Archive for March, 2011

2012 Ducati Superbike will be Baylistic

As radical as Ducati’s plans are for the next generation of Superbikes that will be revealed for the first time this November at the EICMA show in Milan, they are playing it safe with its development. Three time World Superbike Champion and Ducati alumnus Troy Bayliss will be doing much of the work.

Can Ducati Win Daytona Again?

Ducati has their best chance in years of winning the coveted Daytona 200 race this weekend. If they are successful it would be a first 200 victory but not the first time a Ducati has won at the famous tri-oval circuit. 34 years ago a magazine editor took a private Ducati 750SS tuned by a [...]

Pro Italia Ups the Online Accessories Ante

Pro Italia Motorcycles has announced that Italian motorcycle accessories e-tailer desmoworks.com has merged with their own ducatiperformance.com. The company hopes to now offer an unbeatable combination of OEM parts, apparel and accessories for Italian motorcycles and their riders.

Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak High Resolution Photos

The newly announced Ducati Multistrada 1200S Pikes Peak Special Edition is notable for its hot looking Corse paint work as much as its inconceivably long name. Along with the paintwork the model features pin striping on the wheels in addition to even more carbon accoutrements (fairing screen and mudguard) than the already well endowed 1200S [...]

Ducati Celebrates Pikes Peak Victory with Multistrada 1200S Special

Ducati has announced the Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Special Edition, in celebration of Greg Tracy’s victory in the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Special Edition follows a massive first year success for the award-winning Multistrada 1200. The Pikes Peak Special Edition is specially dressed in a stunning Ducati Corse paint scheme with [...]

Ducati 1098 Wins Customs Award

When you think custom bikes you usually think Suzuki Hayabusas with long, chromed drag swing arms and perhaps a candy apple skull paint job or something similarly hideous. Not this winner. It is a Ducati 1098.

Ducati Scooter – Believe It or Not?

With Ducati Scooter rumors significantly enhanced following Claudio Domenicali’s comments confirming the company was hard at work on a HyperScoot, Ducati CEO Gabriele del Torchio has come out to deny there is any chance of a Ducati Scooter in the medium term. Should you believe him?

Ducati MotoGP Night Biggest Ever

Ducati sent off its MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden with the biggest pre-season party ever organized by the Bologna manufacturer no doubt fueled by Rossi fever. Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore attracted over 38,000 fans this past Friday to see the factory team ride their Desmosedici GP11′s onto the stage.

Ducati 848EVO Gunning for Daytona 200 Victory

The rev of the Ducati 848 last year to produce the 848EVO was primarily of benefit to Ducati racers in the USA. Unlike the previous 749, the 848 is ineligible for most racing series with the exception of the DMG AMA Pro Racing’s Daytona Sportbike class. Team Celtic Racing / Fast By Ferracci Ducati will [...]

Ducati Product Chief Confirms Scooter Project

Fresh after shocking Ducatisti with the Diavel, Ducati seems to be unrelenting in its Star Trek strategy….to boldly go where no Ducati has gone before. The next round of product category expansion however could have more of a Back to the Future flavor about it since Ducati have built a scooter before, albeit in 1952. [...]