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Superbike heritage

Ducati Superbikes, designed, engineered and built in Bologna, Italy, have always represented the pinnacle of Ducati motorcycle technology and racing success. For Ducati, racing and winning are a way of life and a way of thinking for our designers, engineers and everyone at the factory. Our unique engineering solutions are proven on the race track, where the only way to win is to have technical superiority and dependable performance.

Ducati have dominated World Superbike racing, winning more Riders' and more Manufacturers’ World Championship titles and more individual races than any other manufacturer. Add these unequalled performances to the historic achievement of winning the MotoGP World Championship, and the results speak for themselves.

Engineered by the stopwatch

Ducati Superbikes are the most advanced, most powerful twin-cylinder motorcycles ever built. They are the product of a team of designers and engineers who have combined their Ducati MotoGP and World Superbike technologies to create the finest sportbikes in the world. From race-level engine specifications to World Championship-winning traction control, the results are pure excellence. The Ducati Traction Control (DTC) system further underlines our technology flow from racing to production and demonstrates how solutions developed for the track can be applied to enhance safer performance on the road.

Designed by the race track

Ducati Superbikes are race bikes, pure and simple. Their striking aerodynamic shapes create a natural riding position, confirmed by our development and factory team riders as the optimum for speed and agility. Performance is first and foremost in every detail.

Trademark Ducati features like the high tail section and compact front end combine with twin under-seat silencers and single-sided swingarm to express the sheer engineering beauty of aerodynamics and agility. Add the Testastretta Evoluzione engines as the hearts of the machines and the result is all-out performance Ducati Superbikes that look fast even when parked.

Dimensions
Seat Height 820mm (32.2in)
Rake Steering 24.5°
Wheel Base 1430mm (56.3in)
Fuel Capacity 15.5L
Weight 171kg (377lb)

Engine
Type L-Twin cylinder, 4 valve per cylinder Desmodromic, liquid cooled
Displacement 1198.4cc
Bore x Stroke 106 x 67.9mm
Power 170hp (125kW) @ 9750rpm
Torque 97lb-ft 131.4Nm @ 8000rpm
Fuel System Marelli electronic fuel injection, elliptical throttle bodies
Compression Ratio 12.7:1
Gear Box 6 speed
Primary Drive Straight cut gears, Ratio 1.84:1
Final Drive Chain; Front sprocket 15; Rear sprocket 38
Clutch Dry multiplate with hydraulic control

Chassis
Frame Tubular steel Trellis frame in ALS 450
Front Suspension Showa 43mm with TiO fully adjustable usd forks
Front Wheel Travel 127mm (5in)
Rear Suspension Progressive linkage with fully adjustable Showa monoshock. Aluminium single-sided swingarm
Rear Wheel Travel 127mm (5in)
Front Brakes 2 x 330mm semi-floating discs, radially mounted Brembo Monobloc calipers 4-piston, 2-pad
Rear Brakes 245mm disc, 2-piston calliper
Exhaust System Lightweight 2-1-2 system with catalytic converter and 2 lambda probes. Twin stainless steel mufflers

Wheels / tires
Wheels Front / Rear 10-spoke in light alloy 3.50 x 17 / 10-spoke light alloy 6.00 x 17
Tires Front / Rear 120/70 ZR17 / 190/55 ZR17

Electrical
Instruments Digital MotoGP derived unit with displays for: Speed, rev counter, lap times, time, air temp, coolant temp, battery voltage, A & B trips, fuel reserve trip, scheduled maintenance. Warning lights for: Neutral, turn signals, high-beam, rev-limit, oil pressure, fuel reserve. Plus: Integrated immobilizer system

Colours
Red
Sydney Newcastle Wollongong
153-165 Parramatta Road 137 Lambton Road 11-13 Princes Highway
Concord NSW 2137 BroadMeadow NSW Fairy Meadow NSW 2519
(02) 8741 3000 (02) 4935 9800 (02) 4283 0800
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Perth Melbourne
47 Walter Road 590 Elizabeth Street
Dianella WA 6059 Melbourne VIC, 3000
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