A website dubbed “Project 1408” has recently gone live, showing renderings of a carbon-fibre frame, swingarm and BST wheels – all purportedly for a new superleggera – superlight – version of the Ducati 1299. The website is accessible by invitation only to VIP Ducati customers.
Details are scarce, with many sections of the website still inaccessible. It is assumed that full details will be revealed at the EICMA show in November. What can be seen is the swingarm is a carbon-fibre resin-impregnated affair covering aluminium inserts that is 900 grammes lighter than the aluminium on the current 1299 Panigale.
Additionally, it is claimed that the most powerful iteration of the Ducati V-twin will be installed in the Superleggera, some 220 hp worth. The exhaust, apparently, will follow Ducati’s WSBK race machine configuration, with tailpipes below the seat instead of under the belly, like current 1299 Panigale practice.
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Where’s the foto of the said parts? We have seen it else where. Work harder…
WOW, the swing-arm is 900 grammes lighter than on the current 1299 Panigale & this is BIG News !
I think the most notable claimed is the V-twin that produced 220 HP which beat all current super bike in terms of HP.
This will make the Panigale reach top speed faster than a R1/GSXR/ZX-10R/Aprilla RSV/MV Augusta/BMW K-1200/Honda Blackbird In Standard production form.
This Red Ducati will make a nice complement to your Red Ferrari when you park it side by side.