The Ducati Superleggera V4 just isn’t solely the quickest Ducati on the market but additionally one of many quickest, most unique bikes on the planet. And now, it will be ridden by Jason Statham in Expendables 4.
Hollywood star Jason Statham is well-known for his action scenes and in the case of the Expendables sequence of movies, he has been seen driving a Ducati Desmosedici RR within the Expendables earlier than. The Ducati Desmosedici RR, on the time of the movie launch, was not solely one of many quickest Ducati bikes ever made but additionally one of many quickest bikes on the planet.
Now, because the shoot of the Expendables 4 is underway, the quickest Ducati on the planet and one of many quickest bikes on the market proper now’s the Ducati Superleggera V4 and as soon as once more, we would see Jason Statham driving the newest and the quickest Ducati within the upcoming movie. Statham gave a sneak peek of him and the motorbike by posting a video of him driving the bike and in addition, posted once more, some footage with the motorbike.
It was within the June of 2020 when the primary Ducati Superleggera V4 rolled out of the manufacturing plant and was delivered to the primary buyer. The quantity 001/500 mannequin of the Ducati Superleggera V4 was formally delivered to the Belgian Ducatista Filip Van Schil, who already possesses 9 different Ducati bikes.
“After I obtained the decision and the official invitation to come back to Borgo Panigale to gather my Superleggera V4, the quantity 001 of 500, though I’ve at all times been a Ducatista, my legs trembled with emotion,” mentioned Filip Van Schil. “A welcome like this, despite the fact that I used to be the primary to name and order the bike, is one thing unimaginable. Receiving it immediately within the firm and touching the fervour of the individuals who work in Borgo Panigale is an expertise that I’ll at all times bear in mind. Days like this are what make Ducati distinctive and totally different from all the opposite motorbike producers.”
It was Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding, who unveiled the Superleggera V4 001 after which handed it over to its first proprietor. The ceremony befell contained in the Centro Stile Ducati.
The Superleggera V4 is the one motorbike on the planet, accredited for street use, with the complete load-bearing construction of the chassis (body, subframe, swingarm and rims), fabricated from composite materials, acquiring, for these parts solely, a weight saving of 6.7 kg in comparison with these of the Panigale V4 MY20. To make sure the best high quality and security requirements, these parts are 100% managed by probably the most refined methods borrowed from the aerospace business, equivalent to thermography, ultrasound checks, and tomography.
The precise set-up of the chassis offers an unparalleled deceleration capability, a unprecedented velocity of descent when cornering and a marked tendency of the bike to shut the trajectories when exiting corners.
Many parts are fabricated from carbon fibre, modelled in superior aerodynamic shapes. Due to the aerodynamic biplane appendages impressed by Ducati’s 2016 MotoGP bike, probably the most highly-performing on this subject, it is ready to assure a vertical load of fifty kg of “downforce” at 270 km/h, 20 kg greater than that produced by the wings of the Panigale V4 MY20 and V4R.
The carbon fairings are embellished with a livery impressed by the Desmosedici GP19, with an alternation of traces and depths between the purple color of the GP19 and the seen carbon that spotlight the shapes, the supplies and the technical particulars. The purple continues on the colored sides of the OEM Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SP tyres, particularly developed within the development of the Superleggera V4.
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Probably the most highly effective and lightest Desmosedici Stradale R engine is hidden underneath the carbon pores and skin. The 998 cc 90° V4 unit of the Superleggera V4 weighs 2.8 kg lower than the 1,103 cc V4 and, due to the Akrapovič accredited exhaust, produces 224 hp of energy in street configuration (EU homologation worth), which turns into 234 hp by mounting the titanium Akrapovič exhaust for monitor use, which is included within the Racing Package provided with the bike.
The racing connotation of the engine is emphasised by means of a dry clutch and by the timing of the Desmodromic system made manually by a specialist who, after checking, confirms the optimistic outcome by affixing his signature on the metallic plate that ornaments the carbon cowl of the rear cylinder financial institution.
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