Ben Spies Rides The First 2025 Ducati V4 S In The U.S | MotoAmerica 

I'll never forget his first WSBK season on the OG, crossplane R1! That was just awesome!

Good to see Texas Terror riding again 👏👏

I had the privilege of seeing so many great racers in their early AMA days at Mid-Ohio- Spies, Edwards, Hayden, Bostrom, Duhamel, Chandler, Ru$$ell, AND the guys that came back from other series like Hodgson, Both Troys (Bayliss and Corser), too many to even remember them all! It tore me up when MotoAmerica took over from DMG and decided to quit racing at Mid-Ohio. 10 years later (this summer) MotoAmerica announced the return to Mid-Ohio and I was excited for about 2 minutes and then I realized that I really didn't care. I watch all the races that I can on TV but there hasn't been any group of riders that excites me enough to go to the track in years (especially at over double the admission price from when they left!!). I'm just glad that I have so many happy memories from back in the day!!

Former US and world SBK champion 🏆,, great video ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland awesome motorcycle

Went to wsbk, didn't know all the tracks, and won the championship. He should have stayed there.We missed out on epic battles, I'm sure.

Super cool to see elboz on a bike again

I love Ben's Pies.

Ben taking it easy on the bike....he's still going around that track faster then what 99% of the rest of us could do.

Great to see Ben Spies back on a bike!

Ben looked so comfortable at speed! Crazy good skills still. That warm up lap was so relaxed looking, but he was still cookin'!

Did the commentary say 0:59 'anyone' could jump on a current motoGP bike and be fast, like top 10 fast? Fast into the the wall!

Finally get to see the fastest person in the MotoAmerica paddock.😂

Beautiful DUCATI CBR

Beautiful beast 😊

I like how Ben did a warm up lap and then he’s like ok let’s have some fun🍻☘️😆

Brought back memories of the legendary skirmishes with Mat Mladin

Still ❤ Big Ben 🥇💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I was a fan of Ben Spies for years. Then we tried to enter MotoGP level he got injured. To this day I have my work ID badge hanging on a Ben Spies lanyard. I had hopes that Ben would bring America's racers back into contention. Out of 55 races in MotoGP he won once and podiumed 6 times. I believe he got rookie of the year. I always felt Ben was a bit too big for the MotoGP bikes. You look at some of these guys nowadays and they look like 15 year old skinny kids. But I'm happy to see him still involved with racing.

Like CBR1000RR!!!

I know time marches on, but I do miss the single side swing arm. But at least the styling is there unlike the 999. Having said that, I love riding the 999. But my favorite is still a mono 916 in yellow with a 955 kit. Why? I still have mine is why 😂. My 1098 and 1198 are better, but it’s like driving the older air cooled 911. Heavier mechanical and rewarding to make them move quickly

"It's a bit like riding a bike"... No, its exactly like riding a bike.. Hes riding a bike !!

Very cool. Am I correct in noticing that this machine was converted to GP shift? Great to see Ben back out there.

Ben has still got it. So good to see Ben on the back of a bike again!

Yeees! It’s awesome to see the good Ben riding again!! 🤘🏻👽

the wings look so dumb

I met him at a Pirelli SBK test at Kyalami in 2008. He was shy but didn't give attitude when a star-struck fan asked him for a photo and a chat during his lunchtime. And then he absolutely smashed it on that R1!

the face reminds me of Nien Nunb from Star Wars

Roger Lee on the commentary. Spies on the bike. Kudos

just decided im NOT buying one. man that looks weird outside of press photos

Yamaha really screwed him over.

jajajajjaa looks like he is riding a pit bike

Miss Ben 😢 great to see him out riding again even if it’s just for fun

elbowz! love to see it!

Tbh, it's growing on me lol

Do the ELBOWZ...!!!💪

That featureless sheetmetal muffler cover is not the kind of thing you expect to see on a $50k motorcycle. It should be embossed with some kind of logo but you might have to pay an extra $10k for a good looking muffler.

Awesome!

MotoAmerica is sooo low rent now. Nothing is high end. Not even the racing. No one in the stands, no one "up and coming", no one even close to moving to Europe to challenge the Spaniards, Greg White still calling races and painfully announcing every sponsor instead of who's leading who and differing lap times and anything else resembling actual racing. The No. 1 plate held by Gagne is barely in the top 10 in any race and Josh Herrin (!?) is leading the points on a bike that has no business being in the series. V-4's and inline 4's have no business racing against each other, it's an unfair advantage. No Kawi, no Aprilia, no KTM, only dated tech from Yamaha, Suzuki, a crap Honda and even the Beemer. And what's up with this video? The sound editing is horrible, dead air everywhere, the stands are empty, who actually cares, other than the factories (do they really?), and families. Feel free to hire a Euro marketing firm and maybe then someone will care, eventually. Don't get me wrong, I've supported AMA and now MotoAmerica for years, heck, I even bought the wife and I VIP tix to the Shelton race to see Danilo Petrucci, a real racer (only to get spanked by Gagne on an inline 4, no less), but he of multiple MotoGP wins was in NW Washington !!! Why wasn't that hyped for increased ticket sales? That dude is an awesome rider. Never been anywhere close to that tiny little hole-in-the-wall track, and he didn't embarrass himself. I love Wayne Rainey, terrific story, inspiration, great rider, champion and do-it-all kinda guy, but he aint getting any help or love.

The VFR with a conventional swingarm. I wish they would have done a better job with the audio.

Ben could be the first person in the USA to go into limp mode on a 2025 Duck in 2024

go mr spies

I would prefer a more insanely difficult bike to ride. lol

What's up with Paolo Ciabatti? How is he involved in road bikes now?

I see him using the clutch at down shifts. Doesn’t has it have a blipper?

SPIES A GREAT CHAMPION!!!!

It’s the 998 all over again. Love it or hate it. Or the 999? Whichever.

Looks like hes riding a pocket bike. Great to see elbows out there...

How come Ben still uses clutch to downshift instead of the auto blip

😂😂😂 Ben Spies Blipper downshift no Clutsch 😂😂👌✊

Use of the clutch when downshifting… 🤔

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

They never should have sent him from AMA to MotoGP that was too bad with John for him. After one or two years in MotoGP you never heard from the man again. When you win almost every race in ama then go to MotoGP and get smoked it kills you mentally😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Dude was the Johnny Manziel of MotoGP

Crossed the blend line

Why is he clutching his down-shifts? Doesn't that bike have an UP & DOWN quick shifter?

What happened to the elbowz style?

is GP shift pattern stock on the new ducati?!?

Love my Ducati. Hate the unreliable Brembo components that are constantly failing.

This bike is Amazing! I am so happy when I see both lights on and all balanced and symmetrical!!

ELBOWS OUT!

We all love you !

Such a shame we never got to see Ben in his prime healthy in Moto GP. I really think there were many more wins on the table.

Surprised he didn’t throw it down the rd.

What happened to this guy?

He’ll probably fall off yet again.

Still have my autographed HJC lid replica from his debut year in MotoGP. Looks almost exactly like the one he is wearing here. He was legitimately USAs last chance at winning a MotoGP title.

When I was 18 in 1978 I had a Kawi KZ1000, flexi flyer of a frame when pushed. After many years and many bikes the other extreme was my Ducati 998. Very rigid, I thought.

excellent

It was a Sunday drive at first 😜 rather than the swing arm, not a fan of the nose. I didn't much care for the previous gen either, but atleast it was unique. And that tail...😔 all I see is the Mopar logo. Tank shape and side profile is fantastic though

Did anyone get that lap time 😳😂

This bike has grown on me significantly. At first I thought it was rather ugly, but now, I really really want one

Good to see Ben out there again! That V4 looks awesome! You would think that, by now, they would have figured out the SSSA alloy and be able to "print" a swinger that worked the same as this new one. Probably cost prohibitive.

Toprak has nothing on big ben!

the whole "litre bikes are racebikes" kinda sunk in as I listened to how the modifications were track focused

The bike looks like a scorpion

Where are the elbows?!😱😱😱

Great to see him on track but we needed more wheelies! 😂

Quanto mi mancano i periodi dove era in sbk ❤

Far to costly.

Look good on that Ducati Texas Terror ❤🎉

Who else remember Ben’s wreck on the bank at Daytona? Man I miss the paddock. I was with Corona Suzuki, later Corona Honda, during that time until the AMA killed the old series. It was awesome. WERA was huge and super fun.

easy testing

Awesome

LEGEND!

Josh Herrin tears it up on this bike.

Bring back the AMA....

Dang.. He retired way too early.

Ben spies makes a bike look tiny.

why the hell do they want everything so easy to ride!!?? that takes away from individual skill.

#11!!

Bring back 500 cc

Maybe someone should tell Ben, there is no need for the clutch for downshifting, it’s not a Yamaha! 😂😂😂

Elbows! Get some

I wish I had one

Which circuit is it??

Elbows!

Elbows baby

Great to see Ben riding again 👍🏻 If the V4R gets a dual sided swingarm I think there'll be no stopping them in WSBK, it's only full lean corners that they're no so good at presently, due to an overly stiff swingarm, which over works the rear slick - sssa have to be overly strong by design, breaking in two isn't an option....

Ducati

Wow. How ugly is this swingarm!? Who the hell designs such scrappy things?