Archive for October, 2010
A skilled photoshop wizard has imagined this Ducati Light cycle, as inspired by the Tron Legacy movie. Note that it comes complete with a visible oil filter (on a light cycle!) and a magnesium side cover stamped with Ducati. A Ducati light cycle won’t be in the movie but a now discontinued Sport Classic 1000 [...]
October 31st, 2010 | Posted in News | 1 Comment
MotoGP’s older statesman, Loris Capirossi, has finally decided to put 3 dismal seasons on a Rizla Suzuki behind him and return to Ducati for the 2011 season where he will race for the satellite Pramac team. The announcement which has been expected for some time means there will now be two Ducati mounted Italians in [...]
October 29th, 2010 | Posted in MotoGP, News | 1 Comment
Ordinarily, the phrase ‘Motorcycle Inspired Wines’ would be cause for some concern, prompting thoughts of a bouquet redolent of cooked synthetic engine oil, brake fluid or perhaps even the funk of hot, gummed up tires still cooling from a track session. Not to worry however because the wine in question is CorsaVino and the motorcycles [...]
October 28th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews | Comments Off
Back in June we brought you reports of a Turbocharged Ducati 749 drag racer from Ducati Bunberry in Australia, the architects of the Ducati 1098R dragbike. Now the project is nearing completion and should run for the first time by the end of the month.
October 27th, 2010 | Posted in News | Comments Off
As we all await the new Ducati Diavel, Ducati promises plenty of surprises at the EICMA show next month. Ducati News Today is calling for a Ducati 848 Streetfighter!
October 26th, 2010 | Posted in Opinion | 13 Comments
As we rush headlong towards the formal unveiling of Ducati’s Diavel Power Cruiser in a matter of days at the EICMA show in Milan, more details are landing in our hot hands about this brave new model. Following on from the Roland Sands Design Ducati Diavel study, today we outline more details of the production [...]
October 25th, 2010 | Posted in News | 2 Comments
Despite the excitement across most of the Ducati landscape due to the signing of Valentino Rossi to race for the Italian MotoGP team for the next 2 years, some fans are upset in what they see as a conspiracy that saw Rossi signed just after Ducati announced they would no longer field a works World [...]
October 22nd, 2010 | Posted in MotoGP, News, World SBK | 6 Comments
Candid comments from Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha team manager Davide Brivio have revealed just what we expected. Ducati were desperate to sign the GOAT and although it will be difficult, Rossi will be a title contender on the red bike from the get go.
October 21st, 2010 | Posted in MotoGP, News | 1 Comment
Earlier this month, the motorcycle road racing legends of yesteryear returned to the evocative Imola circuit for the 200 Miglia di Imola revival. Legends such as Kenny Roberts, Giacomo Agostini, Johnny Cecotto, Paul Smart, Steve Baker, Christian Sarron returned to the circuit which made Ducati famous when Paul Smart won the race in 1972 aboard [...]
October 20th, 2010 | Posted in News | Comments Off
Dieter Hartmann Wirthwein’s innovative Ducati V8 has its first public showing at the Intermot 2010 show. We had asked him to share some photos and some more details on the engine that he has fitted to a 900SS rolling chassis.
October 20th, 2010 | Posted in News | Comments Off