2020 DUCATI SUPERLEGGERA V4
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R I D E R E V I E W
W
hen you see a Ducati
Superleggera V4 in
the metal, you know
you're standing in the presence
of something special. It's a black
and red study in carbon fiber,
aerodynamics, electronics,
and the harnessing of 200-plus
horsepower from a motor that
sounds almost as good as what's
on the grid in MotoGP.
Limited to 500 examples
worldwide, the Superleggera
V4 is the finest superbike Ducati
is capable of making for sale
to the public. Worth a stagger-
ing $100,000, the Superleg-
gera comes to the game with
a claimed 224 hp in a package
weighing a claimed 335 lb dry
(Ducati annoyingly refused to let
us weigh the bike fully wet) once
you fit the Racing Kit exhaust
that comes with the bike at pur-
chase. At that point, power gets
bumped to 234 hp. Mental.
That makes it instantly the
most powerful production motor-
cycle Ducati has ever created,
but as impressive as that fact is,
what's more interesting is the
advancements made in carbon-
fiber and Ducati's ability to manu-
facture different levels of flex into
the various components.
Carbon fiber has come a long
way since Cagiva put the first
chassis made from the exotic
material on a 500cc Grand Prix
grid for the Czechoslovakian and
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DUCATI USA, KEVIN WING
When Ducati wants to flex its
manufacturing muscle, it builds bikes
like the Superleggera V4. We were
one of the very few outlets invited to
Laguna Seca to check it out.
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