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Too Loud for Japan – The Ducati 1199 Panigale Gets Ruined for the Japanese Market

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We have to feel sorry for our Japanese readers today, as a crime against motorcycling has occurred in the Japanese motorcycle market. The bike of 2012, and arguably one of the more beautiful designs to come out of Bologna (don’t worry 916 fans, we still like the Tamburini classic more), it turns out that the Ducati 1199 Panigale was a touch too loud for the Japanese market, and modifications had to be made before it is released to the island nation next month. Some extra baffle, maybe some tuning to the ECU, and no big deal right? Well…no, not quite.

Getting a black carbon fiber snorkel, a larger plastic clutch cover, and a revised engine map, the Japanese market Panigale is one of those things that once you have seen it, it cannot be forgotten. An abomination to our senses, the revised exhaust system is reportedly adds 8 lbs to the stock system, which it appear to have been just welded onto directly.

If that wasn’t bad enough, peak horsepower is said to be limited to 135 hp. Not exactly an elegant solution to a simple problem, the only piece of solace we can find in this story is that we expect Termignoni sales to boom in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Source: Ducati1199.comVisordown, & Motoblog.it

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