US V4R restricted?

realnuts said:

If it is mainly for the road, I guess it has enough power
You have to be insane to use full power constantly on the road

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Mutt1979 said:

You're missing the point. Saying the power isnt enough.. Of course it is! But if you're being sold something and you get something substantially different... I'd still be annoyed.



Ducati's flagship R is less powerful than the mid range S in stock form.

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reganc said:

guy needs to learn to ride first. More HP is not what he needs.

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Mutt1979 said:

I had heard rumours the V4R would be restricted in the US. A video circulating Facebook shows a V4R on the dyno only making 200 rwbhp. Whats clear in the video is the full Akra is already installed on the bike. Thats a far cry from the 230 crank bhp Ducati have been pushing.

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endodoc said:

Scotman623 hit it pretty well. Pretty funny that 95% of the people on this board myself included have no idea what to do 180-200hp and scare themselves when that .... sneaks up on them. Unless you are racing the bike and you're decent at doing so then anything over 180hp on a bike like that is more than enough for the skill sets that most mortals will ever attain. I have been riding with a few guys who have the V4 here in SoCal and while they don't represent everyone, the represent the majority. They show up on with all their sponsor laden matching gear and proceed to ride like a recently licensed individual on a Rebel 500. Unless you're competing, dyno and spec # are for parking lot and chat board bragging rights. My neighbor has some supercharged mustang thingy. 800hp he claims. It's never been over 70mph. It's kinda like the scale folks. Some people are obsessed with the data it puts out but what does it really tell you?, your relevance to gravitational forced on this particular planet. Unfortunately no matter what the data shows, it doesn't change the fact that you may still look like you need a fitness plan. Now let's get back to posting how many micrograms we can save by drilling out a washer and posting the side by side scale pics.

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007 said:

You're missing the point, my point is are you getting what you PAY for.

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scotman623 said:

Very TRUE!! I have seen him at the track, ALL show and NO GO!!!! I was coaching that day and had to keep scratching my head!!!! He went like hell on the straight, but was breaking about the 1500 meter for T1!!! LOL.. Nice guy, just looking the part..

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990Glen said:

I guess we have seen this scenario several times over the years. One of the biggest
let downs was probably the Yamaha R7, which was completely castrated out of the crate,
and needed you to open your cheque books again in order to unleash its potential.

It doesn't appear that the V4R is as hampered as the R7, but they still want you to pay
extra to unlock what you already bought.

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