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Italian producer reveals an exclusive first new twin engine for 2010, the new Superbike DB8, a more accessible version of the model but also more powerful DB7.

If DB7 is powered by the Ducati Testastretta Evoluzione 1098, will have the new DB8 today on 1198 Ducati, more power while being 8cp with 8.5 Nm torque will be higher. In addition, now has DB8 and passenger seat, which increased the total length of the motorcycle to 8cm, and more sober colors, waiving the combination bicolora white / red in favor of New Jersey.

DB8 will have twin lower price due to the use of cheaper materials: carenele are completely plastic, waiving carbon, stainless steel final discharge is rather the combination of titanium and carbon to give up parts for the aluminum . Marzocchi suspension fork and secured the central silencer Extreme Tech is also cheaper and Magneti Marelli injection was replaced with a Walbro. All these changes have led to its mass and a larger, with 8kg more than that of the DB7. Even so, DB8 can boast of a 178kg weight to empty.

New DB8 has a price of 23,000 euros from the twin hoping to sell at least 250 copies of this model.