By shifting the fuel tank further back under the seat, the battery and ECU (and everything else) sits at the front where the fuel normally is. With the V4, there's no way of simply lifting the front of the tank to get a dyno connection like you can with conventional bikes. Small price to pay for exquisite performance

I think they just Staged it. Lol

44Teeth Thank you for the clarification. =)

To get to the battery and ecu. The first few times you do it is a real ball ache but you soon become accustomed to it.

i think you weren't listening to the video

Exactly. Infact I am cutting and pasting a comment I made on the Ducati form I belong to here. I for one, am glad to see 44teeth bring people back down to reality about the V4. This was an honest dyno run with real talk and not a bunch of hype. Just strap it up and go right to the chart. Should people be disappointed in the numbers? Hell no! This bike is in its first year with load of potential. And everyone remember. The true use of a dyno is to help tune a bike. The V4 could make 188HP but after tuning it may make 202HP. My point being that dynos have way to many variables to be the judge of how much HP a single bikes in comparison to other bikes. To make proper comparisons you need to use the same dyno on the same day with a room that temp and humid are controlled very tightly and to insure parity..

xbladerunner preach my brother

This is no place for sound logic and reason, sir. This is the youtube comments section.

What are those two things you speak of?

RoadRunner says the aprilia owner hahaba🤣

yep...agreed

Yep yep. But, good lord, he looks scary in the thumbnail!

Must have thought it was a GS

Jaret Campisi you have anderstand why Ducati Build a 1100ccm?This 103 ccm more as you can see on the Curve compair with a RSV4 is in every RPM better on Ducati.103ccm more are not only gonna use for the Top End Power reather for a good Power in every rpm.and for shure each 15000km Service is not Bad for a Bike with this Power.the V4 1100ccm are Build for 80%of Rider wich using that Bike on Street and eaven Trackdays and on Street you dont wont to bee all Time over 8000rpm to feel the Power.In my Opinion Ducati has Make a good step,for most of People a 1103ccm and for absolutlley Crazy Guys wich has somme Skills a V4 R this Bike will be presenting this Year.The v4r has 1000 ccm but the same Power on the Top End like the 1103ccm maybe more but eaven more RPM and in the Midrange less Power than the 1103ccm.Dont wory this is only the begining of this what thatEngine can put out on Power.Dont forget Ducati still the World Record holder of the most Powerfull v2 Engine and bigest Pistons ever made for a Street Bike .And i think nobody try to overpased that because Ducati push the v2 on the Limit.And The Desmosedici GP wich is similar with the V4 Engine is the most Powerfull Engine in the GP😎

aw c'mon Jared, you yourself said in your statement "been nice to know how the 1299 and S1000RR compared on this particular dyno" - I'll add, on this particular day, back-to-back-to-back, is truly the only comparison. Can't be disappointed until an apples-to-apples is done. Just because the RSV4 did 181, say Dec 12, 2017, doesn't mean that this bike wouldn't have made (hypothetically), 195+ HP. But you get the point.

Yeah I definitely understand the difference between weather conditions, how the dyno is tuned etc BUT I was still hoping for high 190's or low 200's just for fun :)

Jaret Campisi why does everyone expect a higher reading. Ducati claims 214hp. We know there is going to be at least 10-12% going to the wheel.

Well MCN had 198 to the wheel and I've seen other reports over over 200 so I was hoping to see numbers close to that on a consistent basis thats all :)

SportbikerNZ, and also Panigale R with same battery..

You start down low in the RPM of whatever gear you deem best and record all the way til redline. Usually it's the gear closest to a 1:1 ratio but I've seen this bike dyno'd in 4th and here in 6th. The remote in his hand is just a way to start/stop the recording process. The bike is obviously building power as you run up through the rev so that is what is recorded, not the run down. Sometimes you'll see them quick shift around and accelerate/decelerate and even run out each gear. That's mostly just to get some heat in the tire so it is less likely to slip if you're not sitting on it or have it strapped down tight enough. Everyone has their own procedures but the general idea is the same. Find the gear, record the run, tune a/f accordingly and repeat.

Yes on this dyno your numbers should be around 199 to 201. Just amazing for a N/A bike. Cheater motor regardless. Put me down for a V4R though. The real deal no excuse bike!!!

I’m a Ducati owner and love my bike but I agree they cheated not cool

Denis Kuro which ducati do you own??

xbladerunner no one is going to ever really "win" because they had 100cc more lol. But I get your point. Unless you're racing it doesn't matter I wish more manufacturers "cheated" to make better road bikes

I got a 1299 anniversario ... yeah I agree 100cc isn’t much, but when does it stop? Also it isn’t fair to compare it to the other motorcycles

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My boys '18 CRF250 has lithium a standard

2017 Blade SP/SP2 was Lion and i believe the both the 2014 and 2017 Ducati SL's were fitted with Lion. none of these models being cheap of course.

I’m sure the 2017 Gsx-R 1000 has a Lithium Battery too tbh... But as BJ and James have worked on that bike a lot I could be wrong. There appears to be one in mine as standard though?

Akul Singh yes 8 hp less than the Duc on the wheel

Ben WoodHead yeah probably given the stock exhaust with cata it must restrict bunch of power

They claim another 11bhp so around 8bhp at a guess

Pvk Jhilk the seat doesn't sit on any fairing.

Marcelo S every dyno is different

Before people start comparing dyno figures, I would strongly recommend watching this first: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNF-mdCImZrepXU.html

That is such a good video for how dyno's work. Also would have been good knowing how many miles the bike had done. Would be quite cool if a bike dealer would publish a weekly (or monthly) dyno figures for a demo bike as its running in to see how (or even if) that makes a difference... back to the bike... i'm currently trying to sell my liver to raise money for this bike, it has one careful owner and is already semi pickled...

MPI1000 Dyno v Dyno can always have a fair bit of difference good to know. But the numbers they are seeing is a lot less then what everyone else is seeing. Everyone else is the 198 - 202 range that I have seen.

Donovan Lewis yes MCN testing 198.2 for RSV 4 192 and the s1000 rr 191 but on the End is Ducati puts more Power of all on every Dyno on the End hir is a Number of close 189 HP.On a Dyno a new zxr 10 only 171 HP??One Qustion is for me why Dynos giving this various Number?

There are different types of Dynos and they all read different.

Ya softer tires are kinda a heat sink but what's the point of making more WHP with a harder tire but now not being able to put it down

@@vistakay I only put the harder tire on to see the rwhp, I put back on the Shinko Hookup

Adam Cronahaw 217 at the crank 188 at the wheel

Nigel Metcalfe Different dynos. For a truly accurate idea you need multiple bikes to compare on the same day. Calibration matters a lot.

Cheers for the reply

they likely weren't pulling a tach signal. i actually forgot about that so thanks for the reminder. these 44T guys are doing it proper.

Emission regulations..?