It’s December 23, 2022—and it was only about a week ago that Ducati announced its celebratory 2022 Panigale V4 World Champion Replica machines. Just 260 each of the Bagnaia 2022 World Champion Replica and Bautista 2022 World Champion Replica machines would ever be made, a number chosen to simultaneously celebrate Ducati’s founding in 1926. Each machine would, of course, be numbered, and also signed by the respective Ducati champions—with signatures protected under a clear coat afterward to seal the deal.
The bikes were presented as part of Ducati’s Campioni in Piazza², which was Ducati’s extra-special free event held in Bologna to celebrate its stunning year of success in 2022 with its fans. Unsurprisingly, Ducati announced on December 22 that both bikes sold out within a matter of days. An exact amount of time wasn’t given—but still, that’s 520 bikes, priced at $63,000, already allocated to their new homes around the world.
