Hector Barbera’s Ducati Desmosedici GP10 racer won’t be hard to spot this season. The Aspar team run by Jorge Martinez has the Spanish Yellow Pages (‘Paginas Amarillas Aspar Team’) as its major sponsor, hence the bright yellow color. Barbera is one of 5 Ducati riders in this year’s MotoGP championship which kicks off at Losail, [...]
Artists of a motorcycling bent love to draw Ducati because, let’s face it, the evocative manufacturer has a certain je ne sais quoi! Nicolas Petit, is a French motorcycle mechanic by day and author of this Ducati Desmosedici RR Trike concept by night.
As Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps moves closer to release this April, more details of Ducati involvement in the sequel to the famous Wall Street have been revealed in the theatrical trailer. A Ducati Streetfighter S and Ducati Desmosedici both feature in the movie along with the US made MotoCzysz.
Ducati could be considering a $100,000, carbon framed 800cc follow-up to the wildly successful 2008 Desmosedici RR, which was based on the 2006 GP6 MotoGP race bike, the last 990cc model before the switch the current 800cc regulations. With the spec scheduled to return to 1,000cc in 2012, the changing of the guard could herald [...]
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 newest, most expensive and most unobtainable Ducati, the Desmosedici GP10 MotoGP racer.
Movie star, motorcycle fan and card carrying Scientology nut, Tom Cruise, was caught recently taking his Ducati Desmosedici RR out for a spin. Cruise was reputably the first American to receive the über Ducati in 2008.
Ducati has unveiled its GP10 MotoGP racer at the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in Italy. The factory believes that they have a great chance of sticking it to the all conquering factory Yamahas this year with the new big bang engine and an improving Nicky Hayden and a healthy Casey Stoner at the controls.
Okay so the comparison seems a little biased. The trick MotoGP refugee Ducati Desmosedici is running carbon fiber fairings, slicks on 16.5″ rims and claims 203bhp at the wheel but the Ferrari 430 Scuderia has 510bhp, carbon ceramic brakes and hits 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds on it’s way to 198mph. Ferrari says it laps their [...]
We’re all living through the biggest recession since 1929 but one man’s loss is another’s gain as there are currently 3, count them 3! limited edition, über trick Ducati Desmosedici’s for sale on eBay at the moment.
From the ‘It had to happen files’ comes this shot of a Ducati Desmosedici being stunted in a vertical wheelie. You would think that some people would stick to a Honda Fireblade with super low gearing and a smashed in tank, but alas this torture was inflicted on a $72,000 super exotic MotoGP replica which [...]
