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RIDE REVIEW I 2025 DUCATI PANIGALE V4 S
MotoGP Desmosedici got softer
and softer, with more and more
flex worked into the chassis. Flex
means feeling, so the rider has
more sense of what the tires are
doing, where the grip is, and how
best to exploit it.
This emphasis on flex has
been a cornerstone of the 2025
Ducati has learned a thing or
two in MotoGP. Remember when
the red bike was the most hated
on the grid and no one, save Aus
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tralia's demi-god Casey Stoner,
could ride it? That bike was as
stiff as a board, so rigid it needed
to be ridden right on that ragged
edge to work. Over the years the
This, above all the other
claims Ducati has made with the
2025 Panigale, really does make
it a skill boosting motorcycle.
The second part of why this
Panigale is the easiest yet to
gain access to the high-perfor
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mance club comes down to the
heavily revised chassis.
As an object of desire,
the 2025 Ducati Panigale
V4 S takes a lot of beating.
