What does your mind conjure up when you think of Ducati? The L-twin engine? Perhaps the trellis frame, or maybe the proud racing heritage? Desmodromics or cam belts? It might be any or all of these things because they are the five signature elements that make up the Ducati DNA. Today we look at where [...]
Absolute magic, Fun all the Way!! A nice review of the 1974 Ducati 250 Desmo single from Don Hall. He concludes that Dr Taglioni created a jewel of a motorcycle. Video after the jump.
Oberdan Bezzi has been at it again. The prolific Italian designer has penned a number of designs that Ducati News Today is trying to will into becoming reality. This one, is the Ducati Desmolight, a small, lightweight 450 Desmo single that would be just the thing for wreaking havoc in the mountains. Sign us up! [...]
Ted Fenwick, took victory in the opening race of TT 2010 at the Isle of Man. That he was on a Ducati was one thing that got our attention, the other was that he is 82 years old!! The grandfather should ought to be handy on two wheels since he has been racing for almost [...]
The 9th example of the gorgeous and rare Ducati Supermono racer sold recently for $110,000 Australian on eBay (~US$92,000). The Ducati Supermono is the rarest of all modern Ducatis with only around 70 examples of this exotic racer being made. Extremely light at just 122kg (269lb), the bike ultimately produced 81 bhp at 10,000 rpm.
The transition occurring at the pinnacle of motorcycle road racing will be complete in 2012 when the last two-stroke class, 125GP, will be replaced by Moto3 – a new class for 250cc single cylinder, four-stroke engines in bespoke chassis comes into being. Unlike Moto2, it will not be a spec engine class providing the tantalizing [...]
For sale now in the UK is perhaps one of the rarest of all Ducatis. Only 6 Ducati 350SC’s (Sport Corsa) were ever built and this one was raced by Franco Farne in South Africa. This 1966 SC is a hand built racing machine that weighs just 117kg (257lbs) but could hit 124mph. And its [...]
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 one of the Ducati single cylinder machines, the 1974 Ducati 450 Mark 3.
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 one of the all time classic single cylinder machines, the 1965 Ducati 250 Mach 1.
We’ve raved about the gorgeous, rare and consequently achingly desirable Ducati Supermono before but we haven’t seen a new one for sale until now. Time to break out the check book.
