A monocoque chassis and gear cam drive may not be all that is lurking inside the next generation Ducati 1199 Superbike. It is entirely possible that the radical new Ducati will feature a seamless shifting gearbox not dissimilar to the one in the Ducati GP11.1 raced by Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi.
Fans of Valentino Rossi have had to get used to something very unusual this year, the 9 time champion starting way down the grid. Even though he has finished fairly consistently on his factory Ducati MotoGP racer much higher than his qualifying rank, a looming engine shortage means that Rossi may be forced to start [...]
With Fathers’ Day approaching for much of the World on Sunday, June 19th this year we decided to put together a few Ducati style items suitable for the Ducatista Dad on his special day. Given that most of our readers are male, feel free to subtly suggest one or more of the items to your [...]
Ducati is very proud of its racing achievements. The company’s boilerplate includes the lines ‘Ducati builds racing-inspired motorcycles …. Competing in MotoGP since 2003, Ducati won both the Constructors’ and Riders’ world titles in 2007.’ Now the company has plans to have the MotoGP Desmosedici shine its halo of success onto the radical, next generation [...]
Lots of attention has rightly been focussed on the travails of Valentino Rossi on the Marlboro Ducati. Far from his magical transformation of the Yamaha from dog to debut winner in 2004, his results on the Ducati have been disappointing for many fans, leading some to lament the loss of Casey Stoner. However the record [...]
Unless you’ve become interested in motorcycle racing in just the last few years and therefore know no better, it is very surreal seeing Leon Haslam and others racing competitively on BMW Superbikes. Afterall, until the BMW S1000RR was released, the German manufacturer was firmly the province of riders who didn’t hang off in the turns [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today was the first time Vale fans could see Valentino Rossi officially with Ducati and he dutifully turned up in red at the Wrooom MotoGP Press Ski Meeting, Madonna di Campiglio (Trento, Italy) with team-mate Nicky Hayden where the company will unveil its 2011 Desmosedici GP11 tomorrow. Ducati has also shown photos of Rossi’s new [...]
Its a new year, and the middle of winter for the majority of our readers (but not for me as I’m still in the Southern hemisphere for a few more days yet!) The ideal time to make some New Year Ducati Resolutions and Ducati News Today is here to help. After the jump you will [...]
