SPIED: 2023 Ducati Streetfighter V4

We believe these recent spy images are of the 2023 Ducati Streetfighter V4 that will be announced in the next month or so.

With seven new launches planned between the start of September and through November, Ducati will be super busy as it unleashes its 2023 lineup to the public—we believe one of those unveilings is going to be this updated Streetfighter V4.

The changes seen in these spy pictures aren’t necessarily earth shattering. At first glance, the side panels are an odd gray color and the satin black tank doesn’t match the rest of the bike; is there really much news here? On closer inspection, yes, there are some clues that this is definitely the next-generation bike.

The tank and bodywork side panel’s unfinished look are key to spotting changes. Just as the original Streetfighter V4 took components wholesale from the Panigale V4 superbike, the revised 2023 version again borrows from its full-faired sister, which was given some subtle-but-significant changes last year. These included a new fuel tank with an additional 0.3 gallon of capacity and a more ergonomically refined shape, and that is exactly what the black-painted unit on this prototype 2023 Streetfighter V4 is.

The scallops carved into the shoulders of the tank are the giveaway—helpfully gleaming in the sunlight in these shots. They aren’t present on the current Streetfighter V4 but can be seen on the latest Panigale V4. The gray side panels on either side of the tank—which look like they could be 3D-printed components on this testbike—are similarly shaped as on the current model, but need to be tweaked along the inner edges to match up with the redesigned, larger fuel tank.

Knowing that the 2023 Streetfighter V4 tank comes from the current Panigale V4, it’s not a huge stretch to consider that some of the other changes made to the fully faired bike a year ago will also filter down to the naked model. The Panigale’s 1,103cc engine got a set of upgrades to its electronics for 2022, with a minuscule increase in power, but more significantly it gained a redesigned oiling system and exhaust. Peak power of the current Streefighter is already a claimed 208 hp, though, so don’t expect vast increases from the 1,103cc engine for 2023.

The Panigale’s gear ratios were also changed for 2022, making first to fifth tighter than previously, while making sixth taller for additional top speed. It makes sense to share as many parts as possible with the Streetfighter, so expect those ratios to be adopted by the naked bike for 2023, albeit with a lower final-drive ratio to focus on acceleration rather than top speed.

In terms of the chassis, it’s also logical for the Streetfighter V4 to adopt as many components as possible from the Panigale, so the tweaked geometry that the superbike gained for 2022—including a fractionally higher-positioned swingarm pivot point to reduce squat under acceleration—should also be adopted on the 2023 naked bike. The improved instrument panel, with additional modes, is also sure to trickle down from the Panigale to the Streetfighter.

The upgrades to the new Streetfighter V4 are subtle, some things are largely unchanged, such as the tailsection.

Visually, it’s going to be a bit more difficult to tell the next-generation Streetfighter apart from the previous one, as features like the headlights and tailsection are unaltered, but it does appear from these spy shots that the double-decker side winglets are even larger than before.

These pictures show what we believe to be the base model of the Streetfighter V4, with a 43mm Showa BPF fork, a Sachs rear shock, and light alloy wheels with five Y-shaped spokes. There will also most certainly be a Streetfighter S, using Öhlins electronically controlled suspension (probably uprated to the NPX 25/30 fork of the Panigale S rather than the NIX 30s of the existing Streetfighter S) and forged alloy three-spoke rims. Finally, logic dictates that the range-topping Streetfighter SP, with carbon wheels, Brembo Stylema calipers, and a host of exotic bolt-on parts, will follow in the Panigale’s footsteps by morphing into an “SP2″ version, adopting the same improvements as the rest of the range.

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