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WORD FORM THE TOP LUIGI MAURO - DUCATI'S CHIEF TESTER

DUCATI V4S

Why no more power or less weight?

Of course, we can increase the power, but maybe we would have lost some torque at low rpm and we didn't want to do that. We think that the maximum power is already enough. Being honest, I think we are already the reference for power in the market. And regarding the weight, the bike is light… it's really light. At Ducati, we have a rule - 'never forget to reduce weight.'. Of course,

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