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MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
Rider quotes from today’s qualifying session at the Assen circuit. Valentino Rossi - 1st - 1:36.025“This is a really good pole position because I’ve only had one other this season, at Motegi in strange conditions. I had a lot of…

MotoGP Sepang Test Thursday: Pics and Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
To accompany today’s riders quotes, we’ve got a batch of pics from today’s MotoGP test in Sepang, some official and some from Motoblog who has its own blogger who’s reporting directly from Malaysia.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′01″411 Laps: 54“Today was…

Fonsie Nieto's Madrid Olympics Candidacy Helmet

25 March, 2020
Fonsie Nieto, who took part in three rounds of this year’s 2009 World Superbike Championship for Alstare Suzuki subbing for Max Neukirchner and then was called by DFX Corse to ride alongside Lorenzo Lanzi replaced injured Regis Laconi, will sporting…

Riders Comments- Final Testing Day

25 March, 2020
On the final day of testing in Sepang, here’s what the riders had to say. MotoGP testing will be back at Losail, Qatar in the night test on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of March.Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team) Position:…

WSBK Brno: Cal Crutchlow Dominates and Takes Superpole

25 March, 2020
The asphalt at the Brno circuit hit 62°c this afternoon during the Superpole session, but it wasn’t as hot as Sterilgarda Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow, who dominated all three stints and knocked out the rest of the field with a…

Moto Guzzi Griso and Ducati Hypermotard design concepts

25 March, 2020
Italian motorcycle design just got a touch of new talent with students from the IED design institute creating these designs based on the Moto Guzzi Griso and the Ducati Hypermotard. The Griso is a splendid bike but in this revolutionary…

MotoGP Phillip Island: Casey Stoner dominates FP2

25 March, 2020
Better weather conditions, but more cold and a couple of damp spots on the Phillip Island race circuit was what the the MotoGP riders found in this morning’s second free practice, with birthday boy Casey Stoner taking the top spot…

Ducati Story Now Available on DVD

25 March, 2020
All you Ducatisti out there make room on your DVD library shelves, because Ducati is presenting its amazing history in a stunning movie on DVD (no Blue Ray yet). The DVD will be premiered at the 2010 World Ducati Week…

Nicky Hayden's Wrist X-Ray

25 March, 2020
During yesterday’s qualifying session at Brno saw Nicky Hayden lose the front of his factory GP10 and slid into the gravel trap hurting his left wrist.After x-rays in the Clinica Mobile, Hayden revealed that the crash had taken off a…

Ducati Diavel AMG by Vilner – images and details

25 March, 2020
When Audi bought Ducati last year, the cooperation between the Borgo Panigale-based manufacturer and AMG - Mercedes-Benz's sport division - was obviously dead and buried, but before the two brands were forced to go separate ways, some fruit of their…

Valentino Rossi tries on for size the Ducati 1199 Panigale

25 March, 2020
Italian website Motociclisti.myblog has published this photo of Valentino Rossi trying on for size the Ducati 1199 Panigale the pic was taken by 2011 World Superstock FIM Cup 1000 runner-up Danilo Petrucci.Petrucci along with Troy Bayliss were the two riders…

Michael Rutter – King of the Macau GP (w/higlight video)

25 March, 2020
BSB Superbike veteran Michael Rutter took his record breaking seventh win in the 45th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix to become the most successful rider in the history of the race. Rutter aboard the Riders Ducati won by a margin of…

Cafe racer bikes Ducati

25 March, 2020
This post won’t be for everyone - particularly those who might be upset on seeing a Ducati 900 SS taken to bits and put back together again to become this new Ducati Café Racer. Still, kudos must go to the…

Ducati's Cicognani blames tires, Burgess previews Misano (w/video)

25 March, 2020
Ducati’s problems were exacerbated ten fold at Indianapolis and Alessandro Cicognani, Ducati Corse MotoGP Project Manager blames it all on the tires, while Jeremy Burgess, Valentino Rossi’s legendary crewchief previews the GP Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di…

Davide Giugliano to debut in World Superbikes at Portimao

25 March, 2020
Davide Giugliano took the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup championship crown yesterday at Magny Cours and Althea Racing team owner Genesio Bevilacqua has decided to reward his Superstock champion with a Superbike race at the final round of the season at…

MotoGP Misano – Rossi on top in FP1

25 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi may be playing down his chances in staying in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa in this weekend’s Misano GP, but the first practice session put the Italian rider on the top of the chart with a…

WSBK: More Footage from the Island

25 March, 2020
If yesterday’s video Superbike testing video made you hungry for more, Italian Superbike TV has added another video with footage from Day 2 that can tide you over until the real thing comes around this upcoming weekend.For the those who…

Motorcycle market news Ducati US sales

25 March, 2020
After criticism that the Ducati Diavel was built just for the US motorcycle market (and of course, it was pretty much), it seems that Ducati’s investment in the model has paid off with its clever guess that the Diavel would…

WSBK Portimao – Spies on Superpole and Haga to start in 10th

25 March, 2020
Today’s Superpole at Portimao saw what could completely change tomorrow’s title race outcome. Points leader Noriyuki Haga qualified only 10th and did not make it into the final qualifying stint, while his rival Ben Spies not only took his 11th…

Valentino Rossi Borgo Panigale song tribute (w/video)

25 March, 2020
Mauro Tononi works for Italy’s Radio Deejay, he’s a singer and a performer and probably his greatest talent is the fact that he imitates Valentino Rossi’s voice to the perfection. He released his first album in 2010 called ‘46 Volte…

Rossi and Hayden will test only the GP11's at Brno

24 March, 2020
As we expected, also because Ducati team manager Vitto Guareschi had confirmed it early July, Ducati will not be testing their GP12 during Monday’s official post race test at Brno, but only their 800cc machine.Ducati perfers to continue testing their…

Ducati safety program continues

24 March, 2020
The successful Ducati safety campaign in collaboration with Dainese continues this year, with a Ducati-branded back protection, having sold 5,000 units in Europe so far.Starting from last October every customer who buys a new Ducati in Europe receives a top…