The development of the Ducati Multistrada 1200 is highlighted in a forthcoming episode of the National Geographic’s TV series ‘Megafactories’. The program reveals just how the Bologna manufacturer creates and adapts new technologies to its innovative motorcycles.
Valentino Rossi will face his toughest test of the year as the Ducati MotoGP team return to the Italian’s home circuit of Mugello, where he recorded 7 straight MotoGP victories before a podium finish in 2009 and a DNS in 2010 after crashing out in practice and breaking his leg. The team have been disappointed [...]
The 7th round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship saw Valentino Rossi debut an Evo version of his Ducati MotoGP machine dubbed the GP11.1. Featuring a 2012 chassis, hopes were high for an immediate improvement in fortune but Vale could only qualify 11th for the Dutch TT. In the race he faired better finishing 4th, [...]
The Ducati Diavel does defy definition but it is the closest bike that Ducati makes that approximates a cruiser. Check out the video after the jump where you can see a Diavel performing pretty nicely on track. The video does reveal one other thing when a Ducati 1198 appears. For all the talk of the [...]
Italian magazine Motocciclismo claims to have photos of the new 2012 Ducati Superbike with the über short stroke ‘Superquadrata’ engine that they dub the Xtreme (please no). They have a teaser up on their web site and claim to reveal all in their July issue. Source: Motociclismo (Google Translation) via Hell for Leather
Carlin Dunne won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb yesterday on the Ducati Multistrada 1200, setting an all time motorcycle record and giving the Italian brand its second consecutive victory in the historic race. Not bad for a rookie!
The Ducati 916 was the Massimo Tamburini masterpiece that supplanted the 851/888 series which had taken 3 consecutive victories in the World Superbike Championship in the hands of Raymond Roche and Doug Polen. Featuring essentially the same engine but with a larger capacity, the bodywork was achingly gorgeous. The 916 still embodies the modern DNA [...]
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden earned fourth and fifth places, respectively, in the Dutch TT on a day marked by difficult weather conditions, with cold temperatures resulting in a number of early crashes.
Tomorrow’s morning warmup will be the last chance for Marlboro Ducati rider Valentino Rossi to find some kind of setup that will allow him to up the pace for the Dutch TT at Assen. After riding at the front yesterday in the rain on the Ducati GP11.1, Rossi struggled in qualifying and ended up turning [...]
The Redux series is all about bringing back blasts from the past that our newer readers may not have caught first time around. Julie Lecointe is a young artist with a real talent for producing drawings from photographic work.
