Dream Rides Ducati 888 SP4 | Raw Riding Footage

[@kbeightyseven]

What an awesome sounding machine! Thanks to theses videos I would never have really know how awesome the 888 was

[@woooster17]

Simply stunning.. my all time favourite Ducati, 851/888 😍

[@1956colinb]

I had an 851 back in 1990 🤔? or so,..absolutely hated it 😠! Now I’ve got a Panigale and absolutely adore 😍 it 😘😘!

[@buccimail]

3 min soundgasm, best of the best!

[@vorbert]

Huge appriciation for you guys to be able to record this feeling. It is not just sound, or look. The whole thing combined togerther. I wish I could also smell it 😅. But again what a feeling that this video gives. Well done lads!

[@Marc99999]

Feel like a kid again.

[@johnlaw5762]

The ducati twins always sound like they just make power so effortlessly. Beautiful

[@10secondsrule]

They also sound like some screws fell right into the engine😂

[@Westside7be]

oh hell yeah! more of those videos please !

[@portaltwo]

three minutes of glorious noise, basically. Superb! 😄

[@barryvercueil2346]

OMG 😲 yes please. I'm seriously loving this content.

[@Marc99999]

Liked the look of this bike when I was a kid with his square light even if the 916 was the fave. Now I like even more hearing it. Lovely thing. This series is probably the best I have ever seen about bikes. Always seems too short ;) Thanks!

[@maamajhigouri1207]

Absolutely stunning 😍 and the sound of the exhaust ❤❤❤

[@davidlabbe1411]

I still remember the first time I heard this bike, in French Vosges mointains...what a bike ! Few years later, i had the chance to race a 888 stock during a 600 miles race. Not an easy bike, but so rewarding ! ❤❤❤

[@themeat1664]

My first real Ducati beast after 900SL. My SP4 - K888 HOT! What a machine!

[@gsakroyd]

Stunning. ❤ That was the bike on my bedroom poster. Next to Kim Basinger..😅

[@marksanderson1332]

I've only ever riden an 851 BUT it was the BEST bike I've ever had the pleasure of riding...... bar none,

[@rideroll9609]

I was waiting for this gem.... Proper sound of rumbling V twin engine 👌🤌

[@SnowiLuxi]

The sound is just staggering. The giggle at the end like an 8 yo had me laughing 😂

[@jayblake7005]

Beautiful bike great vid , please keep making these films

[@arunps7719]

More of such please. With his laughter at the end 😂

[@JK-tu1xx]

That is such a special sound, wow!

[@_RicksGarage]

Love the dream rides episodes and this is why I subscribed. Please keep it going. Would absolutely love to see an early gen1 factory original Hayabusa on the series to see what you guys have to say about it. They are still a very attainable bike yet a slowly appreciating modern classic. A lot of bike for the money and an absolute legend in the biking world. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

[@McCarnut]

THESE VIDEOS WERE AN AWESOME IDEA! LOVE IT!! KEEP IT UP

[@micheldriessen5081]

I only once had the opportunity to ride one. Absolutely unforgettable. I had a 900SS that made me feel like a centaur. This one did also unlike any other. I was in jeans, shirt, city shoes gloves helmet. Not my bike. I would take a very slow careful spin. 250km/h on a secondary road, full brakes, knees over the ground for a 180º back home ... When Ducati calls, you've got to go.

[@CraiusProject]

That sounds glorious! 😍❤

[@TriAngles3D]

No music, No talk, No video effects, No fuss... ....Just Ride

[@heint8169]

Awesome sound!

[@lasoundwaves]

Sounds great!

[@mbal4052]

I was at donnington when Giancarlo Falappa won riding one of these and celebrated with stand up wheelies. 33 years ago, Freddie merkel was there too and I’m sure Ron Harlem and Terry Rymer riding the JPS Norton’s. Good times

[@evanjohn503]

just brilliant. I couldn't see anything moving at all, it's just planted to the road - brilliant chassis. (put a V4 engine and suspension anyone ? )

[@phovid1971]

@3:00 the laughter of someone who has seen everything and lacks nothing

[@Designer_Opine]

Stunning. That dry clutch too? Come on.

[@danielhoppley2961]

❤❤❤❤❤❤BUZZING

[@Rgh71fish]

More Ducs please!

[@leedavidson7314]

Sounds better than the newest model

[@NudaMan]

Another nice Pierre bike 👌🏾

[@joeblow5037]

Only had the good fortune to ride my friends '94 900SS SP with Staintunes. This is my favorite genertion of Ducks. 😁

[@marksmallman4572]

owned a 94 900ss tuned by Baines racing, loved it.

[@maxcarter970]

I have one of those. Awesome bikes and very similar to the 851 but without quite the same sized balls.

[@G1lgamesj]

The distinctive Ducati soundtrack is becoming much less on the newer generation models

[@JelloThatsMellow]

Honestly a lot of it is just the dry clutch noises and v twin character.

[@G1lgamesj]

@@JelloThatsMellow Still, the low tone throaty grunt is missing from the newer models. They all sound castr**** The lack of a dry clutch is also a shame

[@paullacey2999]

I agree and some of their bikes look less special somehow....

[@drewiediggler1]

The new Ducati's are slowly losing their desmo valve system (multistradaV4, Diavel V4) . This means they lose that soft, hollow sound that no other bikes can replicate. Cam chains instead of belts add more mechanical noise too. The engines are oversquare and more 'revvy' . The trellis frames have gone Exhaust systems are often over £5000. Probably still selling like hot cakes but not for me anymore.

[@identiticrisis]

It's still there on their supersport V twin, the Panigale V2. And it's only really been the intended-for-racing models that had this pure, balanced sound the 851 introduced. The only blip was the 999 generation that had a much shorter pipe on the rear cylinder in stock trim. This shifted the sound significantly, just like it is on a Hypermotard or similar. Some of the Monsters came close i.e. the 1100/696/796 and 1200/821 generations, not the 950 though. Anything with a full Termignoni system most likely also. The V4s are a different beast entirely with their closely spaced firing pulses and extreme rpm ceiling. Even when idling in two cylinder mode, the intervals are off (290 instead of 270 degrees).

[@nickrider5220]

I bought an 888 sp4 because there was a support superbike race at the Donnington GP in 1992 (3 ?) . It had a couple 888 race bikes in it, I was captivated by the big booming bikes....although by today's standards they're barely middleweights 🤔 Was that powdered rock salt being kicked up by Chris ?😮

[@HalfdeadRider]

Were all 888's SP4's? I remember my girlfriends dad having a Ducati 888 Superbike, as I remember it, as it had 'Superbike' written under the 888 sticker, this was in about '96-'97, not sure how long he had had it. I remember loving the look of the bike, but didn't dare get to close to it 🤣🤣 I now ride a Y2k ZX9r, awesome bike!

[@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_]

It looked very much like a nasty salted winter UK road :(

[@flow_922]

What do people have to say about the Hondas VTR 996 compared to the Ducati 996???

[@flow_922]

Yes Ducati is definitely a better looking bike

[@flow_922]

I don't know if you read my other comment but last summer I almost got the 996 Ducati but because of the price I went with a Honda VTR 996 I like the Honda but I'm kicking myself I would rather have had the Ducati such a better-looking bike that's the problem with the Honda it's just not that good of a looking bike I mean it's okay but definitely not as good as the Ducati if I had it to do over again I would spend the extra 1500 and get the Ducati...... But like I said the vtr's fun lots of grunt I think it's been modified I can get 2nd gear power wheelies that's always fun I'm sometimes in 3rd I ate a tire up in 6 months on that bike now I know he's on the throttle with that bike if you just grab a handful you end up spending a lot because of a low-down torque I guess I've been riding sport bikes since I was 16 50 now I've had a lot of different bike I've never ate up a tire and 6 months year-and-a-half usually

[@koolade76]

Thats a nice shoei helmet 😉

[@SkuStyle]

Ducati LEGO! 😛

[@minatormyth]

Ducatisti!!!!!!

[@DennisFraschetta-y4d]

Sold

[@Desmo904]

Music...🎶😁

[@Ritte13]

That’s right let the bike do the talking

[@maxcarter970]

Sounds incredible. Like the earth being torn apart by Satan. At the start you looked like you were a bit scared of it. It’s ok you can admit it.

[@Ramon51650]

I bought and rode one in 1993. To this day I regret having sold it.

[@tonyquickpasta]

One of those bikes you always need to rev at idle it seems.

[@luddite6239]

ASMR for petrol heads!

[@ZyamCh]

finally. some Ducati that I don't know.

[@caferacermonterrey20]

oh may god.......!

[@metalheartmachine]

So much better without the music.

[@ahh980]

Man stop it that's porn and deserves a house built around it.

[@jeramiemaddox1974]

And to think they get paid to do this

[@flow_922]

Last summer I had a guy with the 2001 996 with only fourteen thousand miles on it original owner said he would take three grand...... I ended up going with a different bike but I often think about did I make the right decision no I've always wanted a Ducati I should have done it next time

[@flow_922]

@@sig2322 it was last summer I believe you I'm kicking myself for not doing it it was immaculate

[@phovid1971]

[@zepcrazyfre]

Those are the hills not the mountains btw lol 90s Gen Superbikes are the best...the very best....ever 😍🥲