cent of muppets , found a setting I liked and left it there . It ’ s up-and-down quickshifter is the best I ’ ve used , its horn is indifferent , its styling is sublimely aggressive ( I did very much like the deeply recessed headlights rimmed by wickedly-pitched LED running lights ), its petrol addiction is hardcore ( maybe 230 out of a tank … maybe not ), its headlights are OK if you ’ re not going fast , and its service intervals are 12,000 for a normal service and 24,000 for the one that ’ s gonna sting a bit . See my povocomment below , but you can ’ t shop at this end of town and then bleat about cost . It is unseemly and crass . And the Panigale is also wonderfully weird in that it runs higher tyre pressure in the front than it does in the back . A neat 36psi in the front circle of Pirelli Corsa liquorice , and 32psi in the back hoop . It ’ s to do mainly with the counter-rotating crank and how its action loads the front tyre up . Ask the sales-bloke about it . Watch him spin . Ducati has gone to great lengths to make the Panigale straddle two distinct worlds like a sexy , red , speed-warping colossus . It is a track bike without peer – and it is a roadbike that redefines how you ride on the
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