Ducati News Today

If for some reason you always wanted a $144,000 Ducati 1198 then Red Fenix have a deal for you. They may also have a bridge for sale.

Jorge Lorenzo’s manager has said that the Spanish MotoGP star is close to a decision about staying at Yamaha or moving to Ducati with the announcement expected at the Indy MotoGP next weekend.

Visordown is reporting that that Ducati has chosen the name ‘Cayenne’ for their 2010 Adventure Tourer / Multistrada replacement bike that many believe was to be called the ‘Strada Aperta’ (Italian for Open Road).

I enjoy Adam Carolla’s new Cast and so was interested that in the most recent episode his guest, actor/comedian Dax Shepard, showed off his Ducati Hypermotard S.

Ducati is cutting production this year and curtailing salary packages as the economic downturn and especially the credit crunch adversely affects it’s sales all over the world. Ducati is feeling the pinch as customers reduce spending and the global market for premium motorcycles has contracted by 30 percent in the first half of 2009 and [...]

Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday. Every week I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we have a Ducati Sport Classic 1000S, modified very tastefully by it’s owner Paul Braybook.

Before Ducati announced that Casey Stoner was going to miss 3 MotoGP races due to a mystery illness, everything was fairly predictable at Ducati for 2010. Hayden hadn’t quite underperformed enough to lose his factory Marlboro Ducati seat and promising but crash prone satellite Pramac Ducati rookie, Mika Kallio, hadn’t quite done well enough to [...]

Rumors continue to emanate from Italy that Ducati is chasing Yamaha star, Jorge Lorenzo, to ride the factory Ducati MotoGP bike in 2010.

The train spotters amongst you may have noticed that the factory Ducati 1098R F09 Superbikes as ridden by Messieurs Haga and Fabrizio have 1198 boldly plastered on the side of the fairing, not 1098R like the top flight streetbike. There is a good reason for this of course, since from this year, the entire family [...]

Mladin Does it with a Whimper Mat Mladin wrapped up his 7th and last AMA Superbike win with a 2nd and 9th in the two races this weekend. Josh Hayes won both races for Yamaha and Larry Pegram finished 12th and 4th.