A Look at Ducati & the Technology Behind One of the Fastest Production Motorcycles in the World
Released on 05/09/2014
[Narrator] This is the Ducati 1199 Panigale S.
The fastest production motorcycle in the world.
And this is me riding it.
(motor humming)
(engine revving)
Oh, here we go.
He's getting on the gas.
Just forget everything you know about speed.
Any of the smallest input you make
just instantly translate to what I'm doing on the bike.
[Narrator] So, how does a novice like me
handle a bike like this?
Well, computers of course.
It's good, eh?
Nice and smooth, man.
Well done.
The technology that's out there for the street bike of today
was only the racetrack kind of like five, 10 years ago.
ABS traction control,
all of these engine management advances,
and now they're putting that into the street bikes.
[Narrator] While technically street legal
with turn signals, mirrors, and the added safety
of a computer that corrects novice mistakes,
this bike's 195 horsepower engine is not really suitable
for the daily commute.
The idea behind this motorcycle
is to build one of lightest motorcycle production bike
on the market.
The engineer were very excited.
They got a chance to start from scratch.
They built a new engine, a new chassis.
It's designed in every detail.
[Narrator] So, what makes this the world's
fastest production motorcycle?
I think you have to take three things into consideration.
That would be aerodynamics, horsepower and torque,
and then of course, extreme weight reduction.
The engine on this motorcycle is a stressed member.
Meaning that we've got a monocoque frame
at the beginning and connects to the motor,
and the motor connects to the rear of the bike.
So, there's not a perimeter frame around it
to make the bike wider.
And what that does is it really gives the bike
a lot of rigidity as well.
It's a very stiff motorcycle
and that allows the rider a lot of feeling,
a lot of feedback.
It's very agile.
It goes where you want it to go.
(engine revving)
[Narrator] It's seriously unnerving to ride this thing.
And I'm not just being obvious.
The 1199 is fast.
Starring: Damon Lavrinc, Dominique Cherak
Director: Editor in Chief - Scott Dadich, Creative Director - Billy Sorrentino
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