One Of A Kind
Something very special has come to the market recently. While there are never a lot of the bigger preowned Ducati Panigale models available, this is the first time that one like this has come to the market.
The bike is a 2016 Panigale 1299. Like most of these pedigree machines the mileage is tiny, with only 8,000 kilometres on the clock. The bike has had one previous owner, they put 7,500 of those kilometres up over eight years of road riding.
The current owner has prepped it, to the highest standards, for track use. These standards are set by, and meet the requirements of, the governing body of motorcycle racing here in Ireland, the MCUI.
Although that’s, unfortunately, where the competing on a track starts and ends. This is because the 1,285cc engine precludes it from racing. There simply isn’t a class for sports bikes that have an engine with as much capacity and power. Rather, the bike has been used for track days. These track days have exclusively been ones run on Spanish circuits by Motocraft. It’s never seen the rain!
Before the bike was prepped for the track it weighed in at a featherlight 190 kilos. When the lights, indicators, original parts like the rearsets (footpegs and their mounts) were removed or swapped for lighter pieces the bike tipped 178 kilos on the scales.
An Iconic Motor
The eight valve v-twin engine sits in a monocoque frame. The chassis is made from aluminium which is where a lot of the weight saving comes from. The engine, meanwhile, produces 196 bhp as standard. One of the reasons that this particular bike is so special is because it produces so, so, much more.
The bikes brain, the Electronic Control Unit, or ECU, manages fuelling and power output. The standard one in this bike has been replaced with a race one. Added to a final tuning set up by Dublin company, Mototuning, sees the bike putting out a staggering 214 bhp. Once again this all weighs under 180 kilos. The 124 foot pounds of torque just adds that little bit more to the show!
Keeping it all together is a suspension setup with fully adjustable Marzocchi forks with Öhlins internals and a Sachs rear shock. The brakes are state of the art Brembo monobloc 4 piston pieces. Brembo are the gold standard of stopping! Cornering ABS comes on the bike as standard from the factory.
As a track bike, and one this powerful, being able to change tyres quickly and efficiently is important. Therefore the bike needs a set of paddock stands to go with it. A pair for this bike are included. More good news is that it’s is sitting on a new set of Dunlops. There are even a pair of tyre warmers as part of the deal as well as a front and rear wheel removal socket.
Beautiful, even in road trim
While there’s a full service history this is a bike that also has a past! Earlier this year, in Aragon, the rider ‘let it go’ in a very light incident. As a result he christened it and it bears a little bit of light scarring on the fairing.
When riding bikes such as these recording the experience is very important to some people. To facilitate this it comes with an official Ducati GoPro mount. This can be fitted to either the front or the rear of the bike.
This Panigale was originally imported from the UK and comes with all the documentation including a V5.
As a one of a kind machine, this bike is the stuff of dreams, only it’s faster and more beautiful than most of us could imagine! It’s one of the ultimate circuit bikes and a collectable that’s finished to a standard that we simply won’t see again.
Drop Mick a WhatsApp message at 0830087995 to enquire about making it yours…