The diamond-tipped back end. A chef's kiss to you, Ducati.
Stradale V4 motor, and you have a motorcycle
that is genuinely difficult to hang on to when
you've got the revs in the reds.
I rode the previous-generation Streetfighter V4
S at this very Andalusia circuit back in 2023 and
I can assure you, the new machine is not that
much faster in a straight line, but it gets around
corners and, importantly, off them, much faster.
Side-to-side agility is a massive improvement
on the 2025 edition, emphasized by how quickly
the SF went from full lean on the left to snapping
over to the right for the back straight. I damn
near lifted the bike off the ground in the direction
change, and once I slowed down my movements
and understood how much more agile the new
chassis was, I began to really appreciate the
changes wrought.
There's a curious trait I began to notice over
the test in Spain. Compared to the Panigale,
where all these changes were made for a bike
that was more jet than motorcycle, the same
changes to the Streetfighter made it almost more
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