When I close the throttle, the bike has too much engine braking, I reckon under 4,000 rpm it’s going onto 2 cylinders the way it does at tickover in traffic to stop you frying your legs. The bike is nearly 3 months old and done 3200 miles. I’ve ridden 4 other V4’s including a 2500 mile road test to France last year. None of the other bike’s exhibited this trait. The bike goes back to the dealer in 2 weeks but wonder if anyone has experienced this please? It does make the bikes throttle response less than smooth when on and off the throttle and I find the lurching feeling very annoying. My bike is more economical averaging 44.5 mpg whereas the test bike to France averaged 37 mpg. I do wonder if Ducati have done something to make it more economical but again the other 2022 models I’ve ridden didn’t do this.
I’ve not read the manual, because I’m a bloke, but am sure you can adjust the engine braking sensitivity in the computer. I could be wrong though.
yes I’m surprised as well. The one I took to France averaged 37mpg over the 2,500 miles and I’m riding mine in the same manner.
Not had this issue with my V4S which is currently on almost 10K miles and a year old. I was, and still am, surprised by the amount of engine braking that the V4 has, as good if not more than the 1260. What riding mode are you using? Does it happen in all modes? Sport mode will make the throttle response sharper. I am not aware that the engine braking can be changed on the V4S, not seen that in any menu on the dash and no I haven't read all the manual either! A quick 100 miles today and it showed 42mpg - that's in the South East for you, it would be a lot less if you get the revs over 7K.
the issue is there in all riding modes. None of the other 4 bikes have been like this either. I’ve read the manual and there’s no setting to affect engine braking but I’m sure it’s cutting onto 2 cylinders. It’s that abrupt
Sounds like a dealer trip, it would be interesting to know what they find. Hope it gets fixed quickly.
