That doesn't look porky
And regarding the exhaust:
Not many I know retain the stock pipes on a DUC.
Mine are still stock
Here is the 2018 Ducati V4 Panigale
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That one would seriously tempt me to trade in the Anniversario.
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He has had a history of coming pretty damn close in the past. If he's done it again, then I can say that the bike does look good. But I wish it had more of a departure from the Panigale. Even the "Pangiale V4" badges on the leaked photos just annoy me and seem unoriginal. I know it's a petty reason to judge a bike, and if it mops the floor with the competition from a performance perspective then who cares. It still irks me a little bit though. Oh well, another month to go.
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Panel fit is changed considerably from the original Panigale. See here:
https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...or-in-moto-magazine.52586/page-32#post-985122
https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...or-in-moto-magazine.52586/page-32#post-985122
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Yep. No denying that.
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You know what is by far the most disappointing stuff on this new bike (even assuming that they still have a way to make it look nicer)? It's all that Euro 4 garbage. I don't know how easy it will be to get rid of that. Things like those huge exhaust boxes seem heavily integrated into the shape of the body work.
I mean, look at the R/FE and look at how awesome it would be if it didn't have that stupid heavy foot locker at the bottom? Even if Akra made a race exhaust with the same cool outlets, what could fill that space? You'd need some kind of belly pan and that would need some kind of integration brackets, etc.
I mean, look at the R/FE and look at how awesome it would be if it didn't have that stupid heavy foot locker at the bottom? Even if Akra made a race exhaust with the same cool outlets, what could fill that space? You'd need some kind of belly pan and that would need some kind of integration brackets, etc.
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That ship has sailed, unfortunately. The environmental lobbies have won that battle with extreme prejudice. You're going to see not only fewer aftermarket exhaust options, but you're going to see the manufacturers putting electronic measures in place to ensure that the bike won't even run if the emissions components are removed.
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Exactly what I've been hearing. And for a company owned by VW, you can bet that they won't take any other chances.
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Im hearing rumours that because the original designer of the V4 project left the comapny half way through development, Ducati went with the supersport/panigale as their next best compromise, having run out of time to alter course. If this is true, then what we've seen so far, is probably what we are going to get. This does not bode well.
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That doesn't really make sense, with a different chassis and engine there is zero benefit in terms of design simplicity to have the shape/bodywork resemble a different existing bike. If there is any kind of "family resemblance" between bikes in different model families, it's intentional and not because it was easier to design.
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