Ducati News Today

Less than a month before the official unveiling of the new 2010 Ducati Strada Aperta, the first renderings of the bike without camouflage have flooded the web. The verdict? Ugly!

Ducati North America has proudly unveiled a 170hp, 362lb two-wheeled tribute to the historic “Martini Racing” Porsches of years past at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races last month. The one of a kind Martini-Ducati was the idea of Ducati’s North American CEO and Public Relations Manager, both major fans of the Martini-Porsche competition cars [...]

Ducati is a raging success story combining an iconic brand, a rich competition history and accessible V-twin performance draped in gorgeous Italian design. But not so long ago, Ducati was in trouble. In 2006, the company was saddled with debt and faced flagging sales as a result of it’s first Superbike commercial failure, the controversial [...]

The latest photo of the 2010 Ducati Adventure tourer expected to be named the ‘Strada Aperta’ which will also act as a replacement for the Multistrada has shown up on the interwebs. This time the 1098 powered machine is showing off it’s practical side as it sports hard saddle bags and a top box.

Martini Racing is usually associated with race cars but the evocative color scheme looks fantastic on bikes too as this Ducati 1098S special prepared by Hattar motorsports in the USA clearly shows.

Ducati has announced a promotion whereby this summer purchasers of 2008-09 model year Ducatis will receive free service for a year.

Two top five finishes, including a podium, at Infineon raceway have propelled Ducati 1098R mounted Larry Pegram to 6th in the American Superbike Championship.

Ducati North America has announced a special financing campaign in the USA for Ducati Superbike machines. The program runs from April 1st till June 30th, 2009 and all new, previously untitled 1198/1198S and 1098/1098S models are eligible.

Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday. Every week I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we don’t have a Ducati, we have a Bimota DB7. I let it in because it’s got a Ducati engine, it’s Italian and it’s beautiful! Enjoy.

Although it is oxymoronic to talk about motorcycles as investments, Motorcycle News is reporting that a Ducati was the best motorcycle investment in the UK last year according to price experts. However Ducatisti can’t be too pleased with themselves because another Ducati model was the worst performer in terms of depreciation over 12 months.