It’s December 23, 2022—and it was solely a couple of week in the past that Ducati introduced its celebratory 2022 Panigale V4 World Champion Duplicate machines. Simply 260 every of the Bagnaia 2022 World Champion Duplicate and Bautista 2022 World Champion Duplicate machines would ever be made, a quantity chosen to concurrently rejoice Ducati’s founding in 1926. Every machine would, in fact, be numbered, and in addition signed by the respective Ducati champions—with signatures protected beneath a transparent coat afterward to seal the deal.
The bikes had been offered as a part of Ducati’s Campioni in Piazza², which was Ducati’s extra-special free occasion held in Bologna to rejoice its gorgeous 12 months of success in 2022 with its followers. Unsurprisingly, Ducati introduced on December 22 that each bikes bought out inside a matter of days. An actual period of time wasn’t given—however nonetheless, that’s 520 bikes, priced at $63,000, already allotted to their new properties all over the world.
“2022 has been an unbelievable 12 months for Ducati each on the observe and out there, confirming the combination and steady switch of expertise and experience between manufacturing and racing that’s unparalleled on this planet of motorcycling,” Ducati VP world gross sales & after gross sales, Francesco Milicia, mentioned in a press release.
“We thought the easiest way to share the successes of 2022 with essentially the most passionate Ducatisti was to supply them with unique, numbered bikes, individually signed by Pecco and Álvaro. Right now, when our model is as strong as ever and projected into the longer term, we additionally needed to pay homage to our historical past, recalling with each replicas the founding of Ducati, which dates again to 1926,” he concluded.
Every 2022 Panigale V4 2022 World Champion Duplicate machine relies on the V4 S, and comes with a single-seat configuration, Brembo Stylema R brake calipers, Rizoma billet aluminum adjustable footpegs, and a street-legal Akrapovic silencer. There’s additionally a great deal of carbon fiber, together with the rear exhaust manifold warmth defend, alternator cowl, mudguards, and swingarm cowl. Moreover, the Álvaro Bautista version will get a brushed aluminum gas tank.
An extra track-only equipment of extremely fascinating equipment additionally comes with every of those bikes. Inside, new house owners will discover the open carbon fiber dry clutch cowl, kits to take away each the license plate bracket and mirrors, and in addition the billet aluminum racing gas cap. Moreover, the bikes will all are available in their very own particular instances, together with certificates of authenticity, personalised bike covers, and in addition a Ducati Information Analyzer and knowledge acquisition system.
