Neevesy answers questions about his long-term test bike | MCN | Motorcyclenews.com
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- Chief Road Tester, Michael Neeves, hasn't been able to ride his Ducati Streetfighter V4S due to the coronavirus lockdown, but he rode a test bike before quarantine measures were imposed. Here he answers some of the first questions he's been asked about it.
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I really like your reviews. They're extremely insightful and carry such a real experienced POV, it's as if you get straight to answering the questions on everyone's mind. Thank you for doing what you do :)
“Even when you’re doing 100mph on the road... On a private road obviously” Nice save 😆
Thanks MCN, been really enjoying these videos from Neevesy regardless of the topic, they have all been really engaging. Good work!
I always enjoy your reviews,Keep up the great work if you want to call it that :)
The comment about the MT-07 being enough for the street should be said in all naked-bike/hyper-naked reviews. Also MCN, absolutely love these Neevesy reviews. I haven't watched MCN this much ever.
My husband has an FZ-07 and I've got an MT-09. Even when we trade bikes I still have a riot on that bike. Sure it's "slow", but got damn its got so much personality and rides like a much faster bike.
Once again a thorough, concise and insightful review. Interesting comparisons to the competition and the nuances of each.
Covered all the questions..great video Neevesy
Great vid look forward to your next one , got one order hopefully will get it towards the end of July
It's expensive but only half as expensive as some harley davidsons.. It's also faster than almost all supercars (at least in a straight line). Good value for money imo.
No one doing better reviews on line, thank you Micheal for your insightfully evaluation, honesty, and integrity. I do take your opinion to the bank. Be well. Cheers.
Fantastic video!
Look forward to seeing exactly what you think after getting more use of this little beast 👍🏻
Spectacular review.
Very enjoyable video, both interesting and informative. Thanks MCN.
Wind blast is the way forward 😂 great video. I would love the V4. Awesome.
Really appreciate your insights and detailed reviews of bikes and how they perform. like that Ducati, a lot!! Cheers from Oz mate.
Bravo Michael, super review! thanks
I man you gained my respect, tank's for the onest review
Amazing - Nice one Neevesey. Sound is perfect, great video. Spot on.
really nice review, thank you
The Wheelie info was what I needed, Thanks :)
Exactly! Superduke it is!
It's hard to wheelie because of the counter rotating crankshaft.
Thank you for a very well considered review, has given me lots to think about regarding future plans, have a 1299s but that thrills me so that will be staying, but....
As always a terrific real-world review. I remember you were a very big fan of the orignal Streetfighter 1098....very different animals but in terms of smiles per mile for the road, would you ever feel like you were missing out on this vs the original streetfighter?
Brilliant honest informative view of the street fighter, right i know to get the superduke r now
Beautiful machine
Thanks very much for this update and your recent videos. I’m looking forward to getting a new v4 Tuono after having a V2 1st gen and a 1st gen Superduke. The Ducati V4 is really a bridge too far for price vs power and with bikes being even more expensive in Thailand. So my turbo modded MT09 and Tiger Sport will have to do for now!
Hands down the best motorcycle reviewer I've watched! One day I'll get one, just not sure if I like the look of those wings...
Sam I am i feel like you. If i had the money to get one, i would remove the wings. And honestly maybe paint the silver lining round the radiator in black instead.
HeyAddieImTojo that's an interesting idea. The more I look at the bike, the more I think that painting the radiation shrouds black or possibly replacing them with carbon fibre covers (after removing the wings) would vastly help to improve the looks. I just need to get one...
'to die for', perhaps not the greatest phrase for this activity :-). Great review and great poster bike for sure.
Next up, a chart presenting the average percentage of available power used by all bikes - looks like we might as well bought that MT07 after all.....
Awesome review! Would love to see this bike vs a supercar in a drag race!
How come the MV Agusta brutale 1000 isn't being compared to the V4? I guess because it's so expensive but still it's a great bike and deserves some recognition by MCN
Do they even exist outside of bike shows and pictures online? I’ve never seen one in the wild.
Great review. What model Alpinestars Jacket were you wearing with that full speed hump
Interesting info @ 12:22, the cheaper options are the mad wheelie kings compared to the Streetfighter. Supernaked's are all about being a hooligan. Seems Ducati has missed that part. Great review Neevesy, always appreciate your honesty and expert opinions.
Does the quicker work properly? I rented one, but it had quite a lot of mis-shifts in higher gears under quite some throttle.
For 20k I would like dry carbon front hugger and wings. Also needs a painted red seat cowl cover feels like a lower spec 848/899 ect vs the 1198/1299
Do you think the advent of all these rider aids takes away from the visceral rider experience?
One of my favorite bikes was a 2001 R1 and the mechanical aspect of that bike in comparison and also my getting older and preferring a more upright style these days. I am a little put off with the ABS, ride by wire, anti wheelie and so on.
Nice vid, wonder what’s the best value though, love to see what you could get for £10k new/used as a comparison...
What jeans are you wearing in the riding clips here sir?
Geez mike...I’ve got 2300 miles put up here in north East US...never been better...quiet roads less speed checks...outside of your house safest place to be...keep your gloves on at the gas pump..ride like it’s 1998..😂😂😂
Or, ya know, follow gov't guidelines and don't put yourself and others at risk...
@@iamtherealzombie Appropriate moniker you've got there. No will. No brains...
any chance that you compare it to zh2?
Saw it at Eicma. Beautiful bike...until you get to the front end; looks like Ducati got 99% done, remembered that it needed a dash, glued one on and just said, screw it, that'll do.
Can you tell me what you got to a tank of juice before the light came on , riding it like it's meant to be ridden .
Bring it to Scotland for a run from Edinburgh to Moffat!
Move to Miami, we have been riding everyday with 0 traffic!!!
I can't afford it but it's still worth the price.
👨👩👧 ❤
Would you buy this or s1000rr for both road and 3-5 trackdays/year use? They are about the same price. How about reliability of this ducati?
Neevesy 💕 ducati no doubt
The 1€ question : "Wich Supernaked would YOU buy among the ones you have mentioned ???"... Ride Safe.VVV
Probably the SF V4 - he has said the Tuono is a bit small for him..
Sir! Tuono Factory or V4S?
Counter rotating crank has a decent impact on why it doesn’t wheelie I’m sure. Probably about as much as the wings.
People are idiots, i can wheelie mine at will, TURN THE WHEELIE CONTROL OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s Strange, I’ve not seen any clips of the Ducati wheelying.
Can’t decide between the Panigale or the streetfighter? Just get both and be happy.
I’ve had my streetfighter V4S now a little more than 5 months , it replaced my Yamaha MT10 SP which was a great bike , I don’t do wheelies, the Yamaha had other ideas and they weren’t predictable , sometimes it would sometimes it wouldn’t and usually it would when you didn’t want it to like overtaking a car for instance. The streetfighter is totally predictable in that area just loads of forward motion exactly how I like it. Build quality is just on another level and like neevsey I just keep looking at it, fuel consumption is worse, I’ve had to buy a small petrol can on our trip up to Yorkshire later this year. I absolutely love my streetfighter in all other respects apart from no cruise control. Is it worth the money? To me yes.
6:10 "A fully faired bike always looks more beautiful than a naked." Not always. That gold motor and high and tight exhaust make me weak in the knees; the Panigale is utterly pedestrian by comparison. There's considerably more "design" on display in the Streetfighter.
I bought my last bike based on his review.
Another great review, definitely you’re one of my favourite motorcycle journalists, useful in depth information told in a calming way.
Don’t panic I have a wife 😉
So the wings only come into play at really high speed and your body position will probably make just as much difference and at those speeds you will by hanging on against the wind. Price: all the fancy stuff is the same as a Tuono which can be bought for £7k less and then you have a proper V4 but have to put up with switch gear made in toytown.
When will we see this years Superbike Shootout? Can´t wait to see the new Panigale V4S in comparison against the Fireblade, S1000 RR and R1M!
The reason it does not wheelie is because the first 4 gears are power limited also there is a throttle body limiter set in tune only way to unlock the mental power is a tune.
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - The Tuono! Like your reviews so much, thank you.
And if your are riding Germany, I can show you a lot more than the Schwarzwald 😜🏍
might not be a question how much priced is it over the diavel as in thailand both cost nearly the same which inturn will be same in india 🤔🤔🤔
Man I am debating between V4s and the Z H2. Ducati service costs keep me away from them, I used to own a monster and things are expensive!
To be honest the service costs are the thing that put me off a Ducati. It's a shame cause they're beautiful.
Streetfighter's are SUPPOSED to be angry! ;-) I'm a Ducati guy but I'm pretty sure the Super Duke R is probably the right SF for someone who's looking for a street... fighter (someone like me who's too far from a track to have that 'safe' outlet for a bike that can get your license revoked in first gear)... but I still want the SFv4s.
IMO Ducati is doing a nice safe thing throttling torque in 1,2, and 3rd gears... but they should have a "shenanigans" mode that dials that safety margin back for those of us who like to have a bit more lively experience.
Remove the windscreen on your multistrada and you have a nice naked?
Hope that lower rad is higher than them French kerbs Mick! 😉
Great review! Experience says for itself. The only "slippery part" of this review is sentence about ducati build quality being better than Aprilia build quality.
That depends on what he considers when he says build quality and what you consider
Hopefully if this bike is successful enough it'll encourage them to make a V2 Streetfighter. The V4 is great, but aside from the high price I still want the twin soundtrack.
Looking through the comments here in 2023, you called it and got your wish 😎
No led headlight yet on tuono
Nice bike is that.
Every time I sit on my Streetfighter it's an event. Just moving it in the garage slows time & space.
It is a stunning machine, but for me there are no better looking bikes than the DesmocediciRR and the V4 Speciale.
20k and that amount of plastic. For that price you should have carbon everywhere
I can't afford one but I don't complain about the price. Rich folks need motorcycles too. : )
The Ducati is lovely but after listening to your review I don't see me selling my MT10 to buy one. Isn't part of buying a super powerful naked that it is wheelie happy and slightly scary to ride?
BIKE has BEEN PHENOMENAL!!!! Especially with the full Akro Titanium Race Exhaust and up-map 220-HP !!!
Michael, please can you give a report on the brutale 1000
In my humble opinion, it's the best naked in the market
We’ve never had the chance to test one.
What makes you think it’s the best naked??
@@Chris-Brauch it's most refined, most powerful and mv agusta put all their weight on this bike, I tried some mv's before and ypu can speculate that the have good engineers, for example the f4 is about 25 years old and it's still not bad nowadays
I have wings on my supernaked kawasaki and I haven't wheelied it at full throttle :).... they settle the bike a bit...
I've always been at odds with these type bikes. I suppose if you tour a lot this would be great.... but without a windscreen... would it? I suppose I'd need to ride one long term as you do... I'm living in hypotheticals
Ducati or Tuono?
This was such a good video. Outside of actually riding it, nothing comes close to the level of detail you just provided here. Amazing work. Regarding the heat issue, I heard that it's designed to shut off the rear bank of cylinders when stationary, so that it won't fry your family jewels anymore, but I'm not sure how's that going to affect the reliability on the long run. It also makes the bike sound worse. With that said, I don't think I'll say goodbye to my tuono factory for a streetfigher, I just love it too much. And it sounds so much better in my opinion.
Bottom line....it sounds like Ducati wanted to have the bragging rights to “ The naked bike with the most horsepower” but they couldn’t make a bike that could HANDLE the most horsepower so they gave us “TORQUE MANAGEMENT” for the first several gears. I wonder if they “MANAGED” the torque on the Pikes Peak bike.
So which one gets your money Neevesy? The Ducati or the Aprilia?
Or the ktm ?
Remember neevesy u & 44teeth encourage me 2 buy a 19 factory tuono 😂🤣
Yeah, private road obviously 😁
7:36 ;)
Every new bike better than the old ones even if they give you plastic instead of carbon on a S model....
We have a streetfighter that doesn't even wheelie.... I am a ducati guy but this just isn't working for me. I hope the panigale v4 is more fun otherwise we are better off buying 1299 or Tuono/super duke (new one)
Aren’t you cold just wearing bike jeans?
No. They’re quite thick and I wear either thermals or a base layer underneath.
@@neevesybikes I thought you might be wearing those jeans with aramid layer underneath. I have a pair and they're pretty hot, it almost feels like wool.
Obviously a private road. Motorcyclists never go over the posted limits 😇
I don't understand, what does the virus have to do with you riding? That's all I've been doing here in the US to pass the time.
There is a lockdown in the UK, if go out when not necessary E.G (buy food etc) you get a fine, so you cannot go out, very simple.
I still love tuono compare the known Ducati chronical problems. I hope new bike will be better. whatever aprilia give us ECU option nearly close 200 hp
Halil Ertan Id say the reliability of the ducati may be better than the aprilia. Not that aprilia’s are unreliable, but the valve train on the v4 is quite finicky. Saying this as a Rsv4 owner. Valve checks are very often... it’s a garage queen. Many owners have valves out of spec every time they open up the engine even after just a few thousand miles.
click click click
The Tuono looks so much better.
Luke McGowan you got to be joking mate Ducati hands down
Decreasing torque maps to prevent wheelies . A V4 engine which is much smoother and more civilised than the twins. A more sanitised V4 panigale for 2020 too.. Is this the Audi influence by any chance? Going to spoil the brand.
Google: "Streetfighter V4 power curve" and you'll see there's plenty of torque at higher revs. This is the only naked with a counter rotating crankshaft. Therefore it's harder to wheelie.
@@ceesmvanwijk maybe no bad thing for the road i guess. I owned the 2018 V4 Panigale for a while. With wheelie control set at 2 it lifted ferociously.
Do u feel sleepy? Grandpa style review so passive lol
Me first!!! :)
wheres sp 10 gang at
The SFv4 is a bit odd. Can’t be as fast as the panigale, can’t be as wild on the torque and wheelie as other supernaked. Really middle of the road and not refined imo.
With that money i may trade my tuono for the pani v4 instead.
"As we sit here in May 2020... is just a shade under £20,000... an incredible amount."
Now £23.5K in 2023. Disgusting. Rip-off Britain strikes again!
Ducati missed it big time with this bike.. super naked should be a crazy hooligan bike fun fun and more fun not lap times… that’s what superbikes are for..
Want a naked for street? Kmt sd1290r. Want a naked for track and street? Tuono. The sfv4 is good looking but does the same as a tuono and it costs much more
Can we have a “normal” , “average”, “affordable” bike as a test bike??
These type of bikes are beautiful, fast , gorgeous but it’s 95% of us will never can afford it... it’s a typical yuppie bike for the 1% spoiled tw..ts
Or maybe those who have worked their ball off perhaps? Why is it that some people think that anyone who has an expensive bike or car has in some way been given it? I'm reasonably well off as are many of my work colleagues and I'm fairly sure that I've worked harder than you can ever imagine. I've also had a few Ducati's, Porsches and AMG's.
Mark Chisholm are you saying we don’t work hard enough? Or you just take it personally for some reason...?
Everybody knows what I was talking about...average joes can’t afford a bike like this. It’s just not meant for us. When a company sells a bike for 20k we can’t say it’s for the masses it’s for who can afford it, same as Ferrari. No one needs a Ferrari but you buy it for a few reasons: to show off as status symbol and to enjoy fully on a really few occasions considering speed limits and maintenance and running costs insurance etc.
Facts are facts...
If you have a job and save some money you can finance pretty much any bike on earth, stop being a cry baby.
ShakeyBurne that’s a very simple way to think about jobs and savings... well done! Such a inspiring approach towards finances
@@lasttraintovegas7189 Rubbish. I'm an engineer not some high flying financial exec. It's about what you spend your money on. Flash phone contract, few nights out on the piss and a pair of name brand jeans would cover the monthly cost. If you wanted a bike like this you could afford it if you were prepared to adjust your lifestyle.
11:40 - 12:10 He's getting a stiffy.