Ducati News Today

Rumors emanating from Milan at the EICMA show claim that famous Ducati tuner, Eraldo Ferracci may be poised to return to racing and with the brand the made him and Doug Polen famous.

By sheer luck, I sat down in front of my computer just moments before Valentino Rossi walked into the pit garage wearing unbranded black and fluorescent yellow Dainese leathers and a matching AGV lid featuring a large question mark on the top. That summed up the situation perfectly as Rossi swung a leg over the [...]

Valentino Rossi made his first ever laps on a factory Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP this morning as part of the official post season test at Valencia, scene of the final race of the 2010 MotoGP championship. Clad only in unbranded black and yellow leathers, he mounted his all black Ducati against a backdrop of hundreds of [...]

Marc Cook, the co-author of ‘Ducati 999: Birth of a Legend’ returned to Bologna to tell the inside story of the design, development and production of the Superbike that replaced it. ‘Ducati 1098/1198 – The Superbike Redefined’ tells the story of how the 1098 and the 1198 that followed catapulted Ducati back into the open [...]

Nicky Hayden looked set to cap off a much stronger second MotoGP season with Ducati at the final race of year at Valencia yesterday before he slid off whilst running at the sharp end early on in the race. Inadvertently he ended up creating what looks like his own custom version of the Ducati Diavel [...]

Despite a dismal climate for motorcycles sales worldwide this year, Ducati sales continue to grow as the company gains market share on the back of the launch of innovative new products such as the Multistrada 1200.

Ducati has posted some video highlights from their 2011 Model Year range press conference at the EICMA show in Milan. Highlights includes the Ducati Monster 1100EVO and the new Diavel Power Cruiser.

Ducati has not made a large fuss about the new for 2011, Ducati Monster 1100EVO presumably because they don’t want to detract from the unveiling of the barrier pushing Diavel Power Cruiser. If you’re a Monster fan though, there is a lot to like about the first 100bhp Ducati 2-valver.

Ducati has sold its 4 factory 1198R Superbikes to new Superbike class team, Liberty Racing. With the Bologna concern pulling out its factory Xerox Ducati team for 2011, the bikes will carry on in competition with riders Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz on board.

Despite having an ST2 based twin in its modified Monster 900 frame, this Ducati 9½ special was built as a homage to the factory’s many racing singles. With a focus on functional elegance this eye catching special drips trick.