The bike's aluminum twin-spar frame and swingarm are lightweight, compact and rigid to keep the weight down and the power up. |
The 2013 Speed Triple SE features a restrained Matte Graphite color scheme offset by a frame and swingarm painted in tasteful matte blue. |
A chain-drive, not a shaft, transfers power to the rear wheel, which is suspended on a triangulated swingarm. |
Mounting the rear shock in a different position can lead to severe damages at the frame, the swingarm and the rear shock. |
The system, called Ducati Electronic Suspension, incorporates an inverted 48 millimeter Ohlins fork in the front and an Ohlins monoshock and single-sided aluminum swingarm at the rear. |
The dimple is part of design swingarm which locates a bend radius on the reverse side of the chainstay. |