hi there ladies and gentlemen welcome to
the test of the new ducatti monster
1200r on the ascari Raceway in Spain
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the ascari Raceway is surely one of the
most exclusive RAC tracks in the world
owned by a Dutch
billionaire uh he built this racetrack
which looks like he built it in his own
garden with some trees and um some nice
Woods in the back everything is highly
exclusive it looks like like a vineard
in um in France he has his own garage
his own sport cars uh which he developed
and he is also racing with his cars not
with motorcycles but um I'm very pleased
that we can use this track for some
presentations uh I guess there's only
one presentation every two or three
years of the most exclusive bikes uh for
example BMW hp2 sport or um KTM Super
Duke or the ducatti monster
1200r this is uh the most racing like
version of all the monster bikes it's
still not a a track bike a real track
bike it's a street bike which you can
use on the racetrack it has full earin
suspension it has an earin steering
damper the the whole vehicle was lifted
a little bit uh 50 mm so you have more
lean angle 50° lean angle still I think
it's not enough um because I had a lot
of contact with the foot packs we have
racing foot packs um that which are very
good very very nice grip very nice
feeling but um as I said we had we had
some contact we even had contact uh with
the exhaust pipe uh on this side and on
this side I think with the side stand a
little bit because there are some bumps
uh and you have a lot of pressure uh you
have some some turns and Corners um
where you have a lot of pressure on the
suspension and when you when you're a
little heavy Rider I have no problems
but some of the other Riders bit heavier
than me and they uh you know it was um
not the best feeling in some Corners I
have to say so you would have to adjust
the suspension of course when you go to
the
racetrack we have pelli super quaza SP
tires in the back we have the same uh
size as on the panal which is
25517 in the front uh we have a reg Tire
of course and we have the brakes of the
panal super bike uh they really work
very well very good feeling very
heartbreaking um and everything is
really stable of course you have more
movements because it's a naked bike
because you sit higher it's a bit
heavier it has 180 kg dry weight so I
think it has
205 between 205 and 210 kg with all the
liquids um I'm pretty sure but I I just
can't check it right now um
unfortunately um I also like uh The
Handlebar um the wide handlebar uh you
sit a little bit um orientated to the
front you not not like on a super bike
but uh I just like the feeling I have
for the front tire you know what happens
in the front tire for the back tire we
have traction control um um you can
regulate you have eight levels of the
traction control you have three levels
ABS you have three riding modes you have
three power modes um and did I forget
something yes of course you have three
display views even display uh looks
really nice I think uh in in color and
uh it's a real real racing display I
love it I really love it and it's very
easy to to change the writing modes and
and and to set everything like you want
to have it
um what else has changed we as I said um
no I haven't said it has 160 horsepower
really nice um especially the torque you
have at lower refs um it's so soft uh
from from from the low to the top uh
very nice to to ride on the racetrack I
can't tell you how it rides on the
streets because in the street you have a
lot lower revs most of the time so I
don't know what it's like to uh just um
stroll through the city or go somewhere
on a regular Street um next year I can
tell you I'm sure I will test it again I
will ride it again maybe even in the
austan mountains so you have to be a
little bit patient uh we have 58 mm
pipes now we have elliptical throttle
bodies 56
mm um higher suspension as I said forged
aluminum wheels from Marini
um racing foot packs there
are different foot packs uh in the
accessories I don't know I mean the
difference is they are they have even
more grip um but I haven't tried it they
only have one fully accessorized bike so
we can't unfortunately we can't use it
I'm really
sorry then we have of course the red
color some say Ducar has to be red but
there's a black version uh that is
called um let me check thrilling black
yeah thrilling black and I must say it
Thrills me because I I like it more than
the red version uh it costs a little bit
more but it looks um just a little bit
more luxurious uh to me and and also
more more badass more racing so I would
choose the Black Version but um yeah
tastes are different you can't argue
about tastes or something yeah so I had
three turns now I had to learn the track
of course uh it's a long track 5.4 km
and
some really interesting Corners uh let's
put it that way so now I have two more
turns and I
can uh feel the really concentrate on
the bike now because I had to
concentrate on the track so you can
concentrate on the bike so now I can
concentrate on the bike and I will be
back and tell you a little bit more
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that's it for me I finished my last turn
the other group still has one to go and
I'm really
jealous because this was a perfect day
for me perfect weather very good bike
and a sensational racetrack I afraid I
will come
back in 3 years maybe five maybe never I
don't know um this is really exclusive
thing I don't know if it's even possible
for um
well for let's say a normal person to
come here and to ride here and even for
journalists it's it's something really
really
special as I said it's not really a race
bike it's a compromise of course uh
because ducatti wants you to ride it on
the street also uh so you still would
have to put on some accessories you
would have to make some changes on the
suspension uh maybe on the the seat uh
and everything as you are used to it uh
if if you transform some other bike into
a race bike but it worked very very well
because this isn't an easy track uh some
very interesting turns some some not
it's not dangerous I think it's not not
more dangerous than than some other
tracks but
um you got some parts here that uh you
don't usually have on other RAC
tracks so the suspension of course uh
Swedish gold worked perfectly for me I
didn't make any changes uh also the
steering damper the front is is really
stable and precise although a Naked Bike
itself moves a little bit more than a
super sports bike but the tires and
everything Tire suspension Were Always
On Track always um going precisely where
I wanted it to go uh even when I moved a
little in the
so no problem perfect brakes of course
the brakes of the panal uh also the
tires they are a compromise uh pelli
super CA SP if you would really have um
a day on the racetrack maybe you would
choose the super CAA or or other uh
tires slicks but uh they worked well we
had 15minute turns it's about 25° so I
had had no problems with the
tires 160 horsepower
you would expect it to go Wheeling all
the time it was Wheeling sometimes you
have some some bumps and some heels but
there was there were no turbulences it
was just kept calm went down again
depends on um what what traction control
level you have but um it just went down
and and I was again on on course
so that was also very nice and and I'm
really curious about the monster riding
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