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Ducati has joined the MotoGP paddock in honoring the memory of Marco Simoncelli as the team prepares for the final race of 2011.

Ducati factory riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden are set to ride a version of the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 featuring a Japanese style, aluminum beam chassis during the post race test that will follow the final MotoGP round of the year in Valencia, Spain this weekend.

We take for granted that every Ducati you can buy today has desmodromic valve actuation (yes even the otherwise icon breaking 1199 Panigale). For the longest time though, Ducati road bikes had valve spring actuation. This 1967 Sport Corsa Demo 350 was the turning point that led to desmodromics hitting the streets.

The Ducati Team is headed for Valencia, where the 2011 MotoGP championship will conclude on Sunday. The weekend’s usual track activities will be touched by the memory of Marco Simoncelli, whose absence will surely weigh heavily on the minds of the paddock regulars and fans. On the other hand, Marco was also emblematic of the [...]

MotoGP testing limits will be abolished for 2012 removing at least one of the barriers that has made development of the Ducati Desmosedici painfully slow for Valentino Rossi and his star crew chief, Jeremy Burgess.

A dedicated Ducatista has rebuilt his Ducati Monster S4RS with a bespoke titanium frame that knocks pounds off the weight whilst adding an equal amount of trick and acting as a rolling showcase for his business venture.

After numerous changes all year long, has Ducati actually made any progress from the machine that Valentino Rossi first rode way back in testing before the 2011 season even began? The return of the MotoGP field to Sepang, Malaysia recently allowed for the first before and after comparison.