RIDE REVIEW I 2022 DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V2
P70
W
hen the Ducati Streetfighter V4 came
out last year, it was heralded as a new
era in performance naked biking.
Essentially a stripped Panigale V4 S, the
Streetfighter was and still is one of the most
voracious naked rides ever conceived. It's
genuinely difficult to hold onto an SF V4 at high
speed due to the lack of wind protection and
the sheer speed the machine is capable of
producing.
It's fair to say the V4 is an expert-level ma-
chine, which leaves a gaping hole for some-
thing a little more manageable to fill. Enter the
Panigale V2, Ducati's now-supersport con-
tender. A machine that's been lurking in the
sport bike wilderness since it came out in 2016
in 959 form, the V2 serves as the basis for not
just Ducati's return to the WorldSSP grid but
also as the Streetfighter V4's little brother.
Just as they did with the Panigale V4, Ducati
has taken the V2 and stripped it of the racer boy
bodywork to create the $16,995 MSRP Street-
fighter V2, and with a claimed 153 horsepower
compared to the V4's claimed 208 horsepower
(at the crank), we're all the better for it.
(at the crank), we're all the better for it.
It would be rude not to throw it up
for the camera, wouldn't it?
