Ducati Superleggera Mk 2 - 215bhp

[duke63]

Just announced by Ducati. No other info as yet.

[Kwacky]

That'll be cheap

[duke63]

£65k allegedly.

[Cav]

Allegedly the battery blows up too

[duke63]

No Cav. None of that far eastern rubbish here.

[D41]

They'll all end up in bike collections...take out once or twice "just because"...some bike journos will get to try them, and then let you know what you're missing out on, because everyone has that amount of cash laying idly around, etc.

I'm all for that sort of thing.....other 'innovative stuff' will eventually trickle down to the masses, and then some dickwad at a trackday on some POS will tell you that his bike is "race-inspired"....and I'll be inspired to laugh openly, etc.

[Cav]

I love it when these dickwads, as you so eloquently put it, ride their brand new bike on the circuit with their 6-way inertia unit giving them the maximum power for any given lean and they give it all the big balls talk in the paddock. When you see them out on track and you're keeping up with them with 30,000 miles on your engine, 80bhp deficit and bald tyres it is the most satisfying feeling.

[Blade]

Not as satisfying as owning a Superleggera Mk2 though Cav

[duke63]

I love it when these dickwads, as you so eloquently put it, ride their brand new bike on the circuit with their 6-way inertia unit giving them the maximum power for any given lean and they give it all the big balls talk in the paddock. When you see them out on track and you're keeping up with them with 30,000 miles on your engine, 80bhp deficit and bald tyres it is the most satisfying feeling.

Fair points though not all these bikes end up in collections. A trip to JHP over winter confirms how many of the Desmosedicis get a good few thrashings round tracks every year. They even run their own track days for them.

Sadly I will never be in a position to either thrash a Superleggera round a track nor be running at the fast end on a track day.

Only a bit of Tankslap banter, Cav.

[Monty]

There's no way I'll ever find 65k to spend on a bike and wouldn't dare take it any where near a track if I could. I do love that fact that companies like Ducati make them though.

[Blade]

100% with you there Monty

[Blade]

Not that I ever was going to buy a Superleggera but I got an insurance quote and on a 1500 mile a year limited policy last year and it was 2 grand

[duke63]

If spending £60k on a motorbike isn't an issue, then using it on a track isn't likely to be either.

You need to be a very wealthy individual to contemplate such things.

[Cav]

You don't need to excuse your banter guys... I can take it like the female I am !! I love to feel the wind on my vagina haha

It is nice when you see these expensive bikes on the track though and the vast majority are real nice guys with a great attitude to life - "it's only money"

I'd be happy with race suspension

[duke63]

I'd far sooner see one even be pootled round a track by a numpty than sat in a glass case doing Sweet FA.

Last few months in PB mag they have tested a Panigale R, Panigale Superleggera and the Honda RCV roadbike, all both on road and track and ridden by Michael Rutter. Love seeing bikes made for that, being used like that.

[duke63]

And next years' road tests should be even more epic with the new Fireblade, GSXR1000RR and ZX10 homologation bikes available.

[Kwacky]

£2k isn't a bad quote considering the price of the bike and the costs if you crashed it.

[Blade]

Yeah your right Kwacky. That was with Ducati specialist insurance. With a comparison site using typical brokers it was 8000

[duke63]

Ducati claiming 221bhp for the bike.

[Cav]

Well I claim my bike has 222bhp so nerh!!!