Motorcycle specifications Ducati1098 Streetfighter 2009 Ducati invites itself to Fight Club

ducati's new roadster... No, the new monster from Bologna. The overpowering 1098 Streetfighter. And then it hits you. It's beastly, it's furious, it smells like gunpowder. What a face!

with its menacing aplomb, the new Streetfighter is a fine exercise in roadster bad-assery, exuding power all over the place, dressed up in a design as muscular as it is edgy. And when it comes to performance and feel, we won't be disappointed. Ducati has taken the 1098, removed the bracelets to install handlebars, and swapped the fairing for a minimalist bodywork, a tiny but distinguished forkhead - note the little nightlights that take up the look of the 1098, in a very Terminator robot style... and a little Japanese in some respects. - Add a barely reworked 1098 ass, 2 side exhausts (as on the S2R and S4R) in a very warrior-like format, and you have the most bestial of Ducati roadsters, and even one of the angriest of the moment. Because you've got all the superbike stuff on it: hypersport trellis frame, the 1098 engine downsized to 155 hp (just 5 less than on the sports bike), 11.7 mkg of torque, the same monobar (but lengthened, which increases the wheelbase and gives the Streetfighter its own geometry) with a superb Marchesini rim, the inverted fork finished with Brembo monobloc radial calipers hovering over 330 mm-diameter discs... It's not really a street-fighter anymore, but rather a street-racing-fighter. The scariest part is that the machine weighs in at just under 170 kg. A power-to-weight ratio like that on a roadster commands respect!

the new replacement for the Monster S4 series, the 1098 Streetfighter will be offered in standard and S versions with Öhlins suspension. In terms of pricing, the Streetfighter is far from cheap. As an exclusive, it also commands a higher price than most of today's 1000 hypersports bikes. But its equipment and fighting terrain is not really the same as that of the Z 1000, Speed Triple, CB 1000 R and FZ1. In the near future, there's no reason why Ducati can't offer an 848 version, given the technical similarities between these sporty siblings.