising given that the manufacturer is something of a

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