The Ducati Panigale V2 - the review by KNOX

The Ducati Panigale V2 - the review by KNOX

The Ducati Panigale V2 is one of, if not the most beautiful motorcycle on Earth! Emerson said:

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”

The Ducati Panigale V2 personifies this quote, this is a beautiful motorcycle and it makes you take every opportunity to take that in. Absorbing its beauty from different angles, seeing it pop against breath-taking scenery’s, watching others admire it on ride outs.

Ducati got the aesthetic of this bike so right, it is simply jaw dropping.… but the fact that it rides so well – well that’s another story altogether!

The drama felt when you look at it matches the way it rides. From initial turn of the ignition, you are met with the thunder of the v-twin and its loud exhaust note. In person the V2 sounds different to what I imagined it from seeing other online footage, its loud and sounds incredible on full gas, the thing just booms.

The Panigale V2 is powerful. Anyone thinking this is a poor relation to a Panigale V4 is mistaken. The V2 may be a relation, but its not a poor relation to anything – its rapid! The 955cc SuperQuadro v-twin pumps out 155hp and 77lb-ft of torque. There is a lump of torque down low, but it doesn’t run out of puff like a traditional V-twin might, the V2 delivers some serious urgency at the top of the rev range. The road going appeal of a 1000cc superbike is the feeling of power that you don’t get with smaller capacity sports bikes. The V2 has a lot of the lower speed urgency and grunt that makes it an incredibly engaging bike to ride at realistic road going speeds, and it’s in gear performance is excellent!

We clocked the V2 acceleration at 0-60mph in 3 seconds, 0-100mph in 6 seconds and 0-140mph in 9.7 seconds – all very impressive numbers!

Handling wise, the V2 is amazing, showa big piston forks and a sachs shock providing the suspension set up. This is a fairly plush set up as it is, really nice at handling road going bumps and undulations, for track, Id probably want to stiffen it up, in particular the shock, but it’s all adjustable. The riding position is on the aggressive side of sporty, quite a bit more sporty than a GSXR for example, with a jacked up rear seat and high rear set position. This wouldn’t be a bike I’d like to do long milage on, but for shorter blasts, it’s awesome, and for track days, it would be fantastic!
Completing the handling package is a fantastic brake and tyre set up!

Of course, no bike is perfect and the Ducati Panigale has a couple of things we noticed, but they are minor blemishes in an otherwise incredible package and forgotten the moment you cast eyes on it again!

To say we enjoyed this review, from riding it, to shooting it through to editing is an understatement and we hope you enjoy it too!

Aaron
KNOX

For more details on the Ducati Panigale V2, please check out https://www.ducati.com/gb/en/bikes/pa...

For all the gear we wore on test, please see below:
Knox Dual Active Base Layer - https://www.planet-knox.com/product/m...
Knox Urbane Pro Utility Shirt MK2 - https://www.planet-knox.com/product/u...
Knox Richmond Jeans MK2 - https://www.planet-knox.com/product/r...
Knox Handroid POD MK4 glove - https://www.planet-knox.com/product/h...

For the insurance quote:
Mr Average is: Based on a 40 year old married Bank Clerk, living in LA13. Kept in a Garage, held full bike lis since 2000. Bike has Biketrac and a Datatool S4 C1 Red security. No accidents or claims. Comp cover, 3000 miles, 5 years protected NCD and just SDP use
Please see https://www.devittinsurance.com/.
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