RIDE REVIEW I 2023 DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4 S
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the market today that's been im-
proved for 2023. However, there's
so many other safety nets such as
multi-stage wheelie, traction, slide
and engine brake control, that to
highside such a bike is absolutely
impossible with them all turned
on. Turn them off, however, and
your ambition better not outweigh
your talent.
Everything is adjusted through
the revised dash that, again,
comes off the Panigale. When
the Superleggera came out back
in 2020, we got the "Dovi dash,"
named so as it was the preferred
layout of the company's then lead
MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso.
Dovi liked his gear position big in
the center and all his parameters
on the right side of the dash, so
Ducati copied it, put it in the Su
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perleggera, then the Panigale and
now the Streetfighter V4 S.
Inside the dash also sits a
GPS lap timer, so you needn't
worry about flicking the high
beam switch each time you
cross the stripe.
The Streetfighter V4 S is
absolutely a digital motorcycle.
It's been designed to work with
the electronics, and the more you
switch them off, the more talent
you really need to go as fast as
you were with them switched on.
Regarding the chassis, you're
basically as you were in 2022.
The aluminum front frame
design first pioneered on the
Panigale V4 S has been retained,
but the Streetfighter has taken
the improvement made by Ducati
to the Panigale last year by up
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ping the swingarm pivot position
4mm to increase the 'anti-squat'
effect to help the chassis main
-
tain its composure when under
initial acceleration but also to
keep everything on the straight
and narrow when all the power is
loaded onto the rear tire.
The Ohlins Smart EC2.0 elec
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tronic suspension consisting of
the NIX30 43mm inverted fork
and TTX36 shock remains un-
changed, and the same Brembo
Stylema four-piston brake cali-
(Above left to right) Inspired
by The Joker in Batman,
the face is one of the iconic
features of the Streetfighter. A
new tank is a bit bigger and a
bit easier to latch onto.
The "Dovi Dash" has made it to the Streetfighter. A new exhaust muffler comes on the 2023 SF V4 S.
