Puig R-Racer Panigale V4 Screen: Race-Proven Wind Protection

The Puig R-Racer Panigale V4 screen is a dedicated fitment for the updated 2025 platform — and the R-Racer is not a generic fitment handed down from a previous generation. This is a dedicated screen cut for the 2025 V4’s revised bodywork, built on the same design brief that goes into Puig’s factory race programs.

The R-Racer line is the product of Puig’s ongoing collaboration with MotoGP and WorldSBK teams, including the Repsol Honda MotoGP effort and factory WorldSBK and Endurance squads. What gets developed at that level eventually reaches the street in products like this — designed and manufactured at Puig’s Barcelona facility, built next to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

What the Puig R-Racer Screen Does for the 2025 Panigale V4

The core engineering case for the R-Racer is straightforward. The screen sits 50mm taller than the Panigale V4’s original screen — at 385mm tall and 280mm wide — and that additional height is where the work gets done. At speed, the taller profile deflects wind away from the rider’s helmet and shoulders rather than directing it straight into the chest. On a track layout with long straights, or on a highway run, that difference in fatigue is tangible.

Despite the height increase, Puig’s virtual wind tunnel testing confirms the R-Racer does not compromise the V4’s aerodynamic coefficient. The screen retains the profile shape of the original, so the front end reads as factory from any angle. Independent testing across the R-Racer range has measured up to 12.7% drag reduction compared to an OEM screen — less drag, more protection, same visual integration.

Puig R-Racer Panigale V4 Screen Specs and Construction

The screen is formed from 3mm high-impact acrylic with a 2mm rounded edge — a spec that meets the German TÜV safety standard. Puig runs every screen through an artificial vision quality control system before it ships, so what arrives is confirmed to spec. Installation uses the stock OEM mounting points on the 2025 V4 with no additional hardware, no drilling, and no adapter brackets required.

Each R-Racer ships with a full aerodynamic study document covering the screen’s performance and protection data — something you won’t find in the box with most aftermarket screens. For a rider who wants to understand what a modification is actually doing to their machine, that’s a useful detail.

Color Options and Pricing for the Puig R-Racer Ducati Panigale V4 2025

The Puig R-Racer Panigale V4 screen is available in four color options: smoke, dark smoke, black (opaque), and clear. The opaque black is the clean track-day setup; smoke and dark smoke work with the V4’s factory bodywork colors across the range; clear keeps the cockpit open and maximizes forward visibility. All four are the same $153.69.

For a screen developed at the level Puig operates — the same Barcelona shop supplying MotoGP and WorldSBK factory teams — that price point makes the Puig R-Racer Panigale V4 screen one of the more straightforward upgrade decisions on the Ducati

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