ENGINEERED BY THE STOPWATCH,
DESIGNED BY THE RACETRACK
The 1098 immediately strikes you with its purposeful, no-nonsense
attitude. Performance is first and foremost in every detail. .
Trademark Ducati features like the high tail section and compact
front-end meld with twin under-seat silencers and single-sided
swingarm to express its aerodynamics and agility.
Add the new Testastretta Evoluzione engine at the heart of the
machine and you get an all-out performance Ducati Superbike that
seems to be moving fast, even when at rest.
The 1098 introduces a
number of ‘firsts’ for Ducati and production sport bike design. The
1098 is the first production motorcycle to have the amazing stopping
power of Brembo Monobloc brakes, the first to have a data
acquisition system integrated as standard equipment and the first to
use an ingenious construction method for its weight-saving
single-sided swingarm. More ‘firsts’ for a road-going Ducati include
the direct application of MotoGP technology, like the power
producing GP6-derived elliptical throttle bodies and the use of the
information-rich instrumentation originally developed for the new
Desmosedici GP7.
The 1098 has the soul of a race bike, pure and
simple. The riding position encourages the rider to mould to the
sleek lines of the tank and seat: man and machine are made one. It
transmits the quality and character of contact between road surface
and tyre, it signals the way the chassis will react next and
responds instinctively to rider commands.
For more info, view the Spec Sheet below for specs and details on
the new engine, chassis, bodywork and electronics.
