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With race exhaust makes 234bhp and weighs 169kg giving power to weight of 1.42bhp per kg

these figures are getting insane.

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duke63 wrote:....weighs 169kg ...]

That's about the same weight as my little CBR400rr, which in turn is the about the same as my D675 that has over twice the bhp. ^ That ^ is almost doubled again.!!!

You've got to wonder where they're going to up-rate it with the Superleggera version. -Helium filled carbon fibre ?

The rumours are that it is a pure racebike with lights and wont be great to ride on the road.

the standard bike was insane enough.

When did Ducati stop bothering to make their sports bikes look sexy?

I like the look of this one.. it shouts function over form to me which I love for a performance machine.

duke63 wrote:The rumours are that it is a pure racebike with lights and wont be great to ride on the road.

the standard bike was insane enough.

Back to my earlier comparison.:
My Babyblade is a cracking little bike imho, plenty fast enough to go anywhere on the uk roads & show a clean set of heels to 99% of other vehicles if the mood takes me. Nonetheless it can be ridden reasonably pleasantly at "socially & legally acceptable" speeds.
My Daytona is frenetic screaming weapon, and an absolute gem to ride. She pulls you away at warp-speed with the smallest hint of encouragement, & her surging power delivery is addictive, just begging you to give her more. That coupled with scalpel sharp handling & a geometry that is based on the rider in the "racing tuck" make her a brilliant track tool imho.
However although I do ride the Triumph on the road, the experience generally just leaves me cold.: Unless you are riding like a lawless sociopath on high on cocaine, you're simply never coming near to using anything of her ability. It simply feels rather wasteful & unsatisfying. Also I do feel "somewhat conspicuous" as I filter through queues of commuting traffic at <30mph in a racing tuck.!

So fwiw I can fully relate to their "Won't be great" rumours.

It isn't meant to be a road bike though is it? It's purely a way for them to get an advantage in WSBK. Sod the people that buy it as a road bike - either they'll take it on track and have a great laugh or they will use it once a year and never take the bike over 3k miles

It'd be alright if it didn't have all that silver plastic bull$#!t on the tank.
Cheapens the look of it. Although I'll bet it doesn't cheapen the price.

I test rode the v4s with Akrapovic full system for 240 miles.

Was it too much? yes of course it was but then so is my wife's 2 litre diesel that will do 130 mph in a country with a max speed limit of 70mph.

Would I buy one? Yes most definitely it was by far the best 240 miles of motorcycling I have ever had the pleasure to enjoy and you don't have to be a riding god to enjoy the experience.

I agree with Cav though most of the R models will end up on track or by wealthy owners that give them limited use.

Am I the only one who really likes it?! When I was at MotoGP there were a couple in the bike park and I loved it. Yes a little plasticy on the side fairing but i dont think they can do much about it.

So bearing this in mind...who wants to hire an armature hit man. Never done it before but how hard can it be. I think £50k should be a good fee.....

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Not seen the R model close up but the other V4 bikes look better in the flesh than pictures imo.

Agreed. Pics don't do them justice in my opinion. But neither did the current Daytona 675. There was a lot of hate over that until peolle actually saw them and decided it wasn't as bad as they thought...I was one of those haters then I went to our local dealer and I realised it looled smashing!

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It looks really good in the flesh. Nice bike.

V4R test day in Jerez.

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Are you testing it???

I wish. Though maybe not if it’s raining.

Test rider Alex Vallia and Chaz Davies.

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