Rumors

Perhaps the longest tooth in Bologna’s motorcycle lineup, the Ducati Hypermotard 939 is set to get a sizable update for the 2019 model year, spy phots have revealed. Taking a page from the original Hypermotard 1100 model by Pierre Terblanche, the 2019 Ducati Hypermotard gets a steel trellis subframe, along with an underseat exhaust system with dual cans. The rest of the Hypermotard looks largely unchanged for the upcoming model year, though we can hope for a substantial electronics package revision. This is because the Ducati Hypermotard would benefit greatly from a color TFT dash, a better ride-by-wire setup, and an IMU-powered traction control and braking, which could include the new rear-slide control feature that is found on the Ducati Panigale V4 superbike.