Cycle News's video: Ducati Superleggera V4 Track Test Review - Cycle News

When you see a Ducati Superleggera V4 in the metal, you know you’re standing in the presence of something special. It’s a black and red study in carbon fiber, aerodynamics, electronics, and the harnessing of 200-plus horsepower from a motor that sounds almost as good as what’s on the grid in MotoGP. Limited to 500 examples worldwide, the Superleggera V4 is the finest superbike Ducati is capable of making for sale to the public. Worth a staggering $100,000, the Superleggera comes to the game with a claimed 224 hp in a package weighing a claimed 335 lb dry (Ducati annoyingly refused to let us weigh the bike fully wet) once you fit the Racing Kit exhaust that comes with the bike at purchase. At that point, power gets bumped to 234 hp. Mental. Come for a ride on this most exclusive of Ducatis with Cycle News Road Test Editor, Rennie Scaysbrook, at the world-famous Laguna Seca Raceway. Timestamps: 1:48: Model tech talk 6:26: Ducati Panigale V4 R ride 6:55: Ducati Superleggera V4 first ride 10:51: First thoughts 13:13: Tech with Jake Zemke 16:59: Second ride on Ducati Superleggera V4 19:11: Final thoughts