Phillip Island Win
Coming down the final straightway at Phillip Island during race 1 of the opening round in World Superbike, Michel Fabrizio appeared to take the win. The Xerox Ducati Team began celebrating, but their reverie was cut short due to closest finish in World Superbike history.
More »First Ride
Ducati has merged the concepts of many motorcycling genres and the new 2010 Multistrada 1200 is the metamorphosis. While the original Multistrada was more of a me-too concept, the brand new Multistrada 1200 is truly Ducati’s own take on an objective that until now has been extremely difficult obtain.
More »Multistrada 1200 Review
In a world where motorcycles are becoming more and more focused it’s perhaps counterintuitive of Ducati–manufacturer of some of the most focused motorcycles in the world–to come up with a new motorcycle that’s so diverse. But that’s exactly what the new 2010 Multistrada 1200 is: Four motorcycles in one.
More »The Ducati Multistrada 1200 – one of the more interesting Ducatis of recent times…
Ducati have quite shaken up the market with their new Multistrada 1200, a bike that really does seem to be very good at a lot of different things. And that, most manufacturers would agree, is one of the most difficult things to pull off in mainstream motorcycling. Many people who would have never considered
More »A 200bhp trike? Hmmm…
Nicolas Petit, a 25-year-old professional motorcycle mechanic based in Creil, France, is also passionate about drawing motorcycles. We quite like some of his work, which you can see on his website here. We thought this Ducati Desmosedici RR-based trike concept was particularly cool. ‘This project is a mix between a motorcycle and a street quad. The base is without its
More »Ducati Service Extention
With the arrival of the new Multistrada 1200, Ducati will reach a significant milestone in the company’s engineering history by extending the periods between major services on the new model to an owner-friendly 24,000km (15,000 miles).
Doubling the mileage between valve clearance inspection has been made possible with the introduction of a new valve seat material combined with improved combustion efficiency and temperature management designed into the Multistrada’s new Testastretta 11° engine.
More »Ducati Superpole Report
The first Superpole of the 2010 World Superbike (WSBK) season took place this afternoon at a breezy Phillip Island, and Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio was undoubtedly one of the protagonists, putting in a strong and consistent performance to snatch second place on tomorrow’s grid, and missing out on pole by just a fraction of a second. Team-mate Noriyuki Haga had a more difficult time, qualifying in tenth place for the opening races of the year.
More »Ducati MotoGP Test Report
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed the second and final day of testing at Sepang, Malaysia, today with both riders extremely satisfied with the performance of their Desmosedici GP10 machines. Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden were both in highly competitive form today, clocking the second and third fastest times of the session respectively.
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