Practice for the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill climb has started well for the Ducati USA supported Team Spider Grips. Team rider, Greg Tracy, has set the fastest time of all motorcyclists during practice as the video shows after the jump.
The 9th example of the gorgeous and rare Ducati Supermono racer sold recently for $110,000 Australian on eBay (~US$92,000). The Ducati Supermono is the rarest of all modern Ducatis with only around 70 examples of this exotic racer being made. Extremely light at just 122kg (269lb), the bike ultimately produced 81 bhp at 10,000 rpm.
Ducati has always provided the faithful with the closest approximation to race bikes on the road starting with the original 750SS. When the World Superbike series began, Ducati was right there with the 1988 851 Kit which led to a series of ever faster, desirable homologation specials. The current model is the 1198R which is [...]
UPDATE. The photo of the design study has been removed. Ducati is expected to introduce a substantially updated premier Superbike model for the 2011 model year given that the 4 year old 1098 / 1198 design is starting to struggle in the World Superbike arena. We don’t know what it will look like but this [...]
Ducati News Today already thinks the Ducati Multistrada 1200 sounds just fine with the stock exhaust and Ducati spent a lot of time getting the über Multi to sound just right but Dukes always sound better with a full system from Termignoni don’t they? Thanks to Ducati Seattle for the music (video starts midway because [...]
The web is awash with tales of woe for those who want to grab Apple’s hot iPad but another Cupertino based company, Ducati, has the same answer for those who want to get on board the hot Multistrada 1200 – Get in line and wait for as much as 60 days!!
The very first Ducati Multistrada 1200‘s to take part in racing competition will take on the infamous Ducati 2010 Pikes Peak international Hill Climb. Ducati USA will enter two Multstrada 1200’s in the Race to the Clouds, set to take place June 26-27 in Colorado.
The Ducati Multistrada 1200 has been subject to so much hype we almost feel we know what to expect before slinging a leg over the saddle. However just as with similarly overly promoted movies, no matter how good it is, it could easily disappoint when you get to see for yourself. Ducati News Today took [...]
The Ducati Multistrada 1200 has been subject to so much hype we almost feel we know what to expect before slinging a leg over the saddle. However just as with similarly overly promoted movies, no matter how good it is, it could easily disappoint when you get to see for yourself. Ducati News Today took [...]
I have just returned from the National Premiere of the Ducati Multistrada 1200 at Ducati of Altanta and thought you’d like to hear what the new bike sounds like. The sound is pretty good for a stock and legal exhaust system. Look for a full Ride Report next week. The sound clip is after the [...]
