Davide Tardozzi is known mostly as the former Ducati team manager who defected to BMW at the end of last year, but he was also an accomplished racer in his own right. His 1991 European Superbike Championship winning factory Ducati 888 (pictured) is will shortly be for sale.
September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Racing | Comments Off
The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles and Pro Italia Motorcycles of Glendale CA formally announced today that Jeffrey Jones of San Luis Obisbo was the winner of the raffle for a Ducati Desmosedici D16RR. The D16RR, valued at $72,500, was won by Jeffrey for the cost of one $40 raffle [...]
August 24th, 2010 | Posted in News | Comments Off
We were doubly impressed when Casey Stoner won at his home MotoGP on the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 last year at Phillip Island, Australia. Not only was the victory an emphatic one after his absence from competition due to what later was realized to be lactose intolerance, he did it in style with a special white [...]
August 24th, 2010 | Posted in MotoGP, Motorcycles, Racing | Comments Off
Ducati is set to radically overhaul their flagship Superbike for 2012. The new model will likely feature a monocoque chassis with a shorter wheelbase and a longer swing arm. An all new, but still V-twin engine with a much shorter stroke will rev higher for more power and have its cams turned by gears rather [...]
August 18th, 2010 | Posted in Motorcycles | 2 Comments
Armani Exchange has launched a new 3-D Ad campaign for their fall 2010 collection that prominently stars a black Ducati 1198S in addition to suitably gorgeous male and female models. There is just one problem. No-one told Armani that the throttle on a Ducati (and every modern motorcycle) is on the right, not the left!?
August 12th, 2010 | Posted in Opinion | 3 Comments
The Ducati Streetfighter is the only current model in the range to use the 1,099cc L-twin as the rest of the 4-valve Ducatis now use a variant of the larger 1198 twin. So what to do if you have a track record of building Ducati specials and want more power and importantly streetable torque? How [...]
August 11th, 2010 | Posted in Motorcycles | 1 Comment
While Ducatisti debate whether Ducati should even build the power cruiser known internally as Project 0803 and by names like Vyper and Mega Monster in the press, the company clearly intends to formally unveil its latest creation later this year in Milan. While you decide whether you like it or not, consider that its targeted [...]
August 9th, 2010 | Posted in Motorcycles | 1 Comment
Carl Fogarty or King Carl to his adoring fans is a Ducati legend winning all his 4 World Superbike titles on a Ducati. He raced three quarters of a season in 1991 on a Honda Britain RC30 regularly finishing in the top 10 but couldn’t secure a good ride for 1992. Short of money and [...]
August 4th, 2010 | Posted in World SBK | Comments Off
If you think a Ducati Multistrada 1200 is too soft for your off road aspirations then how about this? This Beach racer was created by a New Zealand Ducati dealer and started off as a 2003 Ducati 999.
July 29th, 2010 | Posted in Motorcycles | 1 Comment
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 have the newly released Ducati 848EVO in the delectable Dark flavor.
July 28th, 2010 | Posted in Wallpaper | Comments Off