Neevesy spent 6 months riding the Ducati Streetfighter V4S and here's everything you need to know! 

love the way you put notes all over the bike and talk then through. best bike channel on RU-vid!

Love the honesty from Michael Neeves here. We're always learning and making mistakes. He didn't have to tell us he dropped a 20k bike...twice. But he did proving furthermore his humble attitude and making us relate to owning a bike on a day to day basis. Keep up the cracking content

Neevsy certainly as the skills in both being a competent rider & presenter. Long may he reign.

Neevsy, your complaint about lack of grunt making the bike feel sterile around town is completely correct. I felt it on mine as well. To other SFV4 owners I suggest getting the Termignoni UpMap and installing the MTorque map for the stock exhaust. It really wakes the bike up in 3000 to 7000 rpm range in the lower gears. Even with the wheelie control on it will wheelie with just a weight shift or tug on the bars. Ducati limits the opening of the throttle bodies in gears 1-4. Also the exhaust valve closes between 4-7k rpm to limit noise affecting performance in that range as well. I’ve owned a few bonkers naked bikes (Streetfightered 91 GSX-R 750 with a 1340cc 180hp engine) and this really was the best mod if you’re looking for grunt in the midrange. Just sharing my only complaint and fix so far with the bike.

Love your work Neevesy, honesty is rare in media these days.

Love the review neevsey and especially how you are honest and dont just get blown away with the power and price snobbery that i would imagine most would do! 👍🏼

without doubt the best bike channel, humble, honest and awesome rider, met him at Almeria many years ago and is as he seems, love his channel

I have a Tuono, so I have no skin in this game. However my favorite quote "it doesn't have heated grips, it has the button, but you have to pay extra for that option, which is kind of mean" Neeves is awesome, that is all.

I love these "post its" Neevesy!! Keep doing them please.

Thanks a lot cleaning my thoughts about the next bike to go for after my 2014 S1000R. Following Ur channel randomly but this review was really fun to watch - well done!

Fantastic video, love the way you did this with the sticky notes, very creative!

I did think about one but settled for a Monster 1200s instead. I just couldn’t see me using, wings, 14000 revs and 208 bhp on the road and all for an extra £5k. Definitely made the right choice with the Monster. Grunt everywhere, you don’t have to dance on the gears, it does over 50 mpg and the black on black colour scheme is great.

Great review, very well done. Honest. Straigth. Competent. Useful.

Always look forward to your content Mr. Neeves, hope too see more long tour videos from you in the future.

I've got one ( by standard version from Preston DMC) & you really know what you're talking about- very true most of your points. I love my fighter v4, it's fun enough for me, in no way sterile ...it's b.wonderful, makes me smile in all conditions_ every heartbeat esp.in lockdown.

I love the Post-a-Note reviews and thank you.

Congratulations on your reviews, covering all the good and bad without “spoiling” any model or brand, just the truth and only the truth with total exemption!

Your reviews are the best... thanks

I have watched a lot of reviews on lots of different bikes and hosts don't want to shake the gravy boat so are very seldom honest about what they really feel about a bike. I could see that Neevesy enjoyed this bike and seeing his open honest review on this bike puts him on my top list..Respect for you sir! from now on if I want to know about any bike I will first see what Neevesy has to say. LOL Great stuff, keep em coming.

Thanks. For a good and straight opinion on all your reports and in particular technical matters which I can not have too many.

Really enjoyed comparing notes with you as I've the standard version, I'm thrilled by exciting engine & slick handling 😁thank you for interesting review.

I love that notes are sticking all over the bike well done with your presentation.

Great honest review. Thank you 👍

I actually really like the post-it notes. I think I'll "steal" that idea for my own bike reviews. 💖💖👏🏼👏🏼

Wonderful review! You said it all 2:34. I will keep my MT-10SP. Glad such a bike exists anyway.Gorgeous

To be fair the post it notes are a super idea, love it!!! Great video as always Micheal...👍

Love this format - a naked bike is atop my list and this is definitely helping me make an informed decision

I like this format - I realise it only really works for a long term test report. Loved the one you did for the S1000RR.

Neevsy still the man. Great video. Can't think of anything to ask that hasn't already been covered.

Great review as always

Well done!! Review was very informative!

Very much enjoyed the review and good to see I'm not the only one who 'lives life by post-it note'. And while I've still got my own hips and knees (turned 60 this year) just heading out on my V4S Panigale 😁

Very nice overview in previous vids too keep it up

Another gem of a video by Sir Neevesy.

I love the post-it approach. It's fun and new. You should do it more often. Just not on a windy day.

Excellent as always 👍🏻 lovely looking bike.

appreciated reviews, hope all is well

Just picked mine up 3 weeks ago and absolutely love it. The sound on the standard pipes is amazing and the rough ideal certainly makes it sound like "The Beast".. Was very close to buying the KTM, but the Duke tipped it for me being better looking and generally more "special".

Excellent way to review the ownership experience 👍

Thnx for the honest info sir, many of the reviewers don't mention the lack of grunt on this bike.

Great review, love the notes 🇦🇺

Thanks for inspiring us! Keep your amazing path!

liked and subbed you just kinda popped up as ive just bought a 2021 streetfighter v4 s and yes loving the bike after 1 week its a beauty to ride yet to take on a long trip but so far seems comfortable after a 2h ride well betther than my last bike the monster 1000s that bike gave me cramps in my hips but the streetfighter no cramps so far :D

Great review

Appreciate your honesty Neevsy

Excellent. Proper biker assessment.

Nicely done! A virtual wind tunnel for your memory.

Good fair review with plenty of variety in the previous months of living with the ducati and,, what a great bike like the,, running costs and parts servicing seems pretty decent including the desmo service,, thank you for the video ☘️☘️☘️☘️from Northern Ireland,, nipped out to get the lottery tickets, 😁😁😁😁

excellent review, no fluff, glitter or swear words (I'm not a prude) Just down to earth common sense, thank you

A beast by any definition. Fantastic motorcycle by any definition. Like anything in life, you can’t please everyone. Honest perspective.

Nicely done......I have a V4S, 2018 Model and am thinking to move along in the not too distant future and this bike is on the radar......so your thoughtful analysis is much appreciated.

Enjoyed the post-it note review. 👍🇦🇺🍺

Love the post-it notes. It really make the video seem less BS and more facts. Great info. I'll just wait 3 years for the used prices to drop. The cruise control, Ducati please please please! I've been riding with someone that has one. It's like riding from one gas station to the next. This thing needs a bigger gas tank!

Great way to break it all down , easy for viewers to digest instead of just reading it all out

MCN are the bes tin bike tests and info about bike good and bad :)

I think the review style is a novel idea and I enjoyed it! At this point I prefer an upright riding position. But the things stopping me from buying is the price $$$, a wind screen for people who have to work and did I say $$$ price. Oh and I had more fun as a kid “hot rodding” my old KZ750 and riding it than any of these new bikes provide.

Was going to chuck my MT09 SP in for one - but this review changed my mind. 👍

Great format. Like ratio confirms it!

I had been thinking of buying this and thought, what does Neevesy think, ignored everyone else. As usual top notch review.

Love these post it reviews...

Nice bike and good review. And know what you mean I’m still stuck on the older vtwin ducatis. More soul and feel. They all care to much about power and fastest lap times these days and forget the fun factor. Great video

Very informative. Great. What setting do you have the engine braking on for the road and track? and why?

Nice one Neevesy Shame no cruise no deal for me tbh I loved that option on the tuono1100. Made Europe toll roads easy

Thank you for your good work michael, it's very helpful to decide which bike to buy 👌👌 Did you see the spy shots of the next gen RSV4 today ? I can't wait for the next Tuono V4 😍😍

I just got here but I'm gonna go ahead and hit the like now.

Love the videos, especially the long term bike reviews like this one. I noticed that you didn't mentioned the speed triple rs in that list of naked bikes. I was wondering why and where does it fall among the others. Thanks

Wow 1st view. I bought the 848 SF in September , including input from your long term test report of that bike a few years back. On the whole, really like the 848, but miss the acceleration from my Blade. Loved the Blade, but my back isn’t up to it anymore. In fact first major ride on the SF was to the George in Stamford during that lovely late summer weather we had.

I feel that. "Because i'm not very clever and i've got a very poor memory".

What I’d love is for Mr Neeves to do a video and article on his last ten long term test bikes and which ones he would have bought and why those not the others... please?

That is a great sound effect at 6:18.

the postit notes is a fabulous idea

Good honest review 👊🏼I’ve got a monster 1200s with a sc project crt double can which do upset the neighbours haha it’s took me a year to totally love it and don’t no what l could replace it with 😉

Any chance that Ducati might send you the wind shield to try - it’d be interesting to see whether that makes much of a difference on longer rides. Great round-up though. I’d have this over any of the others on your list. 🙂

Another great video Can you do one on the new 2020 Panigale V4s you did the 2018 model cant find the 2020 so Please do one on the panigale

Like this way of putting notes ...

If you want the absolute truth about ANY bike, Neevesy is the go to man. Simply the best motorbike 'presenter' out there...

Great review you give enough info for people to make a decision . Considering upgrade to this from my mt09 but is only 3 things put me off . 1) petrol - in the mt09 i do max 110 miles to refill and gets annoying when travelling with fiends as they can do a lot more miles to full tank so not fancy continue on the same situation 2) fun and wheelies - my mt09 is so much fun bike to ride and this seen to be a super fast perfect bike and I rather have a fun bike 3) price - is a lot of money for this amazing bike so is hard to decide in such investment when you have a wheelie hooligan machine . Will book a test ride anyway for this and defo more importand want to try the V2 and see if provably will be a more fun bike .

You were going well on it around donnington and it was no slouch on the back straight , I was on a 2020v4 base with full termi system etc and I just about caught you on the straight after you’d overtaken me a few corners before haha I thought ffs he’s done me on a streetfighter with road tyres and I had slicks on 🤦‍♂️so I took a man up pull and got a wriggle on after that lol

It was between this bike and the 1100 factory am glad I went for the factory I got it with the can and aprilia map and few other bits for 15k bran new

Michael is a legend really

Very interested in your thoughts on this compared with the Ducati Diavel. They are similar in price. Would it be fair to say that the Diavel would be more fun at slower speeds with more accessible torque? I realise they are very different bikes but the similar spend has them in competition.

It’s obviously a lovely bit of kit but I just can’t get on with the looks of the thing to be honest ... maybe if I rode one it would sway me away from my 2018 Tuono factory .. quality upload as always guys .. thanks 😊

Love seeing the post it notes come out, great way of reviewing - so it would seem Ducati have turned the bike into a Honda, I must confess I have the same feeling about their super bikes too.

Good Lord, the post-it notes all over the shop is exactly 'me at work'! If it's not 'posted' it's forgotten! 😄 So, really are you are saying it lacks the 'low end torque' or most the other rivals? Not that it has no torque, just not as useable as others? If it was your bike, which mods would you make or, which mods would this bike most benefit from? Great new reviewing style, love it! Thanks...

Fantastic

I enjoyed your review and agree with these points as I own a SF V4S. I am really happy with the bike. If I could change something I would like to - have a fuel gauge (u get used to it), - the exhaust could be just a little less loud (u sometimes end up driving 50-54 km/h in town -> exhaust valve closed) and - take away the power limitations from Ducati (in the lower gears). ...at the end you just fell in love with this bike and it doesnt matter if there are bikes which are "better", the SF is just beautiful :-)

Those wings work on my roads!!! 75-Express Lanes/Florida Turnpike/Sawgrass Expressway!!! Just Sublime at 140-150-mph!! Then shifting into 6th dropping the RPM to 7k from 14k, the bike will just emitt the nastiest GROWL!!!! Also the Ducati Performance wind screen works exceptionally well for high speed riding!! Also helps divert wind from your phone/dash/your head. Bike is just insanely fun!!!!!

Do a 6months review on the '21 ZH2 that just came out today!

Top notch again, Neevesy! Is Roland Brown still around making tests/reviews? Always rated his stuff highly (maybe apart from his voice-overs when going video...).

It must be nice to have high end bikes just given to you to ride all the time. I have recently become a big Ducati fan.

Hey Neeves, I despise the look of the wings but the rest of the bike looks like art; and as I'm not really a track day guy I'm curious to see what the bike looks like sans wings.

First of all, nice and interesting video. You already mentioned the riding position as wide and roomy. How is this bike like ride for taller riders? Maybe in comparison to the other super nakeds. I personally think that the ktm 1290 and the Mt 10 are, far as I suppose, the most suitable for taller riders, in this class.

Great review as ever from Neevsey but it can't be top top top for equipment with no heated grips and no cruise. For £20k you should get everything. Also if wings are pointless on the road you should be able to spec delete. The post it review is a great gimmick, old school but effective 👍

I'm noticing a trend with Ducati and the more user friendly versions. I tested this a few months ago, thought it was the most comfy ducati I've ridden in a while, but it did miss that Ducati rawness. Now I want to know who is doing these services because they are wayyy cheaper (yes I know pounds to dollars difference) than here in the US...or my dealership is ripping me off.... :)

Nice review. After doing loads of miles on the original streetfighter. Which was more fun to ride?

I wonder if the Euro version is any different (setup/tuning etc.) to the one I purchased a month ago here in the Middle East. Its bonkers even from low rpms. Exciting, loads of fun.

Neevesy is the best and go-to motorcycle review rider.

Neevesy - you're actually getting really good at these now. I'm impressed. You've got a really good personality. If you weren't so busy producing a Newspaper you could do quite well as a RU-vidr!!

I was going to get one , thank goodness I watched this review first. I'll keep my superduke for the best naked experience.

How does the engine handle the cold days? I used to commute every day on my 1098 streetfighter and it used to hate starting when the temp was around 5 degrees to freezing. It cut out a few times on the way in when the engine temp was still low.