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The R is very similar to the S so yet it is a bit absurd. The engine revs 500rpm higher and stock according to ducati has the same max power. These are headers not some magic secret sauce. The ecu is just updated software right?Not sure why you say that. the R and S are different models and about a year apart. If they have a newer ECU and different mapping, and Ducati design this for the R then you need to buy an R for it to work with it. Sounds simple to me.
If you want this exhaust I am sure you can buy it and fit to an S but may not work very well on the street.
I sometimes get the feeling that apart from serious track guys who build race bikes the motivation for this type of exhaust on street bikes is just about bragging rights for forum signatures and for trips to the local coffee shop meeting.
Certainly not criticising anyone who races or those looking for different sound fitting aftermarket exhaust but trying to fit a pure race system designed just for racing to a street bike just does seem to be IMHO a good use of money.
Once again these are headers and there are plenty of racers and track day riders not willing or able to shell out 30k for an R. Hell if I had known I was going track only I would have bought a base.