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Ducati pay tribute to Troy Bayliss with special<br />
edition Panigale V2<br />
Ducati has honoured one of their most successful racers with a<br />
special edition bike to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his first<br />
world title.<br />
Troy Bayliss had an amazing career that included three world<br />
championships, 52 race wins and 94 podiums.<br />
Hi time spanned the 996R through to the 1098, Bayliss’ three<br />
titles in 2001, 2006 and 2008 marked him out as one of the finest<br />
racers of his generation, proven even more so by being the only<br />
rider so far to win a MotoGP and WSB race in the same season.<br />
Given that all of Bayliss’ victories came on twins, there could be<br />
no more fitting a machine than the current Panigale V2, although<br />
Ducati have souped it up somewhat in honour of the Australian.<br />
For a start the bike proudly displays Bayliss’ race number <strong>21</strong>,<br />
while the graphics are inspired by his 2001 championship winning<br />
machine. Sticking with classic Ducati red, the rest of the bike has<br />
green and white highlights to channel the Italian factories proud<br />
heritage. On the tank sits Troy’s autograph while the triple clamps<br />
display the production number of the bike.<br />
To make the V2 even more special, the standard Showa and<br />
Sachs suspension is gone in favour of top notch Öhlins kit. Up<br />
front there’s an NX30 fork with a TTX36 taking care of things at<br />
the year, with Ducati saying the set up out of the box offers more<br />
precision and improved feel when riding on track. The Swedish<br />
firm also provide the steering damper.<br />
To make things even swifter still the Bayliss edition has a lithium<br />
battery and comes as a single seater as standard, which<br />
combined help to drop 3kg. It also comes with sport grips, a<br />
titanium and carbon fibre exhaust and a red contrast stitched<br />
saddle, with Troy’s race number embroidered alongside the Italian<br />
flag.<br />
The rest of the bike is stock so it comes with the 955cc<br />
Superquadro v-twin that produces 153bhp at 10,750rpm and<br />
77ftlb of torque at 9000rpm. It’s also got the full electronics<br />
package with slide control, wheelie control and every other<br />
control you can think of.<br />
The Bayliss edition is available to order now from your Ducati<br />
dealer with global deliveries starting in October…
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