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First ride: Ducati 959 Panigale review | Visordown | ducati 959 review

ducati 959 review

More displacement, added power, added Ducati. Ducati increases the agent accommodation of its 959 Panigale Superbike ($14,995) for what it thinks is the absolute alloy of ability and control.

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MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Although we affected on the aloft abstruse updates in the 959 Panigale First Look preview, there are added capacity to reveal. In accession to the longer-stroke Superquadro agent (identical achievement altitude to the 1199/1299), engineers adapted accession brace of showerhead-style ammunition injectors aloft the burke bodies. This complements the added displacement, applique a stronger advance of ability throughout its 11,500 rpm powerband (a 200 rpm access compared to the 899).

Other powertrain upgrades board the fitment of the 1299 Panigale’s 60mm bore bankrupt pipes, a slipper-assist clamp bassinet and high-flow paper-type air filter. The butt arch and case covers were additionally tweaked hardly to abate babble in acquiescence with Euro 4 emission/noise standards. Like its 899 antecedent those apparatus on the 959 are bogus from casting aluminum instead of the 1299’s lighter magnesium bits.

The swingarm axis point is bargain by 4mm. That forth with a one-tooth abate rear sprocket extends wheelbase by 5mm. The actualization of the basic is additionally hardly altered to board the bifold muffler European-spec bankrupt system. Pictured aloft is a U.S. machine.

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On the anatomy side, the double-sided swingarm has been tweaked (to board the European-spec shotgun-style ancillary exhaust) and the axis point is 4mm lower (similar to what Ducati did in 2013 with its R-spec 1199 Panigale). Further changes board a one-tooth abate rear sprocket and wheelbase stretches by 5mm. Accession notable advance is the accession of high-grip machined footpegs for both accession and passenger.

Rounding out the accouterments updates are a added high allowance with an added set of air intakes, a taller windscreen and fixed-position mirror stays. Ducati says the appendage area is tweaked as well, but we couldn’t apprehension a aberration visually compared to the approachable 899.

PANIGALE EVEN MORE FUN-SIZED

During the advance of our aftermost few tests, the inferior Panigale has accustomed itself as the adopted Ducati Superbike for bend abstraction missions, both on the street and racetrack. Why? Because it’s added acquiescent agent admeasurement makes it easier to ascendancy at full-tilt. And the 959 reinforces that sentiment.

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Still a revver, the added agent achievement helps the Ducati advance off turns with added gusto. Strangely, the 959’s mid-range accession isn’t as acute as we bethink during the 1199/1299 alteration (which added bore, instead of stroke), but it does increases the vehicle’s flexibility. Riders don’t accept to assignment the 959’s about-face batten about as abundant compared to the 899, as the added torque can cull a college accessory in some corners.

The 959 Panigale is still a revver but the added achievement and accession ammunition injectors accession mid-range ability hardly allowance the inferior Panigale advance off turns.

As usual, the Ducati’s factory-equipped quickshifter makes bland assignment of upshifts, however, it could activate faster adjoin added branch e-shifter set-ups we’ve approved afresh from Japan and Germany. It would additionally be accurate if engineers adopted the 1299’s auto-blip/downshift-assist function, but because its bulk (MSRP is the aforementioned as the aboriginal ’14 899) we’re blessed to appoint a lower accessory the old ancient way, with synchronized calmly and larboard foot.

Exhilarating with calibrated burke response, the 959 delivers the fizz we crave from Ducati sportbikes. Yet with its three-way adjustable agent power, and eight absorption ascendancy settings, it can be sampled added easily, in a added ambit of environments and accession accomplishment sets. Benumbed at your admired racetrack? Put it in ‘Race’ mode. Wanna pop wheelies on the weekend? The ‘Sport’ ambience is absolute for that. Benumbed on a tight, clammy or alien road? Then you’ll appetite the ‘Wet’ setting.

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Another nice blow is the easier binding clamp lever. We additionally like the clutch’s automated aback torque absolute action (prevents rear caster hop), which complements the Electronic Anchor Ascendancy (EBC) that modulates the bulk of ammunition entering the agent during deceleration. The EBC controls agent anchor aftereffect during high-rpm downshifts.

Suspension and brakes are butt genitalia from the 899 but they get the job done after any ball on the 959 as well. Although added simple attractive than the 1299’s full-color display, the connected accoutrement is accessible to apprehend while riding. Electronic adjustments about accept to be fabricated while the motorcycle is stationary.

In animosity of its four-pound weight increase, the 959 continues to ball well. It’s a active bike that can be placed with attention while carrying the appropriate awareness at lean. Obviously the fitment of Pirelli’s racing-spec Diablo Supercorsa tires to our analysis assemblage additional administration capabilities (it comes off the exhibit with best life, but beneath grippy Diablo Rosso Corsas). Stability was best too, but to be fair there isn’t a ripple on the afresh re-paved Circuit Ricardo Tormo aloft which we spun an hour’s account of laps. Though the Showa and Sachs abeyance apparatus didn’t change, nor did the Brembo/Bosch-sourced brakes, they accomplish after blemish at a active pace.

The high-grip footpegs (which now beautify Ducati’s absolute action line-up) acquiesce for greater ascendancy by accouterment a athletic advantage point. We abide to adore Panigale’s adeptly ample ascendancy layout, however, taller-than-average riders ability feel a tad awkward – although the taller windscreen mitigates that complaint hardly and is a acceptable change. The connected agenda birr console is bright and simple to analyze at a glance, and already you apprentice the nuances of the card system, authoritative changes is a snap. The alone bang adjoin the card arrangement is that adjustments accept to be fabricated at a standstill, not on the fly, while riding.

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A lot of bodies ability accuse about Ducati bucking acceptable chic bureaucracy and rules with its about liter-sized entry-level 959. But this new Ducati represents all the things that draws riders to the Panigale pedigree: it’s fast but not intimidating, has the aforementioned assault pulse, appearance, and abundant of the feel, however, it generates alike added cool for three-quarters the bulk of a accepted 1299.

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