The Game Changing Ducati Desmosedici RR 

15 years ago this is what I imagined I was on while ripping up the road on my 954Fireblade! I've got to be completely honest about my bike because it taught me so much about riding because it was just a really good confidence inspiring built bike that made you respect it without snatching your soul! Thanks for sharing bro because it brought back a bunch of great memories!👍👍👍👌

Proud owner of #1151 here, bought it back 2015 with about 4000 miles on it, found a NOS GP7 exhaust in Florida back in 2022 (flew down during Covid to get it!). Also managed to get a complete set of the mechanics tools and even got the plaque. I cant image ever selling it, its one of the crowns of my little collection but if I do, I will definately have AMS in DFW or Iconic do the pre-sale inspection

These bikes were insane when they came out. I don’t think Ducati thought they would sell as many as they did. Great video too Abhi very cool to hear insight from back when they were new.

The best bike I ever owned, but my biggest mistake was selling it. By far the best feeling when riding was second to none and a very special bike..

My dad had one of these when it came out. I could hear he coming back home from miles away. It failed every single track day noise limit test in the UK 😂

It really is a beautiful bike, and it truly looks like Casey’s bike.. The fact that Ducati built this bike for the road should always be celebrated. An expensive bike, a very collectible bike, and a bike I would very much like in my collection..but then who wouldn’t 😄

The desmo RR will always be a majestic GP replica. This has Casey Stoney's signature and back when bikes where bikes, not the F1 aero look.

I would often plan my cycling routes past the Arlen Ness dealership in Dublin CA along a popular commuter path. They had (have?) one in the window, which had clearly seen some track hours. Stunning machine. Saw another one up close at laguna seca WSBK.

Very special bikes, in 2015 I found #0687 in my local Ducati dealership and as soon as it was fired-up I decided to but it - what a superbike - I only managed to ride it a couple of dozen times, I had other bikes as well, but it certainly left you with the feeling of not being good enough to ride it to full potential, no rider aids here, just rider skill

I saw one of these on the freeway and got up next to it and the sound was amazing.

Abhi, I’m fan of iconic, love what you guys do. As an Italian from Bologna, please allow me to share that Marchesini is pronounced mark-a-see-nee. Not like the month of March. Ok keep up the great work with all the amazing bikes. Saluto!

What an amazing bike so cool love the way it sounds really love that awesome machine. Would love to see one in person and hear that exhaust sound i know the video doesn't do it justice. Thanks for the video really enjoyed watching it.

Forget the fact the sport bikes today have similar horsepower, none of them sound as mean as this!

Kent! I miss you and Sport Rider. Such a great magazine.

The sound of the engine is simply amazing....

Especially releasing that motor, at the time. They weren't making production V4's til years later.

Looks like Kent has aged well! I remember seeing his face in the monthly magazine.... Nice to see the championship winning bikes in the background.

incredible sound!

I remember my neighbor got the first D16RR in the Philippines it was chassis #702(you can find videos of it here YT) it's always a treat when he does a cold start at 4 in the morning i could hear that loud beast for far away. He did raced it in our local SBK series and I think he won a race or two in it. It was really sad when he had to sell it.

I got to do a whole track session on one of these. It was incredible and a bit scary.

Absolute Monsters.

Superbe vidéo merci ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

oiihh you have the 2exhaust setup ! for equal length manifolds

That bike would take your soul and let you borrow it back. 😮😮😂😂

Ducati has a little bit different crankshat than Honda. Angle between left and right bank are not same as on RC213VS

My dream

Is it possible to do a side by side comparison of the stock race and the GP exhaust?

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Batí RR i have two one in Italian color scheme and a red one similar to this

...it doesn't purrr, it roars

where’s the 4 pipe exhaust it was raced with 💁

That is not carbon rotors, it's CMC from BrakeTech.......HUGE difference. Carbon needs heat to work, BrakeTech ceramics work in the wet allways.

Amazing bike - but I'm pretty sure that most were about 150bhp in reality, which at the rear wheel, is perfect for the road 😎

Not to be a total pedant, but I wonder if something like the NSR250SP might be the closest to a GP bike for the road. The 80s 500s are probably too far removed from the actual GP bikes.

Ducati's GP bike for the road,insane What's even more mindboggling is the $230k price tag🙈

200 at the crank !!! Thats not 200 to the rear wheel. Ducati lies a lot…

cf rotors? not carbon ceramic?

A teal GP replica! Even way low on HP is looks the same as the racebike unlike these current replicas bikes Ducati keeps putting out now using a V4 superbike. Basically a cash grab

GAME CHANGING POS... that 'mechanical noise' you hear is the engine on it's way to grenading.. . the Desmosedici 16RR was supposed to be a limited edition.. then Ducati in their abject GREED decided to build 100s more .. I don't know an owner who hasn't experinced the engine either on it's way to or grenading, magnesium cases weeping oil, bad fork seals.. and a myriad of other expensive maladies..bad mismatching carbon, cracking clear coat .. EVERY dealer rep was told by Ducati, Italy to tell the owners of these bikes in their region to get the engine blue printed and balance .. that's how poorly these V4 were put together.. Ducati took whatever internal parts they could get their hands on to build these motors . INSTEAD of the SOP of matching balancing internal parts in essence blue print & balance.. . The earliest owner on our Ducati.MS portal was from Lyon, France . his Desmo grenanded with 9K it took a year to get replacement parts.. I was very close w/ BCM Ducati way back then..Americas premier flagship Ducati dealer...now out of biz purely do to the owner Leslie Grossman, being fed up w/ dealing w/ Ducati warranty claims. Leslie owned one of these, it was such a problematic POS he sold it to somebody in Japan.. Leslie owns a load of Ducati superbikes w/ no miles or less than 10 ..999R, 999S PU, on and 888s. So to sell the RR16 was a shocker. Ducati hastily threw these V4s together and were JUNK .. for $90,000 unadulterated junk.. it doesn't matter how well it performed ... then...I wasn't impressed...after 7-9K miles the engine was trash .. your magnesium cases weeped oil . same as they did on that era's nuvo Panigale big bore twin.. Ducati upped the game w/ the V4R .nothing like losing $50,000 value on a $90K motorcycle..