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Ducati to organize send off event for season opener

19 March, 2020
If you’re going to be in Italy and precisely near Bologna on March 4th, why not attend the big send off event that Ducati and the Bologna city hall are organizing for the Ducati MotoGP team?The event is going to…

Ducati and Piaggio to merge?

19 March, 2020
New from Italy indicates that the two big Italian manufacturers of Ducati and Piaggio could merge. Ducati needs no introduction, while Piaggio is the parent company of Vespa and Moto Guzzi, as well as it manufacturing scooters under its own…

Loris Capirossi undergoes arm surgery

19 March, 2020
MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi has undergone surgery on his right arm on Wednesday according to Sportmediaset.The Pramac Ducati rider was clipped by team mate Randy de Puniet on the first lap of the Qatar race, and then had to retire…

WSBK Valencia QP 1: Carlos Checa Continues to Lead

19 March, 2020
Homeboy Carlos Checa continued his domination on the Valencia race track during the QP1 session. The Spaniard was again the leader, that saw not only six Ducati’s in the top ten, but three privateer Ducati riders taking the three top…

MotoGP Qualifying: Olé! Jorge Lorenzo Gets the Pole

19 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi lead most of the qualifying session at Mugello but in the last seventeen minutes Casey Stoner took the lead taking away Rossi’s provisional pole by 0.073s.The last five minutes of qualifying was a series of red lights turning…

Spy shot: Ducati's new 2012 Superbike

19 March, 2020
Thanks to Italy’s Motosprint.it and their spies at the Mugello, we can show you the first glimpse of Ducati’s new 2012 Superbike that graces their magazine cover this week.The bike in it’s Superbike and Superstock version, underwent three days of…

NCR Leggera: superlight, street-legal Hypermotard

19 March, 2020
This NCR Leggera 1200 Special is reportedly the lightest hypermotard ever made, using mostly titanium parts, and is also NCR’s first street legal bike. The Ducati Hypermotard it’s based on has been reduced by a full 57kg, and has even…

Rider Quotes and Pics from the WSBK Assen Round

19 March, 2020
We’ve got a lot of rider quotes from yesterday’s World Superbike races at Assen, so you can find out who’s in seventh heaven, who’s happy and who’s disappointed and why. Jonathan Rea (Race - 1st, Race 2 - 1st):“You know,…

Ducati 1198 S vs KTM RC8R vs Aprilia RSV4 Factory

19 March, 2020
Here’s a great challenge between the Ducati 1198 S, the Aprilia RSV4 Factory and the KTM RC8R. The Ducati is still a classy, impressive bike with heaps of torque, but if you love Aprilia, or are a KTM fan, this…

WSBK – Sponsorship problems and Sterilgarda drops Polita

19 March, 2020
Alex Polita who graduated from Sterilgarda’s BRC Racing Team in the Superstock 1000 Championship to ride in WSBK for Sterilgarda Ducati is now out of ride due to sponsorship economic woes thus leaving Shane Byrne as the sole rider for…

Good Shot of Ducati's Mega Monster

19 March, 2020
Italy’s Motosprint website has pubblished another shot of Ducati’s new muscle bike and inside this week’s issue they’ve got another three excellent pics (not the usual spy shots, so eat your hearts out) of what’s being called the Mega Monster…

Photo of the Day: Is Safety Gear an Optional?

19 March, 2020
The Ducati Desmosedici is a dream bike and it’s great to see it actually being used and not closed up in some sort of garage-museum for bike collectors only, but the guy riding it must be out of his mind…

WSBK Kyalami Race 1 and 2 – Haga takes it all

19 March, 2020
Noriyuki Haga took a double victory yesterday at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa on board his Ducati Xerox with team mate Michel Fabrizio taking second place twice. Ben Spies took third in the first race, while in the second,…

A Ducati Espresso, anyone?

19 March, 2020
Café Razzi Promotion is celebrating Nicky Hayden and the upcoming Laguna Seca race with a Ducati inspired Espresso machine with Nicky’s race number and signature.The first five customers that purchase the Pininfarina Pro Corse LB2210CENH model that sells for $1,398.00…

Film video Ducati 1198 2009

19 March, 2020
From Tor Sagen at Raptors&Rockets, comes this new “film” of the Ducati 1198 2009. This is a really beautiful bike and an exciting video, showing of some of the Ducati technology.Sagen is in Portimao for the international press Ducati 1198…

WSBK Aragon tests: Carlos Checa fastest on day 1

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa was the fastest rider during both the morning and afternoon WSBK unofficial test sessions at the Motorland Aragon circuit on day 1. The Spaniard stopped the clock at 1.58.3 with his Ducati, five tenths of second faster than…

Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Video

19 March, 2020
Here’s a video from Wrooom with a first look at the Ducati’s new 2010 ‘weapon’ as Nicky Hayden calls the Desmosedici GP10, with all it’s sponsor stickers in place. Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s General Director has stated that the GP10 has…

MotoGP – Casey Stoner Interview with Shell

19 March, 2020
Shell is a pretty unobtrusive sponsor for Ducati and the last time we saw something from them was when they interviewed Nicky Hayden before this year’s Mugello GP.This time they’ve got Casey Stoner and more or less asked him the…

Mattia Pasini Gets Another Chance to test a Ducati

19 March, 2020
It looks like that Mattia Pasini is trying out for a Ducati GP ride next year. The Italian will again be testing the Desmosedici GP9, during a three day test that was already organized at the Mugello race track this…