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Cycle News 2016 Issue 41 October 18

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TEAM #RIDEHVMC DUCATI PANIGALE R RACER TEST P112 ing was adding fuel to that little throttle input. There would be fuel sitting on top of the throttle body. You're only supposed to have three percent throttle (on the EBC map) and it's giving you 3.9 percent throttle. That 0.9 percent is the reason why I couldn't slow down and turn in. "It's not like you're running off the back straightaway with the throttle full-on; it's when you're trail braking and you're like, 'the bike's not turning—why?' Then you start going after chassis stuff and you realize, shit, it's not the chassis, it's the fact that the fuel mapping is off." This translated to more issues when the throttle was opened for corner exit. Corey again: "From there the bike would go lean, because it burned off all that fuel that was sitting there—it would just go dead. Then it goes super rich and you have this big power hit at the apex rolling on the throttle. So you're riding a bike that amongst all that is spinning and backing in and doing all the stuff that a normal bike does and you're trying to ride around that." For my ride however (and, it must be said, at a rather slower speed than Corey's), the Panigale R's throttle response seems sorted. The initial touch of the gas from closed is nicely metered—still with a hint of ag- gression but nothing like what Corey explained to me earlier. This allows for a much smoother corner exit without the chassis tying itself in knots and, impor- tantly, not over-stressing the rear Dunlop that's part of the control tire package for MotoAmerica. Much of this has to do with the deft touch of the Ducati Corse traction control map out of the standard ECU. It's a soft Alexander had to put up with electrical issues all season, which hampered development.

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