2023 V4R info to keep in mind

RickD996 said:

Tbf, I think the Italians probably already had lattes by then...

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roadracerx said:

So......I just rode a 2023 V4R with full Akrapovic exhaust back-to-back-to-back with my 2019 V4R. I have to say I can't tell much difference in the handling, no difference in the tank or the seat and the new bike is runs hotter due to the exhaust running up the side!

My V4R soaks up the bumps better (tweaked stock suspension) but I set it up so....

The quick shifter on the new bike is a tiny bit better and I mean tiny.

The clutch makes WAY less noise and mine has new plates so apples-to-apples here.

The new "fan strategy" just means it comes on sooner.

I felt a small change in the smoothness of the traction control and the dash has a better info-graphic although I am barely looking at it when I ride quickly.

I am having trouble rationalizing the purchase of a new V4R that will cost me the better part of 60K which of course means I sell my V4R, which only has a thousand miles on it for 37K meaning it will cost me around 23K and about 40 hours of my time to prep the new and old bikes.

I am torn.

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Fry said:

I want to share a truly incredible story. This past '22-'23 CVMA season, a new amateur class rider showed up on a 2019 Ducati V4R. This was his very first track bike and his first racing season, but, nevertheless, he had (absurd) ambitions to rapidly improve, move to expert class, and do some MotoAmerica races within a year! Okay, cool, good luck with that. Well, he got taken out in his first ever race but was back for the next round with a plate in his collar bone and other stuff still not healed, and the most patched together bike self-repair job you have ever seen. From there, he rapidly improved, turned expert for Rd 7, and got some expert points thereafter from other orgs. And this past weekend, he did his first MotoAmerica round at Brainerd, and got a 12th and 11th place in stock 1000 class, on this same 2019 V4R that has been crashed and repaired no less than 4 times, and I can guarantee that his geometry and setup is far from optimal, haha. Dominik Gajda, #921.

The point is, anything is possible if you follow your heart and don't listen to naysayers and critics. It is okay to be driven and exceptional. Its okay to race and repair a Ducati V4R. If you want a V4R, get one, push it hard, and have fun. I ride a 2019 V4 base model, which I think is an awesome bike and a great value, but the 1103 engine limits me to "formula" classes. I am thinking now that my next race bike will be a V4R, to keep my class options open, and I also think it will be wild to have so many revs on tap.

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Rickyp64 said:

Has anyone noticed that the U.S. 2023 V4R has a 6th gear restriction. Its limited to 15,500 in 6th gear?

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Somefun said:

No track big enough to find out in the US.

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Rickyp64 said:

Has anyone noticed that the U.S. 2023 V4R has a 6th gear restriction. Its limited to 15,500 in 6th gear?

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Steven31371 said:

That for marketing to Ducati fanboys…higher listed top speed for YouTube and Insta reels…no real world or track application.

One of the tracks I go to is similar to Phillips Island in layout with long high speed sweepers and long straights. There’s nowhere you are peaking out the rev limiter in 6th gear.

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