Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono 2025
Ducati crashes the supermoto party with the world's angriest single.
55.0/ 100
Scored within supermoto, methodology here
€12,990
list price
- power
- 77.5 hp
- wet weight
- 161 kg
- tank range
- 250 km
The short version
The Hypermotard 698 Mono brings the highest-revving production single ever made, Brembo monoblocs and an electronics package with a dedicated slide-by-brake mode. It out-guns the Austrians on power and sophistication, and out-prices them too.
Where it wins
- 77.5 hp single that revs past 10,000 rpm
- Brembo monobloc calipers on a 330 mm disc
- Slide control and wheelie control tuned for supermoto hooliganism
Where it loses
- Most expensive way into the class
- 904 mm seat is the tallest here
- LCD dash on a 13,000 EUR Ducati is cheeky
Score breakdown
Engine and performance
16.3 / 25Handling and chassis
12.5 / 20Value
8.2 / 20Practicality
3.6 / 15Technology
6.3 / 10Reliability and ownership
8.1 / 10The full review
The angriest single ever built
The Superquadro Mono is what happens when Ducati halves its Panigale V-twin and declines to apologise, and the press coverage reads like love letters with data attached. Testers call it incredibly refined for a single, cruising at motorway pace using barely half its revs with a whole top half of the tachometer left to play with, which no other one-cylinder engine on sale can claim.
Multiple outlets independently reached the same conclusion: this is one of the most agile and exciting motorcycles you can currently buy, full stop, not per euro or per cylinder. When that sentence appears in sober publications more than once, I pay attention.
Supermoto electronics done properly
Ducati fitted the full sports arsenal: cornering ABS with a slide-by-brake mode that holds a rear drift into corners, wheelie control with adjustable ambition, traction control and ride modes. Reviewers who tried the slide mode on track confirmed it does what the brochure promises, which in this territory is rarer than it should be. No supermoto has ever shipped with software this good.
The hardware backs it up. Fully adjustable Marzocchi forks and a Sachs shock handle the travel, and Brembo monobloc calipers bite the largest and best brake in the class. Testers describe direction changes off the lightest nudge of the wide bars.
What 12,990 EUR buys, and what it does not
It does not buy a TFT: the 698 makes do with an LCD dash, which at this price is Ducati testing how much love can forgive. The 904 mm seat is the tallest in the class, and the press labels the whole package a short-range fast-attack vehicle, wind protection and touring range having been left at the factory on purpose.
Service intervals of 15,000 km with valve checks at 30,000 are genuinely generous for a desmo engine and soften the ownership maths. Against the KTM 690 SMC R it brings more power, a bigger brake and sharper software for about 500 EUR extra. On hardware the argument is closed; the seat height and that dash are what the KTM buyer gets to cite.
Full specs
| Engine | |
|---|---|
| Engine | Superquadro Mono single, liquid cooled, desmodromic |
| Displacement | 659 cc |
| Power | 77.5 hp at 9,750 rpm |
| Torque | 63 Nm at 8,000 rpm |
| Power to weight | 0.48 hp/kg |
| Chassis | |
| Wet weight | 161 kg |
| Front suspension | Marzocchi 45 mm inverted, 215 mm |
| Front adjustability | Fully adjustable |
| Rear suspension | Sachs monoshock, 240 mm |
| Rear adjustability | Fully adjustable |
| Front brake | 330 mm, monobloc 4-piston |
| ABS | Cornering ABS |
| Dimensions | |
| Seat height | 904 mm |
| Wheelbase | 1443 mm |
| Fuel capacity | 12 L |
| Claimed consumption | 4.8 L/100 km |
| Fuel range | 250 km |
| Ownership | |
| Price | €12,990 |
| Service interval | 15,000 km |
| Valve check | 30,000 km |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Equipment | |
| Dash | LCD |
| Ride modes | Yes |
| Traction control | Yes |
| Quickshifter | Optional |
| Cruise control | Not available |
| Connectivity | No |
Compare the Hypermotard 698 Mono
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Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono vs KTM 690 SMC R
77.5 hp vs 75 hp / 161 kg vs 156 kg
Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono vs KTM 390 SMC R
77.5 hp vs 45 hp / 161 kg vs 161 kg
Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono vs Suzuki DR-Z4SM
77.5 hp vs 38 hp / 161 kg vs 154 kg
Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono vs KTM 125 SMC R
77.5 hp vs 15 hp / 161 kg vs 152 kg
Frequently asked
- Is the Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono A2 licence legal?
- Not as delivered: 77.5 hp is 57 kW against the 35 kW A2 limit. Because it stays under 70 kW, dealers can supply it restricted to 35 kW for A2 licence holders, and the full power returns with a dealer derestriction once you upgrade.
- How fast is the Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono?
- Our power-to-weight model estimates 0 to 100 km/h in about 3.2 seconds, from 77.5 hp moving 161 kg wet. That is an estimate for comparison, not a measured time, and it is labelled that way everywhere on this site.
- What is the fuel range of the Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono?
- About 250 km on paper: a 12 litre tank against a claimed 4.8 L/100 km. Ride it with enthusiasm and the maths gets worse, never better.
- How tall is the seat on the Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono?
- The Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono seat sits at 904 mm, which is properly tall, and it filters buyers at the first car park stop. At 161 kg wet, weight does the rest of the talking at a standstill.
- How much does the Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono cost?
- €12,990 list price in the EU market this site scores. It earns 8.2 of 20 value points on our formula, which weighs price against equipment and running costs.
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