Ducati and Cigarette Racing Team unveiled the new Cigarette Racing 42X Ducati Edition yesterday at the Miami International Boat Show; launching a collaboration between two legends of marine and motorcycle performance.
Concern about Valentino Rossi’s pace on the Ducati Desmosedici GP11 where he finished just 11th fastest in Sepang is unfounded according to former team-mate, Colin Edwards, who after following Rossi at close quarters doubts the multiple World Champion is showing his best riding yet.
The simplicity of a light air-cooled Superbike is a distant memory primarily due to emission and noises standards and our ever increasing desire for the level of performance that only liquid cooled motors can delivery. But what if you went back to basics and built an air-cooled Ducati racer with the power to weight ratio [...]
And You Thought a Ducati Diavel was Fast! Ducati is making lots of noise about the 2.6 second 0-60 time of its newest model. Faster than a 1198 from a standing start sure, but check this out. This Ducati Bunbury prepared turbocharged Ducati 749 has just blasted down the quarter mile in 8.9 seconds with [...]
Despite the travails over his mysterious 3 race hiatus in 2009, Ducati were desperate to resign Casey Stoner to their MotoGP effort offering him a contract extension in November 2009 that he ultimately rejected.
On Friday, March 4th Ducati fans will converge on Bologna to ensure the factory Ducati MotoGP squad get an adequate send off as they prepare to do battle at the opening round of the World Championship at Qatar, Losail on March 20th.
In a video as part of their coverage of the Ducati Diavel press launch in Marbella, Spain MCN magazine declared the Diavel to be the Fireblade of the Cruiser class. This is a reference to the 1992 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade which transformed the open class sports-bike segment with its combination of light weight and performance.
In case you’ve been out of civilized society this week, Ducati are showing off their newest model, the Diavel. Today we get some comments and photos from journalist Joost Overzee as he attends the Ducati Diavel launch event in Spain.
A Ducati fan has used the skills of his company to create a fitting tribute to Casey Stoner by modeling his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 in 3D. The 2008 model carries the #1 plate recognizing Stoner’s stunning championship victory in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship.
If you were wondering how Valentino Rossi yellow was going to meld with Ducati red, you now have your answer – not well. If Ducati were striving for gaudy (extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless) then I think they have nailed it. No matter, it will sell by the gazillion in [...]
