RIDE REVIEW I 2022 DUCATI PANIGALE V4 S
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It goes like this. In true Ducati
fashion, power is indeed up,
although only marginally by 1.5
horsepower to 215.5—but ours
in the U.S., thanks to our regula-
tions, make 210 horsepower.
Torque is quoted at 92.1 lb-ft at
9500 rpm, and it weighs in at a
claimed 431 pounds dry.
The electronics package now
sports its biggest upgrade ever
with a load of new modes and
torque maps for each individual
gear. Speaking of the gearbox,
that's all-new, too, with revised,
closer ratios coming directly from
the WorldSBK paddock, which
also gives the already excellent
quickshifter an easier time of it all.
The forks, too, are new—still the
same electronic Ohlins units in prin-
ciple but now with more travel and
a gas charge in each fork-lower.
Chassis geometry and the swing-
arm pivot have been fettled to give
better mid-corner feeling and sup-
port, and the wings are now smaller
and more efficient, delivering the
exact same downforce as those on
the outgoing model. Overall, the
brief was strikingly similar to many of
the other bikes Ducati has updated
and created in its lineup recently: to
