MCN is reporting this morning that the new Ducati Power Cruiser that has been been the subject of an orchestrated ‘leak’ pre-marketing campaign will not be known as the Vyper or Mega-Monster (always a doubtful one) but instead as the Diavel.
If you are as obsessed with motorcycle racing as I am then you religiously watch every MotoGP race. If you also always tend to have an Apple device with you at all times then like me you will probably be interested in the Official MotoGP 2010 Live Timing app which is universal for the Apple [...]
The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles and Pro Italia Motorcycles of Glendale CA formally announced today that Jeffrey Jones of San Luis Obisbo was the winner of the raffle for a Ducati Desmosedici D16RR. The D16RR, valued at $72,500, was won by Jeffrey for the cost of one $40 raffle [...]
We were doubly impressed when Casey Stoner won at his home MotoGP on the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 last year at Phillip Island, Australia. Not only was the victory an emphatic one after his absence from competition due to what later was realized to be lactose intolerance, he did it in style with a special white [...]
2012 will see the MotoGP series revert back to 1,000cc race machines after a disappointing 800cc era which has seen less exciting racing and less exhilarating riding on the one line, wheels in line and electronically locked down technological marvels. However Ducati may be planning to innovate with a smaller engine than the maximum allowed [...]
Nicky Hayden will be the Grand Marshall of the Lucas Oil Indy Mile AMA Pro K&N Grand National Championship event on Saturday, August 28, 2010. Hayden, in Indianapolis to ride his Ducati Desmosedici GP10 at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, will travel across town to the legendary Indy Mile at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to [...]
With the big news finally out that Rossi is Red, talk will now turn to how competitive Valentino Rossi will be on the Ducati Desmosedici, a bike that only Casey Stoner has tamed in the 800cc era. A comparison to the situation with the Honda to Yamaha switch in 2004 indicates there is little to [...]
1987 500cc GP World Champion, Wayne Gardner, has weighed in on the debate as to whether star crew chief and fellow Aussie, Jeremy Burgess, will in fact end up at Ducati with Valentino Rossi.
Café Desmo, Pro Italia’s annual Italian motorcycle bike show, will be held this August 20-22 with a weekend full of events. This year’s Cafe Desmo promises to be the biggest and best ever with a Friday evening cocktail party, a Saturday night concert and a Sunday morning bike show followed by a ride up the [...]
Valentino Rossi is confident that he will kiss his Yamaha M1 goodbye for the last time at the final round of the MotoGP 2010 Championship at Valencia and be able to jump straight on the Ducati for the official test the next day. Ducati have submitted the request to Yamaha but Rossi will remain under [...]
