If they are using timing chain instead of belt, lets hope it is of better quality than the final drive chains we have seen!
Valve springs! Non Desmo! Well, well. Ducati have not made a bike without desmo valves since 1980, and desmo has been the Unique Selling Proposition throughout that time. I cannot see this going down very well with enthusiasts. For non-enthusiasts it won't make any difference. Might just as well buy a Honda - so they probably will.
Hopefully with the granturisimo being 95mm shorter maybe a few more litres than the standard 20, I would be a happy bunny, together with smart cylinder shutdown for better economy.
Bye bye desmo. I can get over my nostalgia, I think. The motor specs sound (very) promising. Now let's see what the wheel size/suspension geometry will be...
It says 170 bhp on their advert ... so two more pots and a LOT more wonga for a 10 bhp gain ? ...nah, not bothered thanks. I will stick with my DVT and single sided swingarm instead
You cannot compare the characteristics of two entirely different configuration engines just on bhp. If my experience of how the V4 Panigale delivers its drive, transfers to the new V4 Multistrada, it’ll be DVT chalk and V4 cheese. Andy
It won’t be significantly lighter. When’s that ever happened! All that radar shit will probably weigh 20kg’s!
Having test ridden a Panigale it's an amazing power delivery, and yes I know this is not the same engine...
Also worth remembering (for those just trying to compare HP) that they now have to build this engine for Euro 5 upwards! Tighter and tighter restrictions. So you just can’t blast the manufacturer for it
I am always very skeptical when manufactures show in gear rear wheel torque graph comparisons, as it can be very misleading. It is subject to final drive ratios (which will be very much in favor of the higher reving V4), I will only be interested when I see a crankshaft output comparison of the two (which I will bet they wont show). You can't get past the fact that the 1260 reduces 130 nm at 7500 and the V4 produces 125 nm at 8750
To create a motor that conforms to the Euro5 standard, producing 170 BHP from smaller displacement, in a lighter/more compact package (even if it's just 1.2 kg), while producing ample torque and on top of all that requires a valve clearance check no sooner than 60K km is nothing sort of astounding. Yes, we still don't know if that torque curves are similar to the 1260 (I doubt they are), yes the consumption has yet to be seen, yes the rest of the bike is yet to be seen but the motor specs sound astonishing. I just hope I don't see again a 20l tank and that there is an option with SSSA and 17" front wheel. A working back brake would also help me take the leap...
