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The two are extremely differ-
ent from each other, both me-
chanically and dynamically. The
Ducati comes to the game with its
1103cc V4 taken from the Pani-
gale V4 S, punching out a whop-
ping 208 claimed Italian ponies
and 90.4 lb-ft of claimed torque.
The kicker, if you're looking for
outright speed, is the Ducati revs
to a glorious 15,000 rpm, a num-
ber that if you reached it in any
gear, you better hope there's no
police around.
However, the same can be said
of the Kawasaki, whose accelera-
tion can simply be described as
moronic. It's not that the Kawa-
saki accelerates faster than the
Ducati, it's that it feels dramati-
cally faster. The centrifugal-type
supercharger rams air into the
combustion chamber at up to 100
meters per second and the result
is nothing short of astonishing.
You feel a divine being while
on the Kawasaki, as the speed
