Motorcycle News has a video of the 1098R intro with a walk-around and riding evaluation. What a sweet bike. Unfortunately, even if you have the approx $50,000.00 to buy one, there won’t be enough to go around so this is as close as most of us will ever get.

Ducati’s new 1098R is the closest thing the Italian firm has ever produced to a full-blooded World Superbike racer.

Costing £24,000 it has a 186bhp, 1200cc engine, top quality cycle parts, and for the first time ever on a road bike: traction control.

Check it out here-

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