A modern-day open-class production superbike is engineered with everything needed to strive for the ultimate lap time and nothing it doesn’t. Each is pumped with the essential performance-enhancing power and electronic elements, then stripped to the bone to shed weight. Superbikes are about the complete package. All the right minimums and all the right maximums. This year’s competitors? The class benchmark Ducati Panigale V4 S, bored-out Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory, and the all-new 2020 BMW S 1000 RR…

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Videography/edit: Bert Beltran
Photography: Jeff Allen