The Ducati 899 Panigale is a sport bike from

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, released in 2013 to replace the

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. The motorcycle is named after the small manufacturing town of Borgo Panigale. It has a version of the engine in the previously released 1199 Panigale. Claimed

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is . The 899 has a conventional two-sided

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, unlike the 1199 which has a

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. The unconventional decision to use a two-sided swingarm on a superbike from Ducati was made because of the substantial upgrades added to the bike including electronically adjustable anti-lock brakes, traction control, electronic braking control, and a quickshifter. This is the first medium-sized Ducati that uses the Superquadro engine. The ''899'' surprised observers by topping sales charts for all motorcycles in the UK for December 2013, at a price five times higher than the number two seller, the

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— a situation compared by ''

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'' to the Ferrari California outselling the Ford Focus. For 2016, Ducati revised the 899, including enlarging the engine to (the 959 Panigale).

References

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