Test Ride Road Ducati Streetfighter V4S
Power from the immense V4 Desmosedici Stradale remains at a claimed 205bhp (or 208hp in the Ducati brochure). So hardly an issue there. Peak torque also remains capped at 90.4lb-ft (123Nm), and we can’t see any sane human being complaining about that either. Top-spec Brembo Stylema brakes remain, as does the main chassis and its superbike-inspired geometry.
Ducati has, however, tweaked the ergonomics and electronics, a similar trick as performed last year to the Panigale V4, to make the Streetfighter V4 faster, madder and, believe it or not, easier than ever.
To test the new 2023 updates, we headed to the tricky and challenging Circuito de Andalucía in Spain, to see if we could feel the differences and experience one of the most demanding naked bikes on the market. Normally when we attend a world press launch and arrive to find the new model is ostensibly like the old, we’d be a tiny bit disappointed. But in this case, I for one was not complaining. In fact, the Streetfighter V4S could even have been tamed a little – had a few horses shaved from its
