There is no denying that the start of the 2010 MotoGP Championship has had its ups and downs. It started in Losail with Casey Stoner crashing out of the lead, Lorenzo winning 2 races on the trot for the first time and Valentino Rossi crashing in Mugello and ruling himself out of contention for this [...]
Oberdan Bezzi has been at it again. The prolific Italian designer has penned a number of designs that Ducati News Today is trying to will into becoming reality. This one, is the Ducati Desmolight, a small, lightweight 450 Desmo single that would be just the thing for wreaking havoc in the mountains. Sign us up! [...]
Ted Fenwick, took victory in the opening race of TT 2010 at the Isle of Man. That he was on a Ducati was one thing that got our attention, the other was that he is 82 years old!! The grandfather should ought to be handy on two wheels since he has been racing for almost [...]
If you ever wondered who was faster, MotoGP or World Superbike riders, we now have the definitive answer…for now….and in a straight line. Yes, the results of the World Ducati Week, Ducati Streetfighter Drag Race are in!
In what to us reeks a little of an orchestrated setup, the rhetoric concerning the possible return of 3 time World Superbike Champion, Troy Bayliss, to Ducati and competition has taken a 180º turn. In a press conference held at Misano as part of World Ducati Week, Bayliss put the kibosh on any chance of [...]
The 9th example of the gorgeous and rare Ducati Supermono racer sold recently for $110,000 Australian on eBay (~US$92,000). The Ducati Supermono is the rarest of all modern Ducatis with only around 70 examples of this exotic racer being made. Extremely light at just 122kg (269lb), the bike ultimately produced 81 bhp at 10,000 rpm.
The transition occurring at the pinnacle of motorcycle road racing will be complete in 2012 when the last two-stroke class, 125GP, will be replaced by Moto3 – a new class for 250cc single cylinder, four-stroke engines in bespoke chassis comes into being. Unlike Moto2, it will not be a spec engine class providing the tantalizing [...]
With the launch of the Ducati 1098 (and now the 1198) the company reversed its Superbike slide that befell it as a result of the controversially styled 999 range. The result is great success but many more Ducati Superbikes around than ever before which has blunted their exclusivity. In addition the styling is safe after [...]
Reigning MotoGP champion, Valentino Rossi, crashed at high speed during the second free practice session at Mugello for the Italian round of the series this morning, fracturing his tibia and putting him out for at least 4 races, probably more.
After setting a blistering pace in qualifying that smashed the track record, Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa, looked set for double victories at the US round of the World Superbike Championship at Miller Motorsports Park at Salt Lake City, Utah. However his hopes were dashed as his bike failed him twice whilst comfortably in the lead. [...]
