Most adventure-touring motorcycles are sold twice: once as a motorcycle, and again as an accessories order.
The Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour is Ducati's answer to that, and the pricing is the argument. Ducati lists it at $30,995, with 170 hp, 91 lb-ft of torque and a wet weight of 529 lb without fuel. A Multistrada V4 S in Ducati Red is $29,995. In Thrilling Black or Arctic White it is $30,595. So the Grand Tour's touring equipment — side cases, heated grips and a heated seat, by Ducati's own description — costs between $400 and $1,000 depending on which S you were comparing against.
If you have ever priced a set of OEM hard luggage for anything, you already know how that math ends.
What Ducati actually calls out
Ducati describes the Grand Tour as built for long-distance travel, with integrated touring equipment, side cases, heated grips and a heated seat, and attention to both rider and passenger comfort, around the V4 Granturismo engine.
Two words in that list are doing more work than they appear to. The first is integrated. Factory-designed luggage that was engineered with the bike's subframe, bodywork and mounting points is a different object than a bolt-on system. It affects how the bike handles when loaded, where the mounts put stress into the frame, and whether the cases line up with the tail when you look at the bike in a parking lot. The second is passenger. Ducati specifies rider and passenger comfort here, which is a signal about who this variant was drawn for. A Grand Tour is a two-up motorcycle that works fine solo, not a solo motorcycle that tolerates a passenger.
A heated seat, specifically, is the item nobody puts on their own accessories list and everybody is grateful for in the Columbia River Gorge in October.
Weight is the honest cost
At 529 lb wet without fuel, the Grand Tour is 17.6 lb heavier than a V4 S and 24 lb heavier than a standard V4. Ducati publishes the family this way:
- Multistrada V4 — 505 lb
- Multistrada V4 S — 511.4 lb
- Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour — 529 lb
- Multistrada V4 Rally — 529 lb
- Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak — 500 lb
The Grand Tour ties the Rally as the heaviest V4 Multistrada Ducati builds. It is worth knowing in advance, because weight on an adventure bike shows up in exactly three places — low-speed maneuvering, picking it up, and loading it onto a trailer — and none of those are on a test ride.
What offsets it is that the mass is equipment you were going to carry anyway.
The engine, and why it suits this role best
The Grand Tour uses the 1158 cc V4 Granturismo at 170 hp, and its design brief lines up with this role more neatly than with any other variant.
Start with the gearing: Ducati runs a short first gear for low-speed control and a long sixth for highway cruising. On a loaded two-up touring bike, both ends of that spread get used in the same day — first gear maneuvering a fully packed bike around a motel parking lot, sixth gear for the 300 miles that follow.
Then cylinder deactivation. Ducati shuts the rear bank down at low speed as well as at a standstill. Fuel economy is a comfort feature on a touring motorcycle.
The counter-rotating crankshaft, which Ducati credits to its MotoGP experience, works against the gyroscopic effect of the wheels to sharpen handling and riding precision. Of the whole V4 family, the heaviest variants have the most to gain from it.
Maintenance is touring-appropriate: Ducati publishes a valve clearance check at 37,000 miles.
Chassis and lighting
The Grand Tour is built on the V4 S platform, with an aluminum double-sided swingarm whose pivot position Ducati says helps reduce rear-end squat under acceleration.
Ducati adds front and rear LED fog lights to heighten visibility in more challenging riding conditions. On a bike you will genuinely ride after dark, on unfamiliar roads, with a passenger behind you, those are among the more valuable items on the spec sheet.
Pricing
| Version | MSRP |
|---|---|
| Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour | $30,995 |
Destination charge is $1,295. MSRP excludes options, taxes, title, registration, destination charge, processing and handling fees, dealer charges and potential tariffs. The dealer sets the actual selling price.
For context against the rest of the family as Ducati lists it: V4 at $19,995, V4 S from $29,995, V4 Rally from $31,995, V4 Pikes Peak at $33,995, V4 RS from $39,995.
Who this bike is for
This is the variant for the rider whose mileage is mostly on pavement, often with a passenger, usually with luggage, and frequently in weather they did not choose. If your riding year includes a week-long trip, a few hundred-mile days and a partner on the back, the Grand Tour is the V4 Multistrada designed around that life rather than adapted to it.
It is the wrong bike in two clear cases. If your trips end where the pavement does — long gravel approaches, remote fuel stops, surfaces that require real suspension travel — the Rally exists for that and the Grand Tour's touring bias will work against you. And if you ride solo, unloaded, fast, on good roads, you are carrying 29 lb more than a Pikes Peak, which was built for the way you ride.
For everyone else who was going to buy a V4 S and then spend the next six months ordering parts for it: this is the same destination, delivered finished.
See it at MotoCorsa
Ask MotoCorsa Ducati in Portland to walk you through the Grand Tour and the V4 S so you can see exactly what the $1,000 buys. Browse our current Ducati inventory to check availability, or contact us to schedule a test ride — bring your passenger, because this is a bike that should be evaluated two-up.
Specifications and pricing sourced from ducati.com and are subject to change. Contact MotoCorsa for current availability and out-the-door pricing.