Ducati Desmosedici RR

It is hard to believe that someone can take the Ducati Desmosedici RR and make it better, but it happened. This is the NCR Milona 16, a lightened, upgraded and implicit faster Ducati Desmosedici RR. We wouldn’t have believed it if the thing wouldn’t have recently been unveiled at the World Ducati Week at Misano.

Using performance Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes, NCR’s M16 turns into a much sweeter ride. Although it doesn’t go significantly over 200bhp, which is the standard bike’s horsepower figure, the retuned engine is aimed at delivering a whole different rush across the powerband.

This specification::

Engine:                               Type L-4 cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, Desmodromic,

4 valves per cylinder, gear driven camshafts

Displacement:               989 cc
Power:                                More than 200 HP @ 13,500 rpm*
Torque:                              n/a
Fuel injection:               Four 50 mm Magneti Marelli throttle bodies,

                12-hole "microjet"with injectors over throttle, manual idle control;

Exhaust: `                         4 into 2 into 1'vertical exit exhaust/silencer
Emissions:                       Euro 3
Trasmission Gearbox:     6-speed; Cassette type
Clutch:                                Dry multi-plate slipper clutch, hydraulically actuated
Vehicle Body:                 Full carbon fibre bodywork
Frame:                                Tubular steel trellis hybrid, carbon fibre seat support,

aluminium swingarm

Front Suspension:       Ohlins `FG353' PFF forks USD 43 mm pressurized, with preload,

rebound and compression adjustment, TiN coated sliders

Front Wheel:                  Marchesini forged and machined magnesium alloy wheels,

with 7 spoke design as GP6

Rear Suspension:         Ohlins rear shock, with rebound, low/high speed compression

adjustment, and hydraulic preload adjustment

Rear Wheel:                    Marchesini forged and machined magnesium alloy wheels,

with 7 spoke design as GP6

Tyres:                                  Bridgestone
Front Brake:                   Two Brembo radial "monoblock" callipers with four 34 mm pistons;

 two semi-floating 320 mm x 6 mm discs, with machined flange: the

same as GP6 wet race set-up

Rear Brake:                     240 mm fixed disc, floating calliper with two 34 mm pistons
Fuel tank:                         aluminium alloy
Dry Weight:                     n/a