DUCATI LEAD DEVELOPMENT RIDER ALESSANDRO VALIA
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Interview
something that keeps the perfor-
mance, that allows us to win the World
Superbike Championship. So, last
year, we were very close to winning
the championship in Superbike, but as
you know it was not possible.
But we would like to have something
also on normal roads that could be a
useful bike. This four-cylinder, the Des-
mosedici Stradale, I think is a magic
engine because it keeps the torque
and the trust at a low-medium range of
rpm, and the power when you go in the
highest part of the rpm indicator.
How did the new four-cylinder
motor change the way of thinking
for Ducati?
We changed completely the phi-
losophy because, as I said, we would
like to reach the performance that
gives us the possibility to win the world
championship, but also a bike that was
smooth in the low RPM, something
more usable on normal roads.
It was really a change in our phi-
losophy that we put also in the Street-
fighter. This engine has the same firing
order of the MotoGP to have the big
torque at medium range but power at
high revs and the smoothness of the
four-cylinder.
Tell us a little bit about the devel-
opment phases that you guys went
through to create the Streetfighter.
As we do with all the projects, we
start from the project brief where we
fix the milestone of the vehicle. Then
we move in a parallel way, so we start
drawing the aesthetic of the bike.
It's not all work.
