2025 Panigale New Owner Impression

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Motosagela

Motosagela

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Hey guys, brought the 2025 Panigale V4S home 3 nights ago. I was able to ride it yesterday to work and ride it after work in the canyons near my house in Los Angeles.

I have to tell you, after owning the 2019 Panigale and the 2021 Streetfighter, the bike is very good.

I felt like I was riding on rails and the breaking was stupidly good. Engine didn’t bog down and I wasn’t completely tired after riding the bike because the ergonomics are better. And a quick shift or problems that the 2019 and the 2021 had are gone. It’s not as good as the BMW quick shifter for the S and M bikes, but still a huge improvement

If you guys are familiar with Angela’s crest Highway, it’s a fun road, but the road can be rough at times, but it didn’t bother me as I was riding up there.

I’m still in the breaking in period , but it’s fantastic so far.
 

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Can you please elaborate on the ergonomics. When I sat on it at the dealership, it felt like both the tank and the seat are more narrow. As you know, 22+ they made the tank wider to help with the hard braking etc.
 
Hey brother, yeah so the tank is a little bit thinner, but I found that the writer triangle made it a lot easier to be comfortable. I have already written it about 450 miles since last Wednesday and I’m not as exhausted as I was last time Panigale. It seems like the grips are a little bit thicker I don’t feel as raked over. But I’ll tell you the breaking is incredibly powerful even we’re just using two fingers on the brake lever. I was able to get the back wheel up.
 
From this morning.
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RODOLFO said:
how Is the Weather right now in LA?

What Can you say about past heat issues, on the new bike ?
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So the weather has been cool in the mornings and in the mid 40s and heats up to upper 60s. The heat is palpable on the thighs and legs. I don’t mind it now since it’s LA winter, but I’m not sure what’s gonna happen in the hot hot heat of summer. I might have to figure out a way to put some extra heat shielding on if it becomes bad. I would still buy the bike again.
 
Motosagela said:
From this morning.
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Almost every mountain road in california has been paved in the last few years (every direction out of Ojai has been paved BTW). Have these guys not paved the Crest? What about around Big Bear? I have forever believed that CA uses low melting point tars to tar stripe with as an anti-motorcycle thing. No other state in the west does that. Clearly they have the money to pave the Crest. Rude.
 
Motosagela said:
I might have to figure out a way to put some extra heat shielding on if it becomes bad. I would still buy the bike again.
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Wrapping the rear header with header wrap helps. Needs to be the ultra-high temp copper coated wrap to survive. Does help. The real question is did they manage to get the seat surface temp down. The heat transfer from the tail of the tank to the seat is a real issue on the earlier bikes.
 
Pour moi je trouve que le moteur est bridé / je dois avoir 100 chevaux à tout casser, j’ai l’impression que ça ne marche pas du tout peut-être c’est parce que c’est en période de rodage. Mais là pour l’instant j’ai 50 km au compteur et j’ai l’impression d’être sur un scooter scooter. Je suis de France donc moteur complètement débridé.
 
Motosagela said:
Donc, le temps est frais le matin et atteint les 40 degrés et se réchauffe jusqu'à 60 degrés. La chaleur est palpable sur les cuisses et les jambes. Cela ne me dérange pas maintenant que c'est l'hiver à Los Angeles, mais je ne sais pas ce qui va se passer dans la chaleur torride de l'été. Je devrais peut-être trouver un moyen de mettre une protection thermique supplémentaire si la situation devient mauvaise. Je rachèterais quand même le vélo.
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UPDATE: I took my bike in for its first service on December 20 after hitting 600 miles. I purchased the bike on December 11 and had been working to put on the miles for the first service so I could take it to the track on December 21. However, on December 18, I noticed that the rear brake stopped working while stopped at an uphill traffic light

When I brought the bike in for the scheduled service at Pro Italia in Burbank on December 20, the technicians discovered that the engine heat had melted the rear brake line, all rear break fluid leaking. As a result, I had been riding without a functioning rear brake for two days. Additionally, the heat had melted the wire for the rear wheel’s speed sensor. According to the technicians, the engine heat was so intense that it managed to penetrate the heat shield and melt the brake line and wire.

I’ve now been without the bike for five days (today is December 24), and they still don’t have the replacement parts to fix it. The technicians mentioned that this issue might even lead to a recall, as Ducati has never encountered anything like this before and shouldn’t have happened. I was riding well within the break in 7500 rpm’s for the week after I brought the V4S home.

Given the circumstances, I’m considering canceling my contract. If this is indicative of potential ongoing issues with this new model, I’d rather not deal with months of inconvenience and downtime.
 
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OncleSam said:
Pour moi je trouve que le moteur est bridé / je dois avoir 100 chevaux à tout casser, j’ai l’impression que ça ne marche pas du tout peut-être c’est parce que c’est en période de rodage. Mais là pour l’instant j’ai 50 km au compteur et j’ai l’impression d’être sur un scooter scooter. Je suis de France donc moteur complètement débridé.
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I used a translator to read your reply. Yes, the horsepower will definitely be lower in different riding modes, especially since the engine is still being broken in and is limited to staying under 7,500 RPM during this period. I’m confident that once you complete the first service and start pushing the RPMs higher, the performance will improve significantly. In the meantime, you can also check your dash settings and adjust the engine output to full power by tweaking the engine settings for your preferred rider mode.
 
Motosagela said:
UPDATE: I took my bike in for its first service on December 20 after hitting 600 miles. I purchased the bike on December 11 and had been working to put on the miles for the first service so I could take it to the track on December 21. However, on December 18, I noticed that the rear brake stopped working while stopped at an uphill traffic light

When I brought the bike in for the scheduled service at Pro Italia in Burbank on December 20, the technicians discovered that the engine heat had melted the rear brake line, all rear break fluid leaking. As a result, I had been riding without a functioning rear brake for two days. Additionally, the heat had melted the wire for the rear wheel’s speed sensor. According to the technicians, the engine heat was so intense that it managed to penetrate the heat shield and melt the brake line and wire.

I’ve now been without the bike for five days (today is December 24), and they still don’t have the replacement parts to fix it. The technicians mentioned that this issue might even lead to a recall, as Ducati has never encountered anything like this before and shouldn’t have happened. I was riding well within the break in 7500 rpm’s for the week after I brought the V4S home.

Given the circumstances, I’m considering canceling my contract. If this is indicative of potential ongoing issues with this new model, I’d rather not deal with months of inconvenience and downtime.
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Welcome to Ducati ownership!
 
I’m in California, so I’ve been looking into the Lemon Law. From what I understand, if the bike is in the shop for more than 30 days total or if they can’t fix a major safety issue (like brakes) in a reasonable amount of time, I might be able to push for a refund or replacement. Apparently, for a safety issue, they only need two failed attempts to fix it for it to qualify. So right now because the bike has been already gone for five days. I’m going to start tolling that as part of the 30 days. Weekends and holidays count to the 30 days. But also, it’s a major defect (loss of braking power) so I will definitely push them to correct ASAP or refund me.
 
Motosagela said:
I’m in California, so I’ve been looking into the Lemon Law. From what I understand, if the bike is in the shop for more than 30 days total or if they can’t fix a major safety issue (like brakes) in a reasonable amount of time, I might be able to push for a refund or replacement. Apparently, for a safety issue, they only need two failed attempts to fix it for it to qualify. So right now because the bike has been already gone for five days. I’m going to start tolling that as part of the 30 days. Weekends and holidays count to the 30 days. But also, it’s a major defect (loss of braking power) so I will definitely push them to correct ASAP or refund me.
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As do the Christmas holidays. No one is going to reply from Bologna until next year. This has all the markings of a significant issue.
 
randomwalker said:
Were you able to visually see the melted brakeline and brake fluid? As far as I can tell, mine is bone dry around the area.
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I put a flashlight around there and I couldn’t see anything unusual. It was when I was stopped at a traffic light at a hill and I needed to use my rear brake to get off front brake and get on throttle, and I didn’t have any stopping power from the rear. When I could inspect, the rear brake lever was going all the way down and no brake, I just figured there was air in the brake line, and it just needed to be bled properly. But it turned out to be a melted brake line and apparently a wire for the speed sensor. I’ll definitely keep you updated. Hopefully it’s just my bike and not all the other bikes that are going out there, but this is very disappointing and shouldn’t have happened.
 

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