The Italian Goddess

We take a look at the Ducati 1299s Panigale, which comes standard with every possible piece of hardware, electronics and cosmetic upgrades that you can think of. 

- Gavin Perry

Ducati has always been on top of the aspiration list of bikes to own at any given time, with a long racing heritage and truly unique and beautiful bikes. So how does the 1299s Panigale measure up to its predecessors?

It’s a V-twin superbike that’s bigger than ever before with an engine displacement of 1285cc delivering you 153kW. No big deal really? All the top of the logs superbikes are putting that out or close enough. But all of the rest are fighting for best superbike in the world are all inline cylinder high revving screaming machines. Ducati stands alone as the black sheep… Or does it?

There was a time in 2010 when the superbike world was giving you X and BMW came along and said “Hey, look at this here Y”, and totally turned the super bike world on its head with their S1000rr and all its features, advanced technology and electronics. Everyone has caught up now, and available horsepower vs. tech and features are closely matched. In a good rider’s hands, they can all perform and do the same things, however, the Panigale just seems to do it better, smoother, faster and with way more style flare and just sheer heart and soul.