2012 Superbike testing at Mugello

[El Matador]

I'd venture to say the single cylinder width as opposed to a sideways 4 cylinder is the reason for Ducati's being so slim, not necessarily the design, Jesus.  The bike doesn't need to be fat since the engine isn't as wide.  

True dat, but you have to take into consideration the oversquare nature of the new engine deign. The bore is so large that the engine will have to be considerably wider than the Evoluzione.  

[Speeddog]

How big is the bore, supposedly?

[DRKWNG]

How big is the bore, supposedly?

Eleventy-billion mm

[webspoke]

One rumor has the bore at 111mm vs 104mm for the 1198.  Not a huge difference for external dimensions.  The fact the current sbk tucks the battery, ECU, and evap cans alongside the engine under the fairings means there is plenty of room to work with.

[triangleforge]

One rumor has the bore at 111mm vs 104mm for the 1198.  Not a huge difference for external dimensions.  The fact the current sbk tucks the battery, ECU, and evap cans alongside the engine under the fairings means there is plenty of room to work with.

7mm -- that's like eight or nine inches American, right?   

[zooom]

7mm -- that's like eight or nine inches Murican, right?   

followed by a "TING" of spittle into a brass vessel....

[Speeddog]

7mm -- that's like eight or nine inches American, right?   

That's an even 12 inches American, my friend.  

111mm is a big slug, for sure, but seeing as it's a (supposedly) brand-new motor, I'd expect it to be a good bit narrower.
There have been incremental changes since the Pantah, but not much different in light of the time passed...

[thought]

more renders:

[iRam]

ill take the Red 1 please

[zooom]

my local club president saw the actual bike at the Presidents meeting in Italy a few weeks ago...and he said that the rendering above is too rounded and not representative of the finished product...Del Torchio was hesistant to show it at 1st, and did not show the production line of them being assembled...but he was rather impressed of what they did see...

[DucatiTorrey]

maaaaaay be a derby, saw this on facebook this morning

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2011/June/jun2211-new-ducati-1199-stuns-bayliss-in-test/

[thought]

very cool

[MadDuck]

Rats. That could damage the retirement fund and the 848 might not be my last bike after all. 

[Raux]

I was thinking about this. Bayliss has matched his best lap time at Mugello with this bike... with all that tape putting drag on the bike?  this thing  is going to put WSBK on its ear!

[thought]

haha, and the other thing is that the only spy shots to come out are ones of it braking... too fast to have a good shot taken of it while on the gas?