I saw/heard the bike up close and personal today at Ducati Zurich. The sound (with Akra race exhaust) is fantastic, similar to the MotoGP machine and VERY loud! The EURO 4 exhaust-note will certainly be disapointing.
Wasen't a big fan of the design on pictures. But in real life, the bike actually looks pretty good - at lest the Speciale with all the DP-pars. Still not much of a fan of the fairing extension/tank combination plastic piece. And I cannot understand, why they left the frame in silver instead of either black or magnesium color. It just looks odd meeting with the black subframe.
The headlight has an LED daytime running light on the left hadlebar (like my Monster 1200S, 2017). In bright conditions, the main headlight will be shut off and only the LED light will be running. The bike switches to full headlight mode automatically in tunnels, garages, woods or at night. I think this partially compensates for the "right only" headlight.
All in all, a nice looking machine, but I will keep my 1299S for the street. The new V4 cannot compete in terms of low-rev torque with the "old" V2 which matters more on the street than top end hp.
Will be looking into a used V4 in 2-3 years to replace my 1199R track weapon.
