Ducati Panigale V4

The Ducati Panigale V4 is a sport bike with a 1,103 cc desmodromic 90 degree V4 engine that Ducati introduced in 2018 as the successor to the V-twin 1299. It uses the Desmosedici Stradale V4, an engine derived from the Desmosedici MotoGP racing engine, and was Ducati's first large-production street bike with a V4, after a short run of 1,500 street-legal Desmosedici RR machines in 2007 and 2008 and two Apollo V4 prototypes in 1964. Unlike the 1199 and 1299, where the engine is the primary element of the frame, it hangs the engine in a more conventional aluminium perimeter frame, and the engine turns against the direction of the wheels to reduce the gyroscopic effect. Variants include the V4 S, Speciale, V4 R homologation special with a 998 cc engine, the carbon-framed Superleggera built in 500 examples for 2020, and the 2026 Superleggera Centenario.