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Ride Review: The 2016 Ducati 959 Panigale Is The Sportbike I Would Buy Today
Ride Review: The 2016 Ducati 959 Panigale Is The Sportbike I Would Buy Today
What We’d Change
If I were buying the 959 Panigale, there is very little I would change. The shape of the tank felt great in the turns, but I had a hard time bracing myself against it under the heavy braking required coming into turn one and I’d probably add some grip pads to the sides of the tank if I were going to track it often.
Not that this is something the owner can change, but I would like to see Ducati update their ABS system a bit. We spent the first session of the day with TC and ABS enabled and the ABS system interpreted the bumps going into turn one as the front wheel locking and threw the pads off the calipers dramatically. The system isn’t nearly as refined as others we’ve tested, and I’d love to see the babygale get some more advanced binders.
The quickshifter is nice, but the 959 really needs a better version that goes both up and down and has an auto-blip function. Seems like a massive oversight to claim something is designed for track/race use and not include something like that on a bike with this much prowess.
Race mode brought some of the normal fueling twitchyness, and a power commander would be well worth the money if this were in my garage permanently.