The Ducati Panigale V2 - the review by KNOX

The Ducati Panigale V2 - the review by KNOX
The Ducati Panigale V2 is one of, if not the most beautiful motorcycle on Earth! Emerson said:
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”
The Ducati Panigale V2 personifies this quote, this is a beautiful motorcycle and it makes you take every opportunity to take that in. Absorbing its beauty from different angles, seeing it pop against breath-taking scenery’s, watching others admire it on ride outs.
Ducati got the aesthetic of this bike so right, it is simply jaw dropping.… but the fact that it rides so well - well that’s another story altogether!
The drama felt when you look at it matches the way it rides. From initial turn of the ignition, you are met with the thunder of the v-twin and its loud exhaust note. In person the V2 sounds different to what I imagined it from seeing other online footage, its loud and sounds incredible on full gas, the thing just booms.
The Panigale V2 is powerful. Anyone thinking this is a poor relation to a Panigale V4 is mistaken. The V2 may be a relation, but its not a poor relation to anything - its rapid! The 955cc SuperQuadro v-twin pumps out 155hp and 77lb-ft of torque. There is a lump of torque down low, but it doesn’t run out of puff like a traditional V-twin might, the V2 delivers some serious urgency at the top of the rev range. The road going appeal of a 1000cc superbike is the feeling of power that you don’t get with smaller capacity sports bikes. The V2 has a lot of the lower speed urgency and grunt that makes it an incredibly engaging bike to ride at realistic road going speeds, and it’s in gear performance is excellent!
We clocked the V2 acceleration at 0-60mph in 3 seconds, 0-100mph in 6 seconds and 0-140mph in 9.7 seconds - all very impressive numbers!
Handling wise, the V2 is amazing, showa big piston forks and a sachs shock providing the suspension set up. This is a fairly plush set up as it is, really nice at handling road going bumps and undulations, for track, Id probably want to stiffen it up, in particular the shock, but it’s all adjustable. The riding position is on the aggressive side of sporty, quite a bit more sporty than a GSXR for example, with a jacked up rear seat and high rear set position. This wouldn’t be a bike I’d like to do long milage on, but for shorter blasts, it’s awesome, and for track days, it would be fantastic!
Completing the handling package is a fantastic brake and tyre set up!
Of course, no bike is perfect and the Ducati Panigale has a couple of things we noticed, but they are minor blemishes in an otherwise incredible package and forgotten the moment you cast eyes on it again!
To say we enjoyed this review, from riding it, to shooting it through to editing is an understatement and we hope you enjoy it too!
Aaron
KNOX
For more details on the Ducati Panigale V2, please check out www.ducati.com/gb/en/bikes/pa...
For all the gear we wore on test, please see below:
Knox Dual Active Base Layer - www.planet-knox.com/product/m...
Knox Urbane Pro Utility Shirt MK2 - www.planet-knox.com/product/u...
Knox Richmond Jeans MK2 - www.planet-knox.com/product/r...
Knox Handroid POD MK4 glove - www.planet-knox.com/product/h...
For the insurance quote:
* Mr Average is: Based on a 40 year old married Bank Clerk, living in LA13. Kept in a Garage, held full bike lis since 2000. Bike has Biketrac and a Datatool S4 C1 Red security. No accidents or claims. Comp cover, 3000 miles, 5 years protected NCD and just SDP use
Please see www.devittinsurance.com/.
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[@LambChopRides]

Very nice isnt it! Production quality through the roof btw 👌

[@Pudekz51790]

Proud owner of this baby. I named mine BiancaNeve or Snow White in English. She is my first bike. Love at first sight ❤️. Thumbs up 👍🏻 to show some love!

[@ssmith954]

So glad they made this bike. Really don't need 200+hp for the street and this has plugged a big gap in the market. Needless to say, it's absolutely stunning!

[@flacohernandez4380]

I have this bike and this is the best review i have seen

[@ricardorgomez]

I would consider choosing this over the V4. The V2 is so raw. At almost $17k in the U.S., it might be a couple of years for me to own one. But it will happen someday.

[@Shanu_1113]

This is best review I’ve ever seen. Other channels have videos 10-15-20 minutes long but they just talk about specs which we can find anywhere. Keep it up buddy

[@stephentalent]

This is not a KZbin video - it’s a masterful mini documentary. Kudos Knox. I bought a V2 in March (on the basis of @themissendenflyer review) & I absolutely adore it. First sports bike at age 54 (to compliment an s1000R). The first hour makes you feel 20. After the second hr you feel 90 😂. Today I’m in Dorset having ridden 2 hrs yesterday to get here & everyone comments on the bike. Especially people who don’t ride. This bike just looks like everyone’s idea of what a motorcycle should look like. And riding it makes you feel something that’s hard to describe. It’s just special. And this video captures just how special this bike is. Not on stats etc. But as a motorcycle & an object of desire.

[@jvizcuna]

I'm in love with my white panigale v2. nice review btw. Quick question, how do you turn off the circle light in front while you are rifind the bike? I can't find that option, thank you!

[@basvh666]

stock exhaust doesnt sound good tho ..........

[@Alone1am]

No one can ever make a bike anywhere near as beUtiful as a Ducati. Its a dream

[@evajordan450]

Love this bike, it's a dream come true and I feel so fortunate to have gotten to a point in my life where I can buy a ducati and this is what they are producing. It's the perfect motorcycle.

[@urvalify]

The amount of production went into the making of this video, unbelievable outcome! One of the finest ways to provide a review without just talking numbers. Impressive as always! Keep the good work on👍

[@JohnnyBlankify]

This Panigale v2 L-Twin is just amazing. It really is so modernized with all the tech and improvement on the L-Twin engine. This motorcycle has very useful power, on road and on track. I can't believe how much attention it draw on the street too. The motorcycle comes out with top quality components and and modifications are very limited to the motorcycle, unless you want to add carbon and more expensive aftermarket parts of course.

[@tjthomas37]

The best Ducati Panigale V2 review out there. Great Job !!! 👍

[@SZK11]

Now that is what you call proper video production. Love the aspect ratio and cinematography. Good man

[@prabhugautham]

Dream bike indeed. It's was an awesome video to admire man's desire for speed with style.

[@luisribeiro4267]

Mr Aaron, Sir.

[@Mrfranciscomeraz]

stunning shots, the commentary was brilliant! enjoyed every single second of this video……JUST WOW!

[@OlivierWengerf28]

This has to be the best review of this super pretty bike! I really enjoyed the beautiful cinematics and had to re-watch it to actually listen to you talk about the bike 🤩I was lucky to test drive the white Panigale V2 for two days and now I am at the edge of my seat waiting to pick up my V2 Bayliss in a couple of days. Until then this is one of the videos that will be running on repeat!

[@hammond4017]

The bike, the voiceover, the production quality and the vibe!! Everything is elegant, top notch and merely perfect!!