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Ducati Panigale V4 SP2
For all you young guns out there, the SP2 moniker probably seems like an exclusively Honda deal, first seen on its VTR1000 SP2 WSBK homologation machine at the turn of the century and more recently on the firm’s CBR1000RR Fireblade.
But, as any old bike geek will tell you, Ducati actually built Sport Production 2 bikes well before Honda’s VTR. In the early 1990s, the 851 and 888 Superbikes both came in SP2 form (and SP3, 4 and 5 for the 888). Now the firm has jumped back on the SP2 wagon with this, the 2022 Panigale V4 SP2.
It’s an update on the current SP version (which we tested – and loved – last month), with all the 2022 Panigale updates. The mods are largely similar to the previous 2021 V4 SP but applied to the 2022 Panigale V4 S, which was itself a pretty hefty update on the 2021 model, so you get the 1.4kg lighter carbon fibre split-five-spoke wheels,
