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WSBK: Pata Racing to switch from Aprilia to Ducati?

23 April, 2020
For the 2011 season DFX Corse and Pata BRC Racing fused together become Pata Racing Team and fielded Noriyuki Haga riding an Aprilia RSV4 and finished 8th overall in the championship with four podiums.So far the Verona based team run…

Alex Polita to replace sick Niccolò Canepa at Brno

23 April, 2020
Alex Polita will be replacing sick Niccolò Canepa in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Brno.Canepa wrote on his Facebook page that between the two Aragon races he felt sick and the result was that for last ten days one…

Ducati production at risk after earthquake

23 April, 2020
The entire Emilia region of Italy that was hit by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake last Saturday which left seven dead (mostly workers on night shifts) 6500 people homeless and more than 13,000 people unable to return to their jobs in…

Mighty Mick Doohan Considered Return to Racing

23 April, 2020
Five times 500cc World Champion, Micky Doohan who was forced to retire after crash in qualifying at the Jerez GP in 1999 that left hi, with serious leg injuries revealed to Australia’s Sunday Morning Herald that he was tempted to…

Meet the Ducati MotoGP team

23 April, 2020
Just how many people work behind Ducati’s MotoGP team? A lot and they’re all very passionate about their jobs, even the cook, but guys what is it with all the sideburns?Vittoriano Guareschi is starting to look more and more like…

Nicky Hayden in Ducati 848 Shoot

23 April, 2020
Ducati on the eve of the MotoGP race launched the new 848 Nicky Hayden special edition and on Sunday ran almost the same livery design plus the Malboro bar codes on his Ducati Desmosedici GP9. So watch Nicky talk about…

Angeline Jolie gives Brad Pitt Ducati Monster 1100S

23 April, 2020
While there are many reasons why you might want Angelina Jolie as a wife, one very good reason (for our TwoWheels readers) is that she gives great birthday presents. Already having given her husband one motorcycle, Jolie provides Brad Pitt…

Ducati Launches the 1st Asia Ducati Week

23 April, 2020
After the success of the sixth edition of World Ducati Week at the Misano Adriatico World circuit last June, the iconic Italian company is now organizing another ‘Desmo’ experience called the Asia Ducati Week that will be held at the…

Ducati Supermono Strada reinvented by Alistair Wager

23 April, 2020
The original Ducati Supermono was one of the most controversial sports experiments of the 90’s. Planned to race in the Supermono Championship dedicated to single cylinder prototypes, the Supermono 550 had technical specs similar to 125 gran prix model: 118…

Ducati Diavel Carbon in song video

23 April, 2020
While Ducati’s Diavel is getting kudos in the US and was named top cruiser by Cycle News, in Italy sales are still pretty modest (it also could be because we’re under market pressure because of our sorvereign debt and the…

Ducati 848 EVO in Mercedes C 63 AMG commercial

22 April, 2020
Mercedes AMG and Ducati announced their partnership last November, saying that there would be various marketing and crossover promos and here’s what we think is the first real commercial to officially appear. We like the fact that the hot looking…

Aprilia Mana X new photos

22 April, 2020
Aprilia has released some new shots of its Mana X concept revealed at the Eicma show in Milan.The Mana X is a concept motorcycle that is automatic and runs off a twin cylinder engine at 850cc, V at 90°. It’s…

MotoGP Rider Quotes from the Dry Lagoon

22 April, 2020
With yesterday’s win at Laguna Seca, Dani Pedrosa finally ended a winless drought of over a year for himself and Repsol Honda.After the 8th round of the MotoGP Championship, defending World Champion Valentino Rossi, still leads the series with 151…

Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé and the Ducati 848 Evo

22 April, 2020
The partnership between Mercedes AMG and Ducati is going full speed ahead after the Ducati Diavel AMG Special Edition, the SLK 55 AMG in Ducati Streefighter Yellow this is latest advert gives us a behind the scenes look of another…

Emilio Zamora Guinness World Record

22 April, 2020
In front of a cheering crowd of four thousand at the Polideportivo de Cheste (Valencia) Emilio Zamora, Burn Energy Drink stunt rider, broke the Guinness World Record for the number of donuts done in one minute. Riding a Ducati Monster…

Triumph Bonneville vs Ducati GT1000 Touring

22 April, 2020
Describing the trend towards retro bikes as the “vintage boom”, Motorcycle USA tries out the Triumph Bonneville and Ducati GT1000 Touring, as brands such as these capitalise on the nostalgia associated with 60’s and 70’s motorcycling.The Triumph Bonneville is the…

Video: Aprilia Dorsoduro up against KTM and Ducati

22 April, 2020
We did our own test on the Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 and were well impressed with the “ride by wire” technology and the Sport and Touring modes. As you can see from the photos of our previous post, we certainly put…

Catalunya 2009 – Post Race Quotes

22 April, 2020
More from today’s Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya race. Read what all the riders had to say and if you didn’t see the amazing last lap of this race, after the jump you can also see the video. The commentary…

WSBK Valencia Preview

22 April, 2020
The 2009 Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship returns to European soil this weekend for the third round at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit and riders and teams are ready for action.Here is some rider comments about the upcoming Valencia round: Alstare…

Another Desmosedici RR in the US: this time for Jay Leno

22 April, 2020
Ducati in America has always been somewhat of a legend, although recently it’s passed from legend status to some serious sales for Ducati North America. We can add this Desmosedici RR for Jay Leno to the list. The historic tv…

MotoGP rookie Karel Abraham to test at Jerez

22 April, 2020
With the current MotoGP bikes so hard to learn and testing cut to a minimum, rookie riders, in this case Karel Abraham and his new MotoGP Cardion AB Motoracing team will be permitted extra testing sessions.Abraham and his team will…

Carlos Checa takes comfortable win in race 1 at the 'Ring

22 April, 2020
Carlos Checa took a firmer grip on the 2011 World Superbike championship today even before the race began, as title contender and reigning World Champion Max Biaggi had to withdraw from the 10th round at Nurburgring sidelined with a fractured…

Niccolo Canepa hurt after heavy highsider

22 April, 2020
Niccolo Canepa must take about 2 weeks rest after his highsider during the SBK test in Mugello. Niccolo broke his clavicle during the nasty highsider and was not able to do anything against the heavy fall.He also broke his thumb…