This New Limited-Edition Ducati Has A Mind-Boggling Power-To-Weight Ratio

We know it's only got two wheels, but it also has more power-to-weight than anything on four. Behold the new Ducati 1299 Superleggera
This New Limited-Edition Ducati Has A Mind-Boggling Power-To-Weight Ratio

Yes, yes, we know, we’re briefly becoming Bike Throttle again, but Ducati has released something a bit special – and there’s a tenuous link to cars here anyway.

Here are images of the 1299 Superleggera - revealed at big the Milan bike show - described by current boss Claudio Domenicali as “the most incredible bike ever built by Ducati.” Just 500 will be made.

It pretty much follows the same ethos as the 1199 Superleggera from 2014, but turning everything up one notch further. Thanks to a liberal buttering with carbonfibre parts it weighs just 150kg dry, which is 5kg less than the 2014 bike. Any lighter and it’d blow away with the breeze.

This New Limited-Edition Ducati Has A Mind-Boggling Power-To-Weight Ratio

The 1199 weighed 11kg heavier with fluids but no fuel, so it’s safe to assume the 1299 will sit ready for the road at less than 180kg. What makes this especially potent is a 215bhp V-twin engine; the most powerful ever built.

It lends the new superbike a staggering power-to-weight ratio of over 1430bhp per tonne against the dry weight. It’s nearly 1200bhp per tonne even with all fluids and a full tank of fuel. With a MotoGP rider on board? Still around 875bhp per tonne. Crikey. Safe to say it’ll be quick, then.

Since its acquisition by Audi, which also owns Lamborghini, Ducati has commandeered the Raging Bull’s Superleggera sub-brand, meaning superlight. It’s a name that’s well and truly earned in the 1299’s case, with a carbon frame, carbon wheels and a carbon swingarm.

This New Limited-Edition Ducati Has A Mind-Boggling Power-To-Weight Ratio

It’s all tightly packaged into as small as a space as proper cooling will allow, before being wrapped in Ducati’s signature colours. A no-compromise, hardcore racer for the road, it’s the exact opposite end of the sports bike scale to the confusingly-named SuperSport we’ve covered before.

The price for this miniaturised rocket ship? Brace yourself. In the UK it’s set at £70,000. Sadly that’s not a typo. Get saving.

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Comments

Tasdeeq R34

Wow. That’s so good.

11/08/2016 - 13:35 |
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CaptainNutSack

Time to up your game Christian

11/08/2016 - 13:47 |
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Including fuel and driver, i think the one:1 has more per tonne, i could be mistaken though

11/08/2016 - 15:11 |
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Mr. Beat

Time to take a third mortgage out on the house I don’t even own 😅

11/08/2016 - 13:47 |
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Anonymous

This is the one bike that might turn me to the dark side ;) it’s so cool and insanely fast!

11/08/2016 - 14:11 |
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Anonymous

That look <3

11/08/2016 - 16:49 |
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Anonymous

The RC213V-S with the optional race kit makes about 220+(+ because Honda didn’t reveal exact power figures) while weighing in at 160 kg wet(352 lbs). Its a shame Bruce Anstey had a crash on his Fireblade during practice session because we quite never got to see what the RCV had in store for the TT race.

11/08/2016 - 17:42 |
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unicornjuice

A car with that power to weight is going to be lot more expensive than 70k. Not so bad if you think about it

11/08/2016 - 18:33 |
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TheMindGarage

Are you sure it’s got more power to weight than anything on four wheels?
Bike: 215hp, 260kg (including 80kg rider), 827hp/tonne
Caparo T1: 575hp, 550kg (including 80kg driver), 1045hp/tonne
Koenigsegg One:1: 1341hp, 1440kg (including 80kg driver), 931hp/tonne
Hennessey Venom: 1200hp, 1321kg (including 80kg driver), 908hp/tonne

Sure, the Caparo T1’s weight figures vary between sources, but to lose to the bike it would have to be more than 695kg (615kg without a rider). We can all agree it weighs less than that.

Four wheels good, two wheels bad :D.

11/08/2016 - 19:59 |
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That last sentence explains why you’ve never ridden a Motorcycle before.

11/09/2016 - 14:43 |
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DJ N

215bhp in a bike that barely weighs a sheet of paper…875bhp per tonne…WHAO

11/09/2016 - 04:29 |
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BV86_OFISHAL (AUDM Fanboy)

BikeThrottle confirmed 2016???

11/09/2016 - 07:11 |
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