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Cycle News 2025 Issue 16 April 22

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Streetfighter up to Full power with all the controls dialed back to level one (and, in the case of wheelie control, off). The rush of arm-stretching torque is quite prodigious, but the thing is, it doesn't stop. Acceleration just keeps going and going as you throw yet another gear at the engine via the smoother action Quick Shift 2.0 system. And it wouldn't be a Ducati sportsbike (it is a sportsbike, tell me I'm wrong) without some slightly ostentatious aero thrown in via the wings. Ducati claims 99 pounds of downforce at 168 mph, which is a jump of 37 pounds over the 2024 Streetfighter. With - out testing the old and the new back-to-back, it's hard to quantify the difference, but I will say the 2025 Streetfighter is dead smooth when you start clicking fourth, fifth, and sixth gears, and the speeds really start going north. That's another reason why it's quite difficult to hang onto because you're going exponentially so much faster all the time. Another handy thing is the Race eCBS that applies a little bit of rear brake while you're heavy on the front Brembo Hypure four-piston Oh, how we love a 200+ horsepower motor and no wheelie control. P94 RIDE REVIEW I 2025 DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4 S

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