2027 Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak: New Centenary Livery, Same Weapon
Ducati is 100 years old, and the 2027 Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak wears the party dress: a new livery pulled straight from the company's Centenary MotoGP and Superbike racers. The bike underneath is the familiar, excellent problem it's always been.
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Ducati unveiled the 2027 Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak this month, and the headline is honest paint: an exclusive new livery inspired by the official Ducatis racing in the company's Centenary year, with black spoked wheels completing the race-replica look. RideApart's take was blunt and correct — it gets nothing but new paint, and that's fine. When the underlying bike is already the sportiest expression of the world's most overachieving adventure tourer, you don't fix what isn't broken. You dress it in its birthday best.
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The Centenary Livery
The new graphics pull directly from Ducati's 2026 Grand Prix and Superbike machines — the red-and-race-number language of the Panigale-based racers, translated to the Multistrada's ADV silhouette. It's a deliberately loud choice on a deliberately fast tourer, and paired with the black spoked wheels it makes the Pikes Peak unmistakable in the mirror. Ducati calls it an expression of racing DNA right from the first glance, and for once the press-release language is accurate. Livery is not engineering, but on a bike whose owners buy with their hearts as much as their heads, it's not nothing either.
The Bike Underneath
The package you're actually paying for carries over unchanged, and it's a good one. The V4 Granturismo engine makes 170 hp and 125 Nm (92 lb-ft) of torque with the limiter set at 11,500 rpm — a genuinely exotic engine for a bike with luggage mounts. The formula that defines the Pikes Peak stays: a 17-inch front wheel (the sport-touring spec, versus the 19-inch of the standard Multistrada), single-sided swingarm, dedicated chassis and electronics settings tuned for sports riding, and a 227 kg (502 lb) wet weight that's light for what it is. The 6.5-inch TFT carries an updated interface. In the Canadian Ducati lineup the Pikes Peak sits as the sportiest Multistrada below the new V4 RS, with standard V4s starting around $22,995 CAD — though 2027 Pikes Peak Canadian pricing was not published at time of writing. US dealer listings show $33,995 USD MSRP plus freight and setup.
Who the Pikes Peak Is For
Here's the honest test: the Pikes Peak is an adventure tourer for someone who mostly doesn't do adventure. The 17-inch front wheel and sport chassis trade gravel-road confidence for corner speed, and Ducati's own positioning makes no secret of it — this is the Multistrada for riders who look at a mountain road and see apexes. If your touring is 90% pavement with the occasional construction detour, it's the best-handling way to cross a continent quickly. If your riding genuinely involves forest service roads, the standard V4 or the Rally is the smarter buy. And if you're a Ducati collector or Centenary-year sentimentalists — well, this is your bike, and Ducati knows it.
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Where It Sits in the 2027 Multistrada Lineup
From Ducati's Canadian site, the 2027 Multistrada range is a clear ladder. The standard V4 opens at $22,995 CAD with the same 170 hp Granturismo and 229 kg (505 lb) wet weight; the V4 S starts at $31,995 CAD adding semi-active suspension and the electronic suite that makes touring civilized. The V4 Rally, from $34,995 CAD, takes the 19-inch wheel, bigger tank and protection package off-road. The Pikes Peak sits in the sportiest corner of that ladder — the same price bracket as the Rally, spent on pavement performance instead of gravel range. Above everything, the new V4 RS at $43,995 CAD is the track-adjacent halo: 180 hp, 225 kg (496 lb), and a price that answers the "who needs this" question by not asking it. In other words, the Centenary-year Pikes Peak is the second-sportiest Multistrada you can buy — and the one that makes sense if your adventure touring never actually meets dirt. It's a niche inside a niche, and Ducati sells every one it builds.