One could be forgiven for rolling their eyes at another ultra desirable, rare, and insanely fast motorcycle coming from Ducati. Those that are close to the motorcycle industry know there is no shortage of dream worthy machines coming out of Italy. But that should not diminish the raw performance, engineering excellence and marketing genius that goes into each and every one of these offerings.
For decades the cream of the crop from Ducati wore the R badge. The “racing” logo was meant to signify that this bike was to homologate the race versions. Not to be only confined to selling machines to people that wanted as close to a world superbike experience as possible, Ducati started the SP line of Panigale V4. It was a no holds bar performance machine. Lighter, more powerful and a larger displacement than what would be allowed to race. The better part of 230hp, carbon wheels, dry clutch and the best braking parts available mean this is sure to excite.
From The Seller’s eBay Listing:
The Panigale V4 SP2 is the top-of-the-range model for Ducati super sports bikes: a special, exciting version for track riding, even more intuitive and less strenuous for riders of all levels.The Panigale V4 SP2 is characterized by the special “Winter Test” livery, in which the matt black of the fairings is combined with the matt carbon finish of the rims and wings, contrasting with the bright red accents and the brilliance of the exposed brushed aluminum tank. 1,103 cc Desmosedici Stradale of MotoGP origin, carbon fibre rims, Brembo Stylema R® brake calipers, MCS radial master cylinder, dry clutch, 520 chain, billet footpegs and a specific kit for track use: the “SP” technical specifications push to the maximum the racing characteristics of the Panigale V4 and accompany all the improvements made on the latest version.
Listing is devoid of any details and leave buyers to wonder a lot of things. Odd that they make no mention of the massively expensive exhaust that has been added. Pricing will be interesting to follow. These come to dealers with an MSRP of $37,000. There were some that were trying charge “market adjustments”, but the market has moved on from that. These have a numbered triple clamp, but it is unclear if these were actually a limited production for Ducati.
On one hand the idea of $40,000 for a motorcycle will knock some people’s socks off. But that is only the price of the average new car in the USA, and this is anything but average in the motorcycle world.
