2021 MotoGP and WSBK Experience

DucatiTerminator said:

If I heard correctly, 200 of the 500 V4SL owners for the SBK experience, only 30 are eligible for the MotoGP experience.

The pages are a little hard to find:

Superbike Experience | Superleggera V4

Ducati and Ducati Corse offer all owners of the Superleggera V4 the chance to ride the most powerful production-derived bikes, starting with the brand new Panigale V4 then moving on to Superleggera V4 and ending the day on the Panigale V4 R of the SBK championship.

www.ducati.com

Superleggera V4 - MotoGp Experience

The most amazing experience a rider could ever dream of, reserved only for 30 owners of the Superleggera V4.

www.ducati.com

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There were medical check ups & fitness tests as second filter past 'own an SL.' After there were coaching sessions with racers then the SL ride on track, then the WSBK ride on track.
If you got through that there was the MotoGP ride on track. Makes a lot of sense actually.
Same day I rode the DRE's '22 Panigale V4S on track at Misano after signing a 3 page doc agreeing to pay €500. max if binning it into the walls. Half the doc was EU legal privacy blah releasing images for marketing.
No test, not a lot of questions. A little marketing moment and get on the bike. I could not believe it. I can't even imagine this scene happening in the US. The DRE instructors would go as fast as you pushed them. They had mirrors and if you got close they'd speed up, way up even.
They did the same with the GP experience. All that made it easy as I'd never ridden Misano before. Super fun day.
Imagine the lines you'd take on the GP bike. Seems like they did a great job figuring out how to get a regular schmo with half a clue on some extra-pro bikes.
Promotion ya. Brilliant. This is like, hey kids, like coka-cola? Try cocaine! Like cocaine? We got crack!
This is way above & beyond promotion.

And then they sold this fabulous row of very slightly used SBKs the very next day. Yes they are good at what they do.

Vbreeze said:

There were medical check ups & fitness tests as second filter past 'own an SL.' After there were coaching sessions with racers then the SL ride on track, then the WSBK ride on track.
If you got through that there was the MotoGP ride on track. Makes a lot of sense actually.
Same day I rode the DRE's '22 Panigale V4S on track at Misano after signing a 3 page doc agreeing to pay €500. max if binning it into the walls. Half the doc was EU legal privacy blah releasing images for marketing.
No test, not a lot of questions. A little marketing moment and get on the bike. I could not believe it. I can't even imagine this scene happening in the US. The DRE instructors would go as fast as you pushed them. They had mirrors and if you got close they'd speed up, way up even.
They did the same with the GP experience. All that made it easy as I'd never ridden Misano before. Super fun day.
Imagine the lines you'd take on the GP bike. Seems like they did a great job figuring out how to get a regular schmo with half a clue on some extra-pro bikes.
Promotion ya. Brilliant. This is like, hey kids, like coka-cola? Try cocaine! Like cocaine? We got crack!
This is way above & beyond promotion.

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Were you there July 19 & 20?

Dario is longtime friend, and we were able to catch up a little. They are working to bring DRE to the USA in the near future, with CotA being considered.

DucatiTerminator said:

Were you there July 19 & 20?

Dario is longtime friend, and we were able to catch up a little. They are working to bring DRE to the USA in the near future, with CotA being considered.

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At Misano? Yes, I was there until the 24th. I think I saw you were there too? Too bad we didn't connect.
The DRE team was top. That would be really cool.
I can't imagine they won't go to Laguna as well. Usually, 25% of all Ducati sales outside the EU go to the Bay Area.

Vbreeze said:

At Misano? Yes, I was there until the 24th. I think I saw you were there too? Too bad we didn't connect.
The DRE team was top. That would be really cool.
I can't imagine they won't go to Laguna as well. Usually, 25% of all Ducati sales outside the EU go to the Bay Area.

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Next time, for sure! I was there with my eldest son until the 24th as well.

I'm sure Laguna would be on the table as well, considering the proximity to DNA, They have been running DRC (Ducati Revs California - an elevated trackday essentially) there for the past couple of years the day after the MotoAmerica round, but a DRE format would be amazing!

Who were your instructors? I had Cavalieri for SBK and Zanetti for MotoGP. Sandi led me for Rinaldi's bike and Pirro led me for his bike. Karel Abraham (another longtime friend) gave me pointers over the two days, not that it helped my slow ... much, lol.

DucatiTerminator said:

… Who were your instructors? I had Cavalieri for SBK and Zanetti for MotoGP. Sandi led me for Rinaldi's bike and Pirro led me for his bike. Karel Abraham (another longtime friend) gave me pointers over the two days, not that it helped my slow ... much, lol.

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What?? Wow

Have you ever had a moment when you get it all wrong, but the bike makes everything right regardless? (Sorry, respost -- screwed up and previously posted in wrong thread).