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Today i was lucky enough to have a close look at this beast, 234 hp for 152 kilos ...... there, i said it , nothing more to say ? A Ducati Panigale looks nice from any angle, okay those wings might be a bit over the top but they do make a huge difference ...  

Difficult to think how they will make a better one.

... they always do ... well better in terms of hard numbers, maybe not in terms of fun.

But not the whole story. Numbers are fascinating, but you can’t explain fun in numbers

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.... an extra 205 GTI

I believe those wings are necessary for safety

... at very high speeds 😁.

Damn gorgeous bike

I'd feel lucky to be alive after riding a 180 kilo bike with 234hp. Maybe for world superbike track competition, but it's probably tough to enjoy it at road speeds. I'll take an air-cooled Moto Guzzi for the road. Best, Tim

After having done a few 100 km with the standard 174 kilo and 214 hp Panigale V4 i can only guess how much easier this Superleggera must be to ride on the road. You can enjoy ‘low’ speeds on this bike but the problem is that you can very easily enjoy extr...  

.... back in 1995 ish i was riding my CBR 600 at 240 kph next to my friend on his Kawasaki and just for the fun of it i was waving at him while overtaking 🤪. This is a iphone shot from an imac screen showing a head cam movie on the autobahn(hmmm hmmmm😜) i... 

In Gelgium, that’s between Nrance and The Fretherlands.

A true beast imho . With that power to weight ratio (and price tag)its almost scary to drive i guess . Thanks for sharing

Anyway, mere mortals, even good riders won’t be able to use 50% of its potential.

My V4S is already plenty fast so this must be insane. Can’t imagine taking something of that value and rarity to the track and these are way too much for the road. The wings don’t generate downforce until you are well into triple digits. Personally I don’... 

Once you get used (😂) to the ‘normal’ V4 you probably won’t yave any difficulties with this one. Like you say, maybe 50 will be ridden from time to time, maybe 100/200 will be ridden once a year and a handfull will be used on a regular base. Another deale... 

This is an amazing feat of engineering.

I think the year after there were some regulations concerning size because it would probably get out of hand 😂.

It probably is as close to a MotoGP as you can get, along with the Aprillia RSV4. But back in 2007/2008 the Desmoseidici was pretty much a real MotoGP bike, be it with a detuned engine to last longer and some less exotic (expensive) materials where possib...