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 [...]
Ducati has their best chance in years of winning the coveted Daytona 200 race this weekend. If they are successful it would be a first 200 victory but not the first time a Ducati has won at the famous tri-oval circuit. 34 years ago a magazine editor took a private Ducati 750SS tuned by a [...]
Even if you’ve been reading Ducati News Today for awhile now, you may not have discovered the power of our tags. So let’s check out the content from some of the most interesting and popular tags. Today, the celebration of some older Ducatis, the Bevels and Singles.
The Ducati Condor is right up there for the crown of ugliest Ducati ever made (the 600TL at least gets a merit award too). The 350 single engine as first found in the 1967 Ducati Scrambler is the only interesting part of the Swiss Military’s bland, utilitarian motorcycle. A German engineer took the same engine [...]
Phil Aynsley is a celebrated photographer and author of Ducati a Photographic Tribute, a photo study that celebrates his love of all things Ducati. Phil dropped us a line after his recent visits to the USA and Spain to capture some rare and beautiful Ducatis. He was sure we would want to share the results [...]
Earlier this month, the motorcycle road racing legends of yesteryear returned to the evocative Imola circuit for the 200 Miglia di Imola revival. Legends such as Kenny Roberts, Giacomo Agostini, Johnny Cecotto, Paul Smart, Steve Baker, Christian Sarron returned to the circuit which made Ducati famous when Paul Smart won the race in 1972 aboard [...]
In proof that motorcycle gremlins that effect the rest of us, make their force known to even the beautiful people, Brad Pitt was momentarily stranded on the way to the set of his latest movie when his Ducati Bevel powered custom special decided to give up the ghost.
English Actress Keira Knightley of Pirates of the Caribbean fame is also the face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume. She has been snapped filming a new TV commercial for the French company in Paris where she is shown astride a 1970′s Ducati 750 Sport painted a shade of hideous beige.
