News – Streetfighter and 1198: Ducati at the top of its game at home! – 1098R Bayliss Limited Edition: a tribute to the champion

Streetfighter and 1198: Ducati at the top of its game at home !

News - Streetfighter and 1198: Ducati at the top of its game at home! - 1098R Bayliss Limited Edition: a tribute to the champion

By succeeding in blending technological refinement and cult racing, Ducati delights fans of motorcycles with salivating performance … Expected firmly at home in Milan, the Reds have not failed with an ultimate roadster and sports car. !

1098R Bayliss Limited Edition: a tribute to the champion

With the 1098R Bayliss Limited Edition, Ducati wishes to pay a last tribute to its immense champion: the three-time WSBK world champion Troy Bayliss. Taking up the technical specifications of the 1098R – more or less the same as the new 1198 presented above -, the 1098R "LE" takes on the livery approached by the Ducati official on the occasion of the final disputed this week. -end in Portugal (read). A decoration subtly mixing the colors of the Ducati racing department with the Australian flag of its pilot, and whose credit goes to Aldo Drudi, the appointed designer of a certain Valentino Rossi…

Proudly wearing the No.21 of the illustrious Australian rider, the bike is an – almost – conformal copy of the F08 used by Bayliss this season. Exclusively single-seater, the most powerful version of the manufacturer’s Superbike range (180 hp and 13.7 m / kg of torque!) Is based on an impressive 43mm diameter Ohlins fork straight out of racing and a TTXR rear shock with almost endless adjustment possibilities !

Of course, the machine uses the finest materials such as magnesium for the engine casings, carbon for the fairing and forged rims from Marchesini. In addition to a "racing" kit – with Termignoni carbon exhausts, ad hoc electronic adjustments, cover and stand crutch – the beautiful will be able to showcase its advanced anti-skating and its data acquisition system to seduce some 500 happy fans. . ready to spend € 36,000 to € 38,000, Ducati France tells us !

Alexandre BARDIN – Photos DR

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