| Finally.... the only reason the 748R has a slipper in the first place is for homogolation purposes in the Supersport racing class - if it didn't have one as standard, it wouldn't be allowed to use it in racing.
You can bet that Ducati put in the cheapest one they could use because it will certainly not be the multi-thousand pound ones they use in racing, meaning it will only get binned for racing. Add the fact that Ducati reportedly make losses on some R machines just to sell the numbers and get them homogolated, and you can see why it's cheap and nasty! | 
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