Star Letter: Ducati’s Panigale – sex on wheels
By: Web Editor
Dear MSL,...I know the biking world seems to have got itself in a lather recently over the Ducati superbike – the Panigale – that if the hype is to be believed is going to become the new 916 but seeing the pictures in last month’s MSL really got me into the same lather as everyone else.
I couldn’t believe that the Italians have done it again. I remember seeing the first pictures of the 916 and how that changed everything for me.
I ended up owning one and loved it, even when it was parked in the garage it still got my heart racing everytime I looked at it.
Now I’ve got the Panigale as the object of my affections and the process of lusting after a big blood red Ducati has started all over again. I think that Ducati has been very clever in keeping the stylistic cues of the 916 in the new bike but giving it a MotoGP-style rear end and large rear tyre.
It’s nice to know that in these times of austerity and the squeeze going on around the world it’s Ducati that is still turning out motorcycles like the Panigale that really show everyone else how to do it.
Ben Gahgin
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