When will Ducati V4 testing/reviews begin?

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Don't think this has been asked.

Does anyone have an idea when journalists and the like will start being able to ride/review the bike?
 
Local dealer said probably around march/april, then the following month the bike will be released to the public. Not sure how credible that is though
 
Allegedly, Ducati USA will no longer provide demo bikes to North American journalists. Don't know if that means that they still go to Europe for the launch tests but I guess no more comparos and stuff like that.
 
Peach said:
Local dealer said probably around march/april, then the following month the bike will be released to the public. Not sure how credible that is though
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That's odd, because the first shipment of bikes are to hit dealerships in February.

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ghostdog6 said:
Right, and I was supposed to get my 1199 in April of 2012, not June.
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Because of situations like yours, ducati is allocating specific amount of units a dealer can get and how many per month and which months they arrive. Hope it'll be an improvement. But we will see.

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My former dealer told me they are receiving two deliveries of 5 Panigales in any allocation; e.g.: 4 base Panigale and 1 S or 3 base Panigale, 1 S and 1 Speciale, etc. The first in the spring of '18 and the second in the summer '18. They are a former dealer because they wanted a 10% deposit on a Speciale. This is after I purchased a Panigale R from them in 2015.
 
The Avidmoto said:
My former dealer told me they are receiving two deliveries of 5 Panigales in any allocation; e.g.: 4 base Panigale and 1 S or 3 base Panigale, 1 S and 1 Speciale, etc. The first in the spring of '18 and the second in the summer '18. They are a former dealer because they wanted a 10% deposit on a Speciale. This is after I purchased a Panigale R from them in 2015.
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My dealer was a lot more specific... wondering if it's what Ducati is telling them or your dealer just trying to play safe... My dealer said 2 S and 1 base in Feb, 2 S and 1 base in March, 1 S and 1 base in April, and 1 Speciale in May. Let's see how accurate that is...

Also I'm pretty sure all dealers would require a deposit on the Speciale. Much like the Superleggeras, Ducati needs to see the deposit to allocate the bike. I could be wrong though. I've bought several Ducati's from my dealer and have built a great relationship. My S is on order with them and is the first one on the list, without me putting any deposit down. But when I briefly played with the idea of getting a Speciale, my dealer said they would need 10% down for it.
 
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Nitrouz said:
My dealer was a lot more specific... wondering if it's what Ducati is telling them or your dealer just trying to play safe... My dealer said 2 S and 1 base in Feb, 2 S and 1 base in March, 1 S and 1 base in April, and 1 Speciale in May. Let's see how accurate that is...

Also I'm pretty sure all dealers would require a deposit on the Speciale. Much like the Superleggeras, Ducati needs to see the deposit to allocate the bike. I could be wrong though. I've bought several Ducati's from my dealer and have built a great relationship. My S is on order with them and is the first one on the list, without me putting any deposit down. But when I briefly played with the idea of getting a Speciale, my dealer said they would need 10% down for it.
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My newest dealer asked for $500 deposit for the Speciale.
 
Is everything else a carry over? If so all other bikes will be compared to the V4. It's got a cheater motor and all the new tech. There's no way it does not win most if not all of the tests.
 
ajctraveler said:
I'm more curious how it compares to the 1299.
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There will be plenty of owner reviews the day after it goes on sale. All who bought will claim it's as close to a Superbike they have ever ridden even though they have never ride a real Superbike, or much less been on a track. Lol

My guess, (and I will certainly test ride the damn thing, then again I probably should not cause a causal test ride on the 1299 led me to selling my beloved RSV4), is it's a few pounds heavier, but the counter rotating crank will make the higher CG feel like its lighter. It will sound good, vibrate more than the 1X99, and the tech will be awesome.
 
Sherpa23 said:
Allegedly, Ducati USA will no longer provide demo bikes to North American journalists. Don't know if that means that they still go to Europe for the launch tests but I guess no more comparos and stuff like that.
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Where'd you hear that? That would be highly unlikely, Ducati is going to want to get journalist butts in the seat for this more than any other bike they've ever launched! I know we're not going to Europe for training this year, it's going to be in the U.S. somewhere supposedly, which means there will be a fleet of V4's in country that I'm sure will make their way out to journalists.
 
jarelj said:
Where'd you hear that? That would be highly unlikely, Ducati is going to want to get journalist butts in the seat for this more than any other bike they've ever launched! I know we're not going to Europe for training this year, it's going to be in the U.S. somewhere supposedly, which means there will be a fleet of V4's in country that I'm sure will make their way out to journalists.
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A motorsport journalist told me that. I wasn't really in a position to question or argue with him about so I took him at his word (with a grain of salt as I used the word "allegedly").
 

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