Ducati News Today

The Redux series is all about bringing back blasts from the past that our newer readers may not have caught first time around. Like this photo of some miscreant stunting a $72,500 when new Ducati Desmosedici RR.

If you always thought you could create a kick ass Streetfighter out of a Ducati Desmoseidici RR you now have your chance. A sad and wrecked example of Ducati’s 2008 MotoGP refugee is about to be auctioned off.

Last week Valentino Rossi swung his leg over the saddle of the 2012 Ducati Desmosedici GP12 for the second time this year. The second test was at Mugello in warm and sunny conditions. Even as Ducati works to improve the current model GP11 racer (a new frame was used at Le Mans with a new [...]

Ducati is very proud of its racing achievements. The company’s boilerplate includes the lines ‘Ducati builds racing-inspired motorcycles …. Competing in MotoGP since 2003, Ducati won both the Constructors’ and Riders’ world titles in 2007.’ Now the company has plans to have the MotoGP Desmosedici shine its halo of success onto the radical, next generation [...]

Roland Sands Design is working on a new project – to convert a Ducati Desmosedici RR into a street legal ‘Street Tracker’. The customer is using one of his 3 D16RRs as the donor machine in what is possibly a graphic example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

A Ducati fan has used the skills of his company to create a fitting tribute to Casey Stoner by modeling his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 in 3D. The 2008 model carries the #1 plate recognizing Stoner’s stunning championship victory in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship.

Whilst speaking about Ducati’s 2010 sales performance and the acquisition of Valentino Rossi’s services for the next 2 years, Ducati CEO Gabriele del Torchio let out that the company plans a model celebrating the new Rossi and Ducati relationship.

The recent Misano MotoGP round wasn’t a highlight for the Marlboro Ducati team. Like the 2 races in prior years, Nicky Hayden failed to complete a lap after colliding with Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner finished a distant 5th, able to post a fast qualifying lap but found a fast race pace elusive. Former World [...]

Chris Wilson doesn’t collect stamps, he collects factory race motorcycles, like Freddie Spencer’s 1983 Honda NS500R triple and Kork Ballington’s Kawasaki KR500. He also has Loris Capirossi’s 2003 Ducati Desmosedici GP3.

Fast forward to the end of 2011. Valentino Rossi has completed his first season with Ducati on the last of the 800cc Desmosedici’s. Has he won some races? Probably. The championship? Possibly. Whatever the result it will be the last time the world sees a 800cc Ducati racer since MotoGP will revert back to 1,000cc [...]