Ducati finally unveils its SUPERLEGGERA V4

234hp. 152.2kg. MotoGP aero wings. Only 500 of them are going to be made. Time to sell a kidney...

To sum this motorcycle up in a Ducati-red nutshell, figure on this; the Superleggera V4 is the most powerful and technologically advanced production Ducati ever built. It’s basically a real, pukka, PROPER MotoGP motorcycle with lights and a warranty. You can ride this bike to the shops and back or blat around Mugello at Warp Nine.

The Superleggera is being made as a limited edition of just 500 individually numbered motorcycles, which is good because the €100,000 price tag should mean that, if you bought one, you’d probably not want to see another on your favourite sweeping B road.

There’s lots that make this motorcycle jaw-dropping, not least of all that this is the only street-legal motorcycle in the world with a carbon fibre chassis, swingarm and wheels.

The carbon (naturally, what else would they be?) Biplane wings and extreme aerodynamics are lifted off the Ducati MotoGP16 race bike and are genuinely fitted to the bike for performance gains – not just as gimmicky baubles.

The Superleggera’s power/weight ratio of 1.54hp/kg in racing kit configuration which, essentially, means the race exhaust fitted, is also a record value for a street-legal bike.

So if you’re in the market for one of these, a couple of things to note. Ducati is only making five a day once the production run begins this June, and anyone who buys a Superleggera V4 will also be offered a track test on the factory Panigale V4 R competing in the Superbike World Championship.

Cool, huh? But not as cool as the fact that you will also be given the chance to buy one of 30 places to go and test the ACTUAL current MotoGP Desmosedici GP20 bike.

Incredible.