Ian Gowanloch has legendary status in the Ducati community and not only in his home country of Australia. His farm in the foothills of the snowy mountains is home to 10, 40 foot shipping containers full of Ducati parts making it the Ducati Happy Farm.
We take for granted that every Ducati you can buy today has desmodromic valve actuation (yes even the otherwise icon breaking 1199 Panigale). For the longest time though, Ducati road bikes had valve spring actuation. This 1967 Sport Corsa Demo 350 was the turning point that led to desmodromics hitting the streets.
Back to Classics has a fully restored Ducati 900 Mike Hailwood Replica for sale.
Following the success of the Ducati 1955 Gran Sport, the very first design effort by one Ing. Fabio Taglioni, Ducati decided to enter the 125 Grand Prix World Championship with a double overhead cam version of the bevel single. This motorcycle is that first prototype GP racer, the Bialbero.
Australia has a special relationship with Ducati. For much of 870′s and 80′s, Australia was the biggest export market for the company and this fact explains why there are so many Bevels there in a country of just 20 million or so. It also has some great Ducati Specialists. Prepare to drool over the BevelTech [...]
If you asked most Ducatisti of a certain age, which model they covet most highly, the answer is likely to be the original green frame Ducati 750 Super Sport of 1974. Built as a road going replica of the racer that Paul Smart famously took to victory in the Imola 200 in 1972, it was [...]
There is something special about Ducatis. There is something specials about classic motorcycles. So it stands to reason that there is something magical about classic Ducatis. The best way to appreciate them? On a racetrack with a bunch of other enthusiasts who simply adore these old bikes no matter the brand.
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 [...]
The commercial featuring Keira Knightley, face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume on a Ducati has been released and a classic Ducati 750 Sport plays a key role, in beige no less, in the 3 minute 20 second tribute to perfumery. Keira, of course, doesn’t actually ride the bike, which was fitted with training wheels for [...]
So the commercial featuring Keira Knightley, face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume on a Ducati is about to lob, so it only makes sense in this age of viral marketing to release a teaser about it (yawn). Keira talks about how the commercial features a ‘Chanel Superwoman’. Clearly such a woman doesn’t ride a bike [...]
