2020 DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4 S
R I D E R E V I E W
P72
The naked-bike segment needed
a little red Italian love, and what
is on offer from Borgo Panigale is
absolutely more anticipated than
the revision of the Panigale V4 S, on
which it is based, and that we tested
in the pouring rain in Bahrain at the
beginning of the year.
The $23,995 Ducati Streetfighter V4 S is the
upscale version of the $19,995 base-model
Streetfighter and is essentially a Panigale V4
S stripped of its bodywork, with an extra wing
added to each side, one-piece handlebar and
a face modeled (seriously, it was) on Joaquin
Phoenix's character in Joker.
On hand is the 1103cc V4 Desmosedici
Stradale V4 pumping out a claimed 208 horse-
power for a package claiming to weigh 392
pounds (with a full tank of fuel you'll be tipping
the scales at 458 pounds). It's not entirely
the same power package as the Panigale, as
Ducati has knocked a tooth off the counter-
shaft sprocket for shorter gearing, and the
ECU gets different engine mapping to suit the
more sedate riding you'll supposedly be doing
on the Streetfighter over the Panigale.
Balance is a
word we often
use in journalism
speak. The
Streetfighter
just about
personifies it.
