2019’s NEW BIKES RUMOUR RATING!

DUCATI PANIGALE ‘NUDO’ / STREETFIGHTER

Yeah, the ‘ Nudo’ part we made up ( it means naked, in Italian) , as we haven’t heard any particular name being bandied about for this potential machine. Ducati have a terrific naked bike in the Monster, but haven’t really had a balls deep naked sportsbike since the madcap and sorely missed Streetfighter range. As e cellent as the Monster is, it’s more Roadster material than pure sports fare, and Ducati do need a rival to Aprilia’s all conq uering Tuono 1100, don’t they? The Panigale 1100 engine with some slight fettling will make an absolute beast of a naked bike engine – drop the delivery curve way down the range, cap a stack of rpm off it and throw it all back down low – sorted! There’s ample rumours z apping about that point to this bike maybe being revealed later this year, and unless they really want to keep sports for their sportsbikes and all the rest of their range V -twin based, we reckon it’s more than likely.