Ducati has a new top dog in its naked range. The MY27 Streetfighter V4 SP was unveiled in Milan on 2 November, ahead of the EICMA show, as a numbered series that sits above the regular V4 and V4 S. It pairs the 214 CV Desmosedici Stradale engine with carbon-fibre wheels, an STM EVO-SBK dry clutch, electronic Öhlins suspension and a Brembo MCS master cylinder. Ducati's launch release gives no price, weight or Australian date. Here's what Ducati has confirmed, what it means on the road, and what we're still waiting to find out.
Quick stats
| Item | Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP |
|---|---|
| Engine | Desmosedici Stradale V4, which is 1,103 cc in the Streetfighter V4 the SP is based on |
| Power | 214 CV, peak rpm not yet published |
| Colours | Winter Test livery |
What Ducati announced in Milan
Ducati says it presented five brand-new models at its final launch event of the year, held ahead of EICMA's opening day for the trade. Among the debuts were three exclusive, limited-edition SPs: the Panigale V4 SP, the Panigale V2 SP and this Streetfighter V4 SP. Ducati calls the Streetfighter "the pinnacle of the Streetfighter range".
The SP is based on the Streetfighter V4, and Ducati describes it as "a numbered series designed for those seeking the very best in terms of technology, performance and racing features". In plain terms, it's the regular naked V4 with the best bits from Ducati's parts bin bolted on, plus a serial number to prove you got one.
Ducati's list of what sets the SP apart is short and expensive-sounding:
- carbon-fibre wheels
- an STM EVO-SBK dry clutch
- a racing final drive
- machined, adjustable footpegs
- the latest generation of electronic Öhlins suspension
- a Brembo MCS master cylinder with remote adjustment
That list comes straight from Ducati's launch release. Ducati sums the result up as "an extreme yet refined naked bike" built for riding on the road as well as the track.
If you're heading to Milan, every new model from Ducati's 2027 range is on its stand in Hall 5, stand O82, for the whole of EICMA 2026. For everyone else, EICMA is the big annual motorcycle show in Milan. Ducati's public press kit page for the SP carries studio photos but no spec text so far.
The Winter Test look is back
The new SP wears what Ducati calls its traditional Winter Test livery. It isn't a new idea. When Ducati launched the first Streetfighter V4 SP, it described the livery as matt black bodywork with a matt carbon finish on the rims and wings. The SP2 that followed for 2023 kept the look, with an exposed brushed aluminium tank, bright red details and the bike's serial number lasered on the handlebar.
Ducati's studio photos of the new bike follow the same recipe. The tank is bare brushed aluminium with a Ducati logo, the bodywork is matt black and carbon, the seat is red, and red SP graphics sit on the belly pan under a Ducati Corse logo. The fork tubes are gold. Ducati hasn't said whether the serial number goes on the handlebar again, so we'll wait for the spec sheet on that one.
We reckon there's something very Ducati about launching a livery called Winter Test just as Australia rolls into summer. It's the sort of paint job that looks better the dirtier the track day was.
Carbon wheels and a dry clutch
The wheels are the headline part. Ducati says the carbon-fibre rims cut weight and inertia, which it says improves agility and handling precision. Ducati hasn't put a number on the saving for the new bike. On the original SP, it said the five split-spoke carbon rims were 1.4 kg lighter than the forged aluminium wheels on the V4 S of the day, and cut the wheels' inertia by 26% at the front and 46% at the rear.
Don't assume those numbers carry over. The forged wheels on today's Streetfighter V4 S are already light, at 2.95 kg for the front and 4.15 kg for the rear. Whatever the new gap turns out to be, the idea is simple. A lighter wheel takes less effort to spin up, slow down and tip into a corner, so the bike changes direction with less muscle at the bars. It also counts as unsprung weight, so the suspension has less mass to control over bumps.
The clutch is the other giveaway. The STM EVO-SBK is a dry clutch, so you'll hear the famous Ducati rattle at the lights. On the first SP, Ducati said it improved the anti-hopping action and made the bike smoother when you roll off the throttle. That matters most when you're braking hard and downshifting into a tight corner, which is exactly where a big V4 can get busy at the rear. In Ducati's photos the clutch housing is on show on the right-hand side of the engine.
Final drive and footpegs
Ducati lists a racing final drive but hasn't said what it changes, so we can't tell you about gearing or chain size yet. The footpegs are machined and adjustable. On the SP2, Ducati said its adjustable pegs, machined from solid aluminium, gave more lean angle. That's handy on a track day, and you'll appreciate it most if you've ever ground a peg feeler away on a favourite sweeper.
Engine, suspension and brakes
Ducati quotes 214 CV for the SP's Desmosedici Stradale engine. CV is the Italian shorthand for metric horsepower. When Ducati launched the current Streetfighter V4 in 2024, it quoted 214 hp at 13,500 rpm and 12.2 kgm of torque at 11,250 rpm, with Euro5+ homologation. On our sums, 12.2 kgm works out to roughly 120 Nm. So on Ducati's own figures (214 hp then, 214 CV now), the SP's peak power matches the regular bike, and what sets it apart is the parts, not horsepower.
That's different to the Panigale V4 SP unveiled the same night, which Ducati quotes at 218 CV. If you want the superbike side of the story, our 2027 Ducati Panigale V4 article covers the latest Panigale. For the 2025 Streetfighter, Ducati also said its Akrapovič racing exhaust lifted peak power to 226 hp in track trim. Ducati hasn't said what the SP makes with that exhaust. The engine keeps Ducati's desmodromic valve gear, which closes the valves mechanically instead of relying on springs, and our guide to Ducati's desmodromic valve system explains how it works, or you can read the general idea of the desmodromic valve.
Suspension
Ducati says the SP gets the latest generation of electronic Öhlins suspension. The current Streetfighter V4 S already runs an Öhlins NIX-30 fork and a TTX 36 shock, both with Öhlins Smart EC 3.0 control, plus an Öhlins steering damper. Ducati hasn't yet said which parts the SP uses, or how they differ from the S.
Brakes
The braking upgrade is Brembo's MCS master cylinder, which Ducati says has remote adjustment. The master cylinder is the pump your fingers squeeze at the lever, so it shapes how the brakes feel. Ducati hasn't yet explained what the remote adjuster changes on this bike. The current Streetfighter V4 uses Brembo Hypure front calipers, which Ducati said were 60 grams lighter per pair than the Stylema calipers on the model before. The first SP used Brembo Stylema R calipers, and Ducati hasn't named the caliper on the new one.
Electronics
Ducati hasn't listed any SP-only electronics. Because the SP builds on the regular naked V4, the best guide is the package Ducati lists on the current V4 S:
- Race eCBS braking with a cornering function
- DTC DVO traction control and DWC DVO wheelie control
- DSC slide control and DPL DVO launch control
- the DQS 2.0 quickshifter and EBC engine brake control
- DVO with a six-axis IMU
- Race, Sport, Road and Wet riding modes
How it stacks up against the V4 S
The Streetfighter V4 S is the bike the SP has to justify itself against, and Ducati's figures for it are public. It weighs 189 kg at kerb without fuel, against 191 kg for the base V4, and Ducati gave it a power-to-weight ratio of 1.13 hp per kg. It carries a 16-litre aluminium tank, and Ducati said both the V4 and V4 S would reach dealerships as single-seaters in March 2025, with a passenger kit available as an accessory.
Ducati hasn't published the SP's weight yet. The pattern from last time suggests it will undercut the S: Ducati quoted the first SP at 196 kg in running order, 3 kg less than the V4 S of that era. With carbon wheels and a dry clutch, we'd expect the new SP to land under the current S's 189 kg too, but that's our guess until Ducati publishes the figure.
Here's how the extras line up against the S, on Ducati's own descriptions:
- Wheels: carbon fibre on the SP, forged aluminium on the S
- Clutch: an STM EVO-SBK dry clutch on the SP, against the standard clutch on the S
- Brakes: the remotely adjustable Brembo MCS master cylinder on the SP
- Suspension: latest-generation electronic Öhlins on the SP, Öhlins with Smart EC 3.0 on the S
- Extras: a racing final drive and machined, adjustable footpegs on the SP
The SPs that came before
By our count from Ducati's releases, this is the third numbered Streetfighter SP. Ducati announced the first Streetfighter V4 SP with a Borgo Panigale dateline of 11 November 2021. That bike made 208 hp from its 1,103 cc engine and 123 Nm at 9,500 rpm, and was due in dealers from January 2022. It came with a lithium-ion battery, a carbon front mudguard and Öhlins Smart EC 2.0 suspension.
The Streetfighter V4 SP2 followed in October 2022 as a numbered version for the 2023 model year. Ducati said its Öhlins suspension used springs and hydraulics identical to those on the Panigale V4, and the bike was due from March 2023. For the 2023 Streetfighter, Ducati quoted 123 Nm in Euro 5 trim, with 208 hp arriving at 13,000 rpm.
On Ducati's quoted figures, that's a jump from 208 to 214 for the new SP, though the older releases wrote it as hp and the new one as CV. The bigger change sits underneath. The 2024 Streetfighter brought a new chassis and electronics derived from the Panigale V4, which makes this, as far as Ducati's releases show, the first SP on that newer bike.
Numbered Streetfighters don't hang around
Ducati hasn't said how many SPs it will build. As a guide to demand, the numbered Streetfighter V4 Lamborghini came in a run of 630 plus a 63-bike customer series, and Ducati said all of them "have been allocated in a few hours". The SP is a different bike with a different buyer, but if you want one, don't sit on your hands.
What the Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP means for Australian riders
Ducati's launch release gives no Australian price and no arrival date for the SP, and we won't guess either. Ducati's own launch dates for the earlier SPs were two to five months after it announced them, and it said availability can vary from market to market, so that's history, not a promise for Australia.
Ducati hasn't said whether the SP comes as a single-seater, but the regular V4 and V4 S were launched that way, with a pillion kit as an extra. Plan on riding it solo unless Ducati says otherwise.
Who's it for? Ducati pitches it at riders who want the most from the road and the track. We reckon the carbon wheels and dry clutch make the most sense if you do regular track days, where lighter wheels and a calmer rear end under hard braking pay off every lap. If your riding is mostly the Sunday run and the cafe, the V4 S already has the electronic Öhlins and the engine, and you'll keep the change for tyres.
If you're shopping now, you can check for a Ducati Streetfighter for sale on Bike Domain, or widen the search to all naked bikes for sale across the country.
What we don't know yet
Ducati's launch text is short, and its public press kit page has photos but no spec sheet so far. These are the gaps we're watching:
- the price: none in the launch release, for any market, Australia included
- how many bikes are in the numbered series
- the weight, and whether it's quoted dry or at kerb
- torque, and the rpm for peak power
- which Öhlins parts and which Brembo calipers it uses
- seat height and fuel capacity
- when it reaches dealers, and which markets get it
What to do next
Before you talk price with a dealer, get your sums in order. Our motorbike loan calculator will show what a new bike might cost each month, and listing your current bike early gives it time to sell before an SP lands. You can also see every Ducati motorcycle for sale on Bike Domain right now. We'll update this article as Ducati fills in those gaps, and with Australian pricing and timing once we've confirmed them.
Sources
- Ducati, "Ducati unveils five new models and a preview at EICMA 2026", Ducati Media House, Milan, 2 November 2026 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
- Ducati, "MY27: Streetfighter V4 SP", press kit and photo gallery, Ducati Media House, 2 November 2026 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
- Ducati, "New Ducati Streetfighter V4: the most performant Fight Formula, ever", Ducati Media House, 28 November 2024 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
- Ducati, "Streetfighter V2 and Streetfighter V4 SP: two new Ducati models derived from the successful Fight Formula", Ducati Media House, Borgo Panigale, 11 November 2021 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
- Ducati, "Ducati unveils new Streetfighter V4 2023 and Streetfighter V4 SP2: the Fight Formula evolution", Ducati Media House, 20 October 2022 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
- Ducati, "Note to Editors: Ducati Streetfighter V4 Lamborghini, all available bikes allocated in hours", Ducati Media House, Borgo Panigale, 9 September 2022 (a manufacturer release, so not linked)
