Ducati J: New "Hypermotard 698 Mono" released, equipped with a newly developed single-cylinder engine
Ducati Japan released the new Hypermotard 698 Mono (starting at 1.7 million yen including tax) on September 14th. Ducati's newly developed, first single-cylinder engine has a limiter set at 10,250 rpm, making it the best-in-class commercially available single-cylinder engine.
The single-cylinder engine is a Superquadro Mono, which is said to deliver the best-in-class performance of any commercially available single-cylinder engine. The engine limiter is set at 10,250 rpm, and it also delivers top-class power of 77.5ps/9,750 rpm.
The Superquadro Mono engine is derived from the Superquadro engine, a two-cylinder engine that inherits Ducati tradition. The Superquadro engine, which was born with the 1199 Panigale and has since evolved to 955cc, has the overwhelming bore and stroke ratio that achieves extremely high revolutions. The piston, combustion chamber design, and desmodromic system, including large-diameter valves, are shared with the Superquadro engine installed in the 1299 Panigale. The model is characterized by the fact that all of the Panigale's racing DNA is concentrated and packed into one cylinder.
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