UPDATE. The photo of the design study has been removed. Ducati is expected to introduce a substantially updated premier Superbike model for the 2011 model year given that the 4 year old 1098 / 1198 design is starting to struggle in the World Superbike arena. We don’t know what it will look like but this [...]
Ducati News Today already thinks the Ducati Multistrada 1200 sounds just fine with the stock exhaust and Ducati spent a lot of time getting the über Multi to sound just right but Dukes always sound better with a full system from Termignoni don’t they? Thanks to Ducati Seattle for the music (video starts midway because [...]
After a disastrous start to the season for the Xerox Ducati World Superbike team and in particular Noriyuki Haga, Miller Motorsports Park, site of the next round of the championship this weekend offers the next opportunity for the team to turn things around. It won’t be easy as Miller has some particularly bad memories for [...]
As World Ducati week fast approaches, Ducati is rolling out more of the event details and one caught our eye. A drag race between Ducati World Superbike and MotoGP racers along with alumni such as Troy Bayliss will be a one of the highlights of the event with every rider on equal Ducati Streetfighters.
Okay, so we don’t make fun of other brands here at Ducati News Today (well not much anyway). After all, we’re all on two wheels together. However this spoof Harley Davidson video ad is pretty funny and was seemingly put together by folks more than a little upset at the untimely demise of Buell. Enjoy! [...]
The web is awash with tales of woe for those who want to grab Apple’s hot iPad but another Cupertino based company, Ducati, has the same answer for those who want to get on board the hot Multistrada 1200 – Get in line and wait for as much as 60 days!!
It may not be as absurd as it first sounds. Afterall, KTM makes the X-Bow, so why not a lightweight sports car powered by a V8 based on two Ducati Desmosedici RR engines!! Young designer Anthony Collard imagined this hardcore 2-seater in a recent automotive design competition.
The very first Ducati Multistrada 1200‘s to take part in racing competition will take on the infamous Ducati 2010 Pikes Peak international Hill Climb. Ducati USA will enter two Multstrada 1200’s in the Race to the Clouds, set to take place June 26-27 in Colorado.
The World Superbike Championship story is inextricably linked with the explosion of Ducati onto the scene as the small volume manufacturer that took on the might of the Japanese factories and there almost limitless resources and came out on top. Artist David Bill has created a fabulous oil painting celebrating the 8 Championship victories in [...]
After a very successful test of the Ducati 1198R Factory Superbike at Mugello last week, Troy Bayliss himself has been quoted as itching to get back in the saddle and race for another championship to equal Carl Fogarty and surpass his total number of victories. Now it appears that Bayliss could be racing as early [...]
