Ducati Streetfighter 848 (2011-2015) Price<br /><br />The issue with the Streetfighter 848 right from its outset was price and a new RRP for a ‘middleweight naked bike’ of over £10,000 certainly harmed sales, especially when you compared it to its Japanese rivals, which all cost far less. Nowadays this high RRP continues to be reflected in the used prices and you need to spend upwards of £5000 in a private sale and closer to £6000 from a dealer. The good news is that very few have huge mileages with anything over 20,000 rare but that is still quite an outlay for a bike that, let’s be honest, is over eight years old and not even that popular to start with.<br /><br /> Power and torque<br /><br />The Streetfighter uses a version of the 848 sportsbike’s Testastretta engine with ‘cam timing solutions learnt from the Multistrada and Diavel’ that sees its valve angle at 11-degrees rather than the 848’s 37-degrees. Where on most nakeds the dreaded ‘re-tuned for more midrange’ equates to ‘had all the life sucked out of it’ the Streetfighter’s motor still makes a very respectable 132bhp with 69.5lb-ft, which is only very marginally less than the first (non-Evo) generation of 848. A fairly chilled-out engine to use, it is far from a wheelie-beast but this suits the bike’s target audience where the 1100 over-steps the mark and is way too wild for most. A lovely motor for relaxed road riding low in the rev range, it suits the 848’s naked styling and has a strong mid-range once you get over the initial V-twin stutter and clatter. It’s not ballistic-fast, but it is smooth and deceptively quick.<br /><br /> <br />Engine, gearbox and exhaust<br /><br />The 848 has a very good reputation for reliability with faults few and far between but service schedules do need to be adhered to. It requires a service every 7500 miles (or one year) and belts every two years with valve clearances (the desmo service) checked at 15,000 miles and not on a time frame as with the 916-style Testastretta motor, which helps to reduce costs. The gearbox is super-slick and again fault-free but the exhaust does throw up a few issues. As well as being disappointingly quiet as standard, the placement of the twin stacked pipes can get in the way of your right foot, meaning riding on the balls of your feet can result in your boot becoming stuck to the hot pipes. Swapping them for aftermarket items does help as getting shot of the cats reduces their temperature slightly but this is quite costly with Termi units costing upwards of £700 new. There are cheaper alternatives but you are still looking at upwards of £500 as they are a twin system. And that’s before you junk the hefty collector box.<br /><br /> Ducati Streetfighter 848 (2011-2015) Economy<br /><br />As the Streetfighter is quite exposed fuel economy can suffer and owners report mid-30mpg figures for day-to-day riding, which isn’t great. Junking the cats and getting it re-mapped can improve this as the motor is quite strangled by emissions regulations, but you will only push it up a few mpg at best.
