Ducshop Racing had a successful, though turbulent, debut at this weekend’s 200 AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike race at Daytona International Speedway. Taylor Knapp replaced an injured Jake Holden and with little more than 30 minutes of practice time finished ninth while Italian rider Dario Marchetti brought the second Ducshop Ducati 848 home in 18th place.
Ducati is making a big deal of the 4 bikes in 1 theme for the 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200. Now at least one machine has bit the dust, literally, during the launch in the Canary Islands. Ouch! Proof that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
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The 2010 AMA Pro American Superbike season continued on from the first Daytona Superbike race with the first 4 bikes finishing within 2/10ths of a second. The full results are after the jump.
The 2010 AMA Pro American Superbike season got off to a great start yesterday with the running of the first race at Daytona, Florida. The racing was close and the first 5 riders were separated by just 3/10ths of a second.
Following reader requests, the 2010 Google racing calendar has been updated to include the Australian Superbike Championship which features a return of Ducati after a decade’s absence. Don’t miss a race. Follow al the MotoGP, World Superbike, AMA, BSB and Australian Superbike action with this handy 2010 Racing Google calendar.
Artists of a motorcycling bent love to draw Ducati because, let’s face it, the evocative manufacturer has a certain je ne sais quoi! Nicolas Petit, is a French motorcycle mechanic by day and author of this Ducati Desmosedici RR Trike concept by night.
Larry Pegram will start the first American Superbike race of the 2010 season from the front row after the Team Foremost Ducati 1198R rider qualified 2nd behind Jordan Suzuki’s Aaron Yates.
The Ducati 1198 is hardly known as having a wimpy mid-range but it sure looks that way when compared to the dyno chart for the new 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200. Newly released factory dyno charts indicate that the new Multi kills the 1198 at the bottom end as was expected given its milder cam timing. While the 1198 roars ahead after about 6,750rpm the Multi makes 60bhp at 4,250rpm whereas the it takes the 1198 another 1,000rpm to make the same power. The Multistrada 1200 is shaping up to have a killer engine for the road!
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Team Foremost Larry Pegram’s Ducati 1198R set the pace during the first practice session today at Daytona for the opening round of the 2010 America Superbike Championship. Pegram lapped the circuit in a 1:40.280 just ahead of Josh Hayes on the factory Yamaha.
Ducati has updated its Ducati Multistrada 1200 microsite to include videos of the bike in action in each of its four modes: Sport, Touring, Urban and Enduro.
