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The future, now… CFMOTO V4 SR-RR

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Bruce Wilson

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12th December 2025

There’s making a statement, then there’s this: a pukka litre sports bike from China that has the potential to cause shivers down the spine of every traditional market leader.
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2024 Ducati Panigale V4 SP2 916 anniversary edition

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Alan Dowds

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7th November 2023

The last of Ducati’s 2024 reveals – and a corker to finish off with. The Panigale V4 SP2 is already very posh and very limited, but this 916 anniversary edition is even more so. Just 500 will be made, with the special 916 replica paint scheme, and a numbered plaque, on top of the carbon…
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2024 Ducati Multistrada V4 RS launched

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Alan Dowds

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19th October 2023

In the old days, the exalted ‘RS’ badge would only be applied to the very finest of race-ready superbikes. But it’s a mark of where we are that Ducati has just launched this: the 2024 Multistrada V4 RS. High-end adventure tourers now get just as much performance and kit as superbikes, and with this ultimate…
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Ducati dropping a big one tomorrow

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Alan Dowds

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18th October 2023

A quick heads-up for 3pm tomorrow, when the good folks at Ducati are launching a new bike. And we’ve heard a rumour that it’s a pretty sweet piece of kit – even for them! Tune in here! https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home/ducati-world-premiere Then check back here to see what we reckon to it…
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2022 Ducati Panigale V4S

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Alan Dowds

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25th November 2021

Engine, chassis, aerodynamics, electronics and ergonomics all tweaked on the mighty Panigale Big news from Ducati on the first public day of the EICMA show: a new Panigale V4 and V4S, that’s claimed to be even faster round a track, but also easier to ride for all skill levels. The engine has an extra 1.5bhp…
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2021 sales boom for Ducati

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Alan Dowds

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20th October 2021

Record third quarter for the Bologna firm We’re all getting a bit bored by bad news, so here’s some better stuff: Ducati has had its best quarter ever in terms of bike sales, and has sold more machines in the first 9 months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020. Last quarter sale of…
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DUCATI SUPERLEGGERA V4 REVIEW

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Carl Stevens

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16th February 2021

We bagged the keys to Ducati’s ultimate superbike, and took it for a spin on both road and track. So is it worth the £90k price tag, and just how special is it?
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DUCATI V4 STREETFIGHTER PRESENTATION | LIVE STREAM

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Carl Stevens

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25th March 2020

Fancy catching it? Well tune in from 5:30pm, right here… Who isn’t excited about the new V4 Streetfighter? Because we sure are, and after riding one last week, we had good reason to be… although you’re going to have to wait till next month’s mag to find out exactly why. Until then, here’s something to…
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2020 Ducati Streetfighter V4 released

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Alan Dowds

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24th October 2019

178kg dry, 208bhp, double wings, all the electrickery. Where do we sign? Okay, it’s not much of a surprise – indeed, this is one of the most heavily-trailed new bikes of 2020. But it’s still good to see it in the flesh at last. Our man Boothy was in Rimini (that’s a town in the…
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Ducati confirms V4-powered Multistrada for 2021

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Alan Dowds

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20th September 2019

First 200bhp adventure bike on the way? When the facts change, we change our minds round here at Fast Bikes Towers. So when ‘adventure bikes’ had like 55bhp at the piston-top, while weighing more than a small Volvo, we poo-pooed them with extreme prejudice. Big traillies (as they were known) like the old 750 Honda…
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2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory launched

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Alan Dowds

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4th November 2018

WHILE we were quite rightly amazed by the Ducati Panigale V4S launched earlier this year, we did quibble a bit at the capacity increase. In a litre bike test, the V4 had a load more power, partly because it has a 1,103cc motor. How long before someone else joined them? Less than a year in…
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FEATURE TEASER – THE ULTIMATE V4 SHOOTOUT!

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Carl Stevens

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24th October 2018

A test of time, wallet size  and exotica, we pitched Ducati’s GP-inspired Desmo RR against the firm’s decade fresher Panigale V4 Speciale for this month’s cover feature, and it was bloody awesome… Silk sheets, the finest of wines and not even Ron Burgundy’s jazz flute performance can hold a candle to the suave delights of…
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New 2017 Norton V4 SS & RR Superbikes!

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Carl Stevens

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21st November 2016

Here at Fastbikes we have a lot of time for things that are fast, exclusive and absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. So when Norton announced their V4 SS & RR we were bloody excited, and for good reason. We delved into the details to see why you should be excited about this bike… It is a step…
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Scott Redding: MotoGP Test

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26th November 2013

Who better to ask how the new Honda RCV1000R rides than Mr Redding?
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2013 Aprilia RSV4 Factory/R ABS

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11th February 2013

As the title suggests, the two-time Fast Bikes’ Sportsbike of the Year gets ABS for 2013. But there’s more to the updated RSV4’s arsenal than meets the eye.
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