2011 Ducati 848 EVO
It’s a strong seller for Ducati, with some 80% of buyers new to the Ducati fold, most coming from Japanese 600s.
Aside from new paint color options, the 848 is stylistically unchanged in its EVO guise. The EVO continues the platform’s fine handling qualities, exhibiting a fairly light turn-in at low speeds, becoming more deliberate as speeds rise. Ducati claims 20% greater deceleration at the same lever pressure. The old bike’s brakes were easily better than average, and these new binders step up the game to excellent status.
Tellingly, the EVO’s torque peak is at 9750 rpm, about 1200 revs higher than we measured on our previous test bike. Because Checa’s one of the world’s finest riders, I knew he could handle Taburello easy enough. With shifts timed accurately, the EVO is fully capable of cutting fast laps – quicker on many tracks than the 600s.Heading out onto the Imola racetrack, the EVO feels almost identical to the 848. Its wet clutch isn’t grabby like some of Ducati’s dry clutch packs, and low-to-midrange power easily dwarfs any sub-liter four-cylinder. Crankshaft horsepower is alleged to be 140 at 10,500 rpm. At the intake side, the fuel-injection’s throttle body size jumps from 56mm to 60mm and feeds fuel into optimized intake ports. The 90-degree V-Twin’s rev ceiling has been lifted 500 revs to 11,300 rpm, and heat generated from the extra revs is dissipated by new ventilated timing belt covers.
It’s within the engine that most of the EVO’s updates are found. The 848’s powerplant remains structurally unchanged, but a multitude of revisions to improve performance creates what Ducati says is “the highest power-per-liter of any twin-cylinder engine in production.”
To demonstrate the EVO’s newfound prowess, Ducati invited us to the historic Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, Italy.
Well, Ducati has upped the ante again with the 848 EVO, bringing along extra horsepower, improved brakes and fitment of a standard steering damper – all for the same price as last year’s 848s.
A close relation to the aesthetically challenged 999, the 749 continued to be a relatively low-cost entre into Ducati’s superbike family and competed against the Japanese 600s in supersport competition.Ducati’s middleweight superbike gets a significant upgrade for 2011, further separating itself from the confines of established sportbike categories.
2011 Ducati 848 EVO takes on the Ducati bike is super light more impressive than ever. The brand new Evo Ducati 848 Testastretta Evoluzione engine works, which has an output of 140hp and 98 Nm of torque.
braking performance Ducati Superbike has been famous for the range of derivatives and the braking performance EVO 848 is no exception. Lightweight Frame done in partnership with Ducati Corse, the lightweight frame tube Trellis has 34 mm main section with a thickness of 1.5mm. The tubular Trellis frame for all Ducati motorcycles, is a signature design element. So if you’re in the market for a new Ducati Superbike, check out the 2011 Ducati 848 EVO .
The bike contains the usual features that makes thousands of motorcyclist eagerly seek Ducati's famed Superbike: twin under-seat silencers, single-sided swingarm, Trellis frame, race bodywork and steering damper.
The 2011 848EVO maintains the traditional colour of Ducati red with red frame and black wheels and introduces the new "dark stealth" with racing black frame and black wheels.
The 848 Testastretta Evoluzione engine:
The new 848EVO is powered by a liquid cooled, L-Twin, Desmodromic engine that produces 140hp (103kW) @ 10,500rpm and a high-accelerating 72.3lb-ft (10kgm) of torque @ 9,750rpm.
This system is used on every single Ducati motorcycle including their world-beating Superbike and Desmosedici MotoGP bikes.
Terminating in Ducati's trademark twin under-seat silencers, the system delivers that unmistakable signature sound of the Desmo 90° L-Twin.
• Having more experience and success with twin-cylinder high performance engines than any other manufacturer, the L-Twin configuration remains central to Ducati's philosophy of motorcycling.
Trellis frame:
• Developed in cooperation with Ducati Corse, the lightweight Trellis frame features 34mm main section tubes with a material thickness of 1.5mm. Producing a front subframe in magnesium underlines the attention to weight-saving detail in the Ducati Superbike range.
Wheels:
• The lightweight front wheels used on all Ducati Superbike models substantially reduces the moment of inertia, enabling a faster change of direction and enhanced acceleration and braking performances.
Suspension:
• The lightweight Trellis frame and single-sided swingarm enable a compact and weight-saving rear suspension linkage system, which features separate lower pick-up points for the push-rod and fully adjustable Showa single shock suspension unit.
Ducati Superbikes have always been famous for their incredible, track-derived braking performance and the 848EVO is no exception. Now featuring Brembo's powerful Monobloc calliper racing technology applied to 320mm discs, the EVO's incredible braking capability is a result of Ducati's continual quest for responsible performance.
The twin Monobloc callipers each have four 34mm pistons that grip 320mm discs to help generate planet-stopping braking.
Data acquisition:
The DDA is available for the 848EVO as an accessory from Ducati Performance.
• Normally only available on race bikes, DDA records numerous channels of data including throttle opening, vehicle speed, engine rpm, engine temperature, distance travelled, laps and lap times. The system also automatically calculates engine rpm and vehicle speed data so as to display gear selection as an extra channel of information.
• Ducati Superbikes are the most advanced, most powerful twin-cylinder motorcycles ever built. Ducati Superbikes are race bikes, pure and simple.