Archive for December, 2011

Hayden Injured in Training Accident

Nicky Hayden’s winter vacation was marred on Tuesday, December 27, when he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was training at a private indoor flat track facility, riding a motorcycle for the first time since breaking his scaphoid at the Valencia Grand Prix on [...]

Merry Ducati Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope Santa brings you lots of Ducati gifts. Thank-you for your readership and contributions on the site, our FaceBook page and the Twitterverse this year. We’ll take the week off here at Ducati News Today to relax and spend time with our family.  Have a great holiday and we’ll see you [...]

Ducati News Today on the Move

Kia Ora! After 7 years in the USA based in Atlanta, GA, Ducati News Today is heading back down to the antipodes.

Read it Again on Ducati News Today

We know, you’re busy. You can’t be expected to check the site every single day looking for something new (but if you do, thanks!). We’ve got your back. The Redux tag is a an opportunity to catch something the second time around that you may have missed.

Top Ducati Posts of 2011

As the year draws near a close we thought we’d check the logs to see what were some of the most read stories on Ducati News Today in 2011. Some of them were kind of obvious (I’m looking at you Panigale) whilst there were a couple of surprises. Read on to check out the top [...]

A Gift Wrapped Ducati for Christmas

If Santa rode a motorcycle he’d base his workshop in California rather than the North Pole. Pro Italia decided to do some Santa style gift wrapping of their own on a Ducati Multistrada 1200. Check out the video of the job after the jump.

Learn How to Ride the Ducati 1199 Panigale from Troy Bayliss

Ducati is opening subscription for the 2012 Ducati Riding Experience (DRE) events, the riding courses suitable for all levels, from absolute beginner to race track specialist. 2011 saw the introduction of the Troy Bayliss Academy and, by overwhelming demand, the 3-times World Superbike Champion and global racing icon returns for 2012 for his advanced track [...]

Would You Pay $1,000,000 for a Ducati?

Whilst clicking around on the New Zealand equivalent of eBay (trademe), I came across this very optimistic listing for a used 2010 Ducati 1198R Corse SE. The price? $1,000,000. No its not April 1st.

Ducati Superbike Club Revs up for 2012

Ducati Australia is excited to announce that registrations are now open for all its customers, owners and passionate fans to their hospitality facility at the Phillip Island Round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship on 24-26 February.

Rossi to Answer Fan Questions

Always wanted to ask 9 time World Champion Valentino Rossi a question? Now you can thanks to Dainese and AGV. The companies are providing an opportunity for fans to put questions to the racing star that he will answer during a live online event.