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Ducati V4 R

Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah berazam untuk menyerlah pada pusingan pertama Kejuaraan Motosikal Asia (ARRC) di Buriram, Thailand pertengahan bulan ini.

Pelumba berusia 29 tahun itu yang juga dikenali dengan nama olokan El Pescao akan menunggang jentera Ducati Panigale V4 R untuk pasukan Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) Racing Team.

Dia telah berlatih dengan motosikal tersebut di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang baru-baru ini sebagai persediaan untuk pelumbaan di Litar Antarabangsa Chang, Thailand.

“Sejujurnya sepanjang karier dalam perlumbaan, saya belum pernah menunggang motosikal V4 R tetapi sistem elektronik yang terdapat di motosikal itu dan apa yang diberitahu oleh ketua mekanik, Loris Caroli kelebihan motosikal itu terletak kepada sistem brek.

“Saya memang dapat rasakan perbezaan terutama sistem brek yang lebih mantap berbanding motosikal lain yang pernah saya tunggang selain sistem suspensi yang baik apabila mengambil selekoh serta kemantapan dari aspek pecutan terutama di litar lurus.

“Boleh saya katakan motosikal V4R ini ‘mesra’ penunggang dan saya cepat menyesuaikan diri namun saya perlu lebih banyak latihan untuk mendalami lagi sistem elektronik bagi tunggangan lebih laju,” kata Hafizh.

Dia juga menyifatkan cabaran terbesar buatnya kelak ialah Markus Reiterberger yang merupakan juara bertahan kelas ASB1000 di dalam kejuaraan tersebut. Hafizh turut berkata bahawa dia tidak memandang rendah kebolehan pelumba-pelumba senegara Malaysia, Zaqhwan Zaidi dan Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman.

  • The Dubai Police have added eight Ducati Panigale V4 R to their fleet.

  • They already own a stable of luxury cars.

  • The bikes will allow them to zip through traffic easier.

Forget about Miami Vice or Bad Boys, it’s the Dubai Police who have the hottest fleet of vehicles, now that’ve added eight units of the Ducati Panigale V4 R.

In case you don’t know, the Panigale V4 R is the homologation model for the Ducati WorldSBK race bike. In other words, it’s a street-legal superbike racer. Although at 1000cc compared to the V4 and V4 S’s 1103cc, the V4 R’s Desmosedici Stradale engine produces more power, rated at 221 bhp in stock form. The race ECU and Akrapovic exhaust bumps it up to 234 bhp.

Yes, it’s the most powerful 1000cc superbike.

The Dubai five-o (Police Department) already owns a fleet that’ll make millionaires jealous, consisting of the Audi R8, Lamborghini Huracan, Nissan GT-R; various Bentleys, BMWs and a Bugatti Veyron. That’s not all, a Lykan HyperSport also joined the force in May this year.

However, the Ducatis allow the cops to zip through traffic much easier compared to the cars. The tweet shows that a Formula 2 car was also pressed into service along with the Ducatis.

So, there’s absolutely no way of “shaking the cops like this by keeping that Porsch in fifth” (borrowing the words from a Sir-Mix-A-Lot song).

Next Bike Sdn Bhd melancarkan sembilan model Ducati baharu bagi pasaran Malaysia dalam satu majlis Ducati Malaysia Premier 2019 yang berlangsung di Ducati Petaling Jaya, hari ini.

Antara model dilancarkan adalah Ducati Multistrada 1260 Enduro, Hypermotard 950, V4 R, Diavel 1260 S dan Multistrada 950 S diikuti empat model Scrambler baharu; Scrambler 800 Icon, 800 Desert Sled, Full Throttle dan Cafe Racer.

Ducati V4 R (RM299,900)

Jentera yang benar-benar mendefinisikan erti sebenar Ducati yang kerap kali dikaitkan dengan pengayaan, sofistikated dan prestasi. Ducati V4 R menawarkan DNA perlumbaan Ducati dengan enjin Desmosedici Stradale R yang lebih responsif – menghasilkan 221hp pada 15,250rpm! Tak cukup dengan itu, Ducati bertindak memasang Ducati Performance ekzos oleh Akrapovic.

Antara ciri lain yang terdapat pada model ini:

  • Bosch Cornering ABS EVO
  • Ducati Traction Control (DTC) EVO
  • Ducati Wheelie Control (DWC) EVO
  • Ducati Slide Control (DSC)
  • Engine Brake Control (EBC) EVO

Ducati Multistrada 1260 Enduro (RM138,900)

Ducati mengangkat status Multistrada ke taraf yang lebih tinggi dengan Multistrada 1260 Enduro dengan enjin Ducati Testatretta DVT 1262 serba baharu yang menjana 158hp pada 9,500rpm.

Antara ciri yang terdapat pada model ini:

  • Evo Ducati Skyhook Suspension (DSS)
  • Up/down Ducati Quick Shift (DQS)
  • Bosch Cornering ABS
  • Ducati Traction Control (DTC)
  • Ducati Wheelie Contorl (DWC)
  • Ducati Cornering Lights
  • Vehicle Hold Control (VHC)

Ducati Multistrada 950 S (RM95,900)

Dilengkapi enjin 937cc Testastretta 11 twin silinder dengan Desmodromic valve, Multistrada 950 S menghasilkan 113hp pada 9,000rpm.

Antara ciri yang terdapat pada model ini:

  • Bosch Cornering ABS
  • Riding Mode
  • Ducati Traction Control (DTC)
  • Ducati Cornering Lights
  • Vehicle Hold Control (VHC)

Ducati Hypermotard 950 (RM75,900)

Seperti imej liar dan buas yang ditampilkan, Hypermotard 950 kini disuntik dengan penampilan lebih sporty berinspirasikan jentera motard. Dilengkapi enjin 937cc twin silinder Testaretta 11 dengan piston serba baharu, enjin ini mencerna 114hp pada 9,000rpm.

Antara ciri yang terdapat pada model ini:

  • Riding Mode
  • Bosch Cornering ABS
  • Ducati Traction Control (DTC) EVO
  • Ducati Wheelie COntrol (DWC) EVO

Ducati Diavel 1260 S (RM139,900)

Cantik, berkuasa dan penuh gaya, Diavel 1260 dilengkapi dengan enjin evolusi terbaru, Ducati Testasretta DVT 1262 yang menghasilkan 152hp pada 9,500rpm.

Meskipun memiliki berat 220kg namun Diavel 1260 S dilengkapi dengan pelbagai ciri keselamatan antaranya:

  • Bosch Cornering ABS
  • Ducati Traction Control (DTC)
  • Riding Mode
  • Power Mode

Tapi kalau rasa kurang berminat dengan jentera di atas,  ada empat lagi model dalam keluarga Ducati Scrambler yang akan menyusul!

Bagi mereka yang berminat jangan lupa bergegas ke Ducati Petaling Jaya bagi meninjau kesemua model baharu ini!

  • Pasukan Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike telah melancarkan jentera Ducati Panigale V4 R WorldSBK 2019 mereka.
  • Penunggang mereka yang sedia ada, Chaz Davies akan disertai oleh penunggang baharu dan bekas pelumba MotoGP, Alvaro Bautista.
  • Kejohanan WorldSBK musim 2019 menandakan kali pertama Ducati mempertaruhkan jentera janaan enjin V-Four.

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  • The Aru Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike launched their WorldSBK 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R.

  • Returning rider Chaz Davies is joined by newcomer and ex-MotoGP rider Alvaro Bautista.

  • WorldSBK 2019 marks the first time Ducati races with a V-Four bike.

It’s not only the season for wishing prosperity, it’s also when international race teams launch their teams for the 2019 season. The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike team launched their 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R for WorldSBK 2019.

The team’s riders Chaz Davies and newcomer Alvaro Bautista will ride the new bikes in an effort to recapture the WorldSBK crown for Ducati. The Italian manufacturer had a stranglehold of the WorldSBK throughout the Nineties and it was through that championship that Ducati became a household name, before they ventured into MotoGP. However, they have not won a superbike title for the last seven years.

 

“We’ll be working with only one aim in mind: to win,” said Gigi Dall’Igna about Ducati Corse’s WorldSBK program.

The Ducati Panigale V4 R is also an important milestone for Ducati as it is their first V-Four-powered road bike. Indeed, the manufacturer created the Panigale V4 as their basis to win the WorldSBK title, and thereby breaking their long tradition of producing V-Twin superbikes. WorldSBK and World Supersport championships are production-based.

Make no mistake, the Ducati Panigale V4 R is a potent missile right out of the crate. On the other hand, the team and manufacturer are pragmatic in their approach.  “The project is still at an early stage and development has started auspiciously well, but we still have to perfect several details and we have a clearly defined development program,” added Dall’Igna.

Team rider Chaz Davies will spend his fifth year with the red bikes and is a regular hard charger. He’s not afraid to swap paint, rubber and leather with four-time and current WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea of Kawasaki.

Alvaro Bautista could prove to be the dark horse of the factory with his extensive experience and knowledge garnered in MotoGP. He may well score a few wins this season.

All pictures: Ducati and Asphalt & Rubber

  • Ducati sedang membangunkan lebih banyak motosikal kegunaan jalan raya janaan enjin V4.
  • Mereka bakal melancarkan 29 buah motosikal baharu dalam tempoh lima tahun yang akan datang.
  • Motosikal baharu ini juga bakal meliputi segmen yang tidak ditawarkan Ducati sebelum ini.

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  • Ducati is looking forward to developing more V4-powered road bikes.

  • They will launch 29 new bikes in the next 5 years.

  • The new bikes will also cover segments in which Ducati is now absent.

Ducati’s CEO, Claudio Domenicali has revealed that more Ducati V4 models are on the way. Domenicali said it due was the Ducati Panigale V4’s success.

Ducati has planned to release 29 new bikes in the next 5 years, including in segments they are currently absent from. As such, the Italian manufacturer will utilize the V4 engine in different platforms.

Although they have not revealed where they will install the 213 bhp 1103cc Desmosedici Stradale V4 engine next, many are of the opinion that Ducati are considering naked, touring and adventure bikes.

Domenicali also expressed surprise with the Panigale V4 R superbike racing homologation model. It uses a 998cc V4 engine instead of the 1103cc V4.

“The V4 R positively surprised us,” he said. “It was a difficult exercise already with the reduced capacity to keep the same horsepower, but the engine then responded quite strongly to the improvements that we made, so that by the end we found a bit more (power) than we expected. In many ways it is the most advanced bike we have ever developed.”

Wait a minute. Why is the V4 R “the most advanced bike” Ducati has ever created? That’s because MotoGP does not allow electronic package, winglets, electronic suspension and ABS.

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