SuperBike Magazine June 2020

24
ENERGICA
angle, it’s a sharp edged design which has
the authentic Italian design all over it, every
detail has been looked after, looks wise
its right up there with the most gorgeous
superbikes. Then as I always do with a new
bike is throw a leg over and pick up up and
here is where the difference is immediately
apparent. I battled to pick it up from its side
stand and as I forced it up I nearly drop it
on the other side, this weight it something I
must get use to.
So first off, you switch the bike on by
turning a key, funny that, no noise happens
but the dash lights up, then you push another
button and a green light comes on and
you have selected the forward gear, yes it
has reverse, thank goodness only crawling
speed. I gingerly open the throttle and the
bike starts rolling forward, I ease onto the
track still in road mode and open the throttle
more, it’s instant, all 215 Nm of torque
is available, it does not wheelie because it
weights a ton but the forward propulsion is
something to write home about, it is insane,
it is addictive, the turbine sound coming
from the engine is modern and nice and
space age. It’s not an engine sound and
I’m not sure if the long term noise will stay
appealing, but the driving force will. I do a
Ohlins suspension
front and rear
Cruise control
on a superbike?
Screen shot from the app
Quite a high tech dash