The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles and Pro Italia Motorcycles of Glendale CA formally announced today that Jeffrey Jones of San Luis Obisbo was the winner of the raffle for a Ducati Desmosedici D16RR. The D16RR, valued at $72,500, was won by Jeffrey for the cost of one $40 raffle [...]
2012 will see the MotoGP series revert back to 1,000cc race machines after a disappointing 800cc era which has seen less exciting racing and less exhilarating riding on the one line, wheels in line and electronically locked down technological marvels. However Ducati may be planning to innovate with a smaller engine than the maximum allowed [...]
Now that it is announced (and even before, when everyone already knew) it seems the most obvious thing in the world that Valentino Rossi is to race for Ducati in MotoGP beginning next year. However not so long ago the pundits were sure that Rossi would stay with Yamaha choosing the security of his highly [...]
Ducati Snag the Greatest of all time Rossi is Red! Finally the most inevitable switch of all time has been officially announced. Valentino Rossi has signed for Ducati to race in MotoGP. The greatest and most popular road racer of the modern era is now going to be teamed with the most passionate and storied [...]
You could be forgiven for never having heard of Karel Abraham. Ducati News Today had never heard of him either. He has never stepped on a World Championship podium despite five and a half seasons on 125, 250 and now Moto2 machinery. However the former alpine skier will join the big time next year when [...]
Getting a phone call from Nicky Hayden would be nice enough, but it was so much better than that for Jeffrey Jones when the Marlboro Ducati MotoGP rider left him a message to say he had won the ultimate road going Ducati, the Desmosedici RR. Jones won after purchasing a $40 ticket in the raffle [...]
Jeffrey Jones is now the proud owner of the last brand new Ducati Desmosedici RR in the USA. The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles today raffled a Ducati Desmosedici Desmosedici RR at the Ducati Island as part of the Laguna Seca US MotoGP round. At just $40 a ticket, Ducatisti [...]
The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles announced today a “Dream Ducati” raffle for a Ducati Desmosedici Desmosedici RR. At just $40 a ticket, Ducatisti have the chance to win the ultimate road going Ducati based on its MotoGP racers.
It may not be as absurd as it first sounds. Afterall, KTM makes the X-Bow, so why not a lightweight sports car powered by a V8 based on two Ducati Desmosedici RR engines!! Young designer Anthony Collard imagined this hardcore 2-seater in a recent automotive design competition.
Marlboro Ducati’s Nicky Hayden became the first team-mate to defeat Australian sensation and 2007 MotoGP World Champion, Casey Stoner, since his championship victory season. Casey had seemed to be the only rider able to master the mercurial Ducati Desmosedici but changes for the 2010 season has seen the machine easier to ride for other Ducati [...]
