Ducati Euro Cycles of Tampa Bay
The Ducati 1199 Panigale may have cast aside much of what was traditionally considered de rigeur for the Bologna brand but it hasn’t exactly impeded sales. Ducati reports they have sold over 7,500 Panigales, despite initial commentator fears that the failure of the monocoque chassis concept in MotoGP may have rubbed off on [...]
The Ducati Team’s scheduled three-day off-season test at the Spanish Jerez circuit certainly wasn’t without its hurdles, but the team took them in stride and heads into MotoGP’s winter test ban with information that will be helpful as engineers do their development work on the 2013 Desmosedici. Sunny-but-cold conditions marked the first two [...]
The two iconic brands chose to come together and pit today’s expressions of performance against the mountain that has crowned each with championship glory. TheAutoChannel.com has the complete story.
Beset by torrential rain in LA, but armed with a Butler Motorcycle Map, Jamie heads south in search of good riding. The bike? A Ducati 1199 Panigale, it turned out to be the best road-going sportsbike Jamie’s ever ridden. To watch more youtube videos from RideApart CLICK HERE
Three years ago you could find a 2-valve, air-cooled power plant in four distinct Ducati model ranges. Next year it will be just one. And the year after that? We say none. If you want to buy an old school Ducati Hypermotard from next year on, you’re out of luck. At the 2012 EICMA [...]
Ducati Team completes 2012 testing at Jerez The Ducati Team’s scheduled three-day off-season test at the Spanish Jerez circuit certainly wasn’t without its hurdles, but the team took them in stride and heads into MotoGP’s winter test ban with information that will be helpful as engineers do their development work on the 2013 Desmosedici. Sunny-but-cold [...]
Written by Evan Williams Ducati’s MotoGP program has suffered through a tough couple of years, and the team saw a shakeup last week when Filippo Preziosi was moved to another position within Ducati and German Bernhard Gobmeier was brought onboard to head Ducati Corse. Paolo Ciabatti, the man who ran World Superbike’s operations side in [...]
Italian automotive designer Paolo Tesio has reworked Ducati’s iconic Monster into an even more desirable machine, transforming its looks with remarkably few modifications. This custom is based on a Ducati Monster S4R, which was sold between 2003 and 2008 in most markets. It was the top of the range Monster at the time, with a [...]
Ducati took its first steps as a motorcycle manufacturer by producing clip-on auxiliary engines for use with bicycles. Ducati began producing the engine in 1946 and it was named Cucciolo (Italian for puppy) because of the yapping sound the 48cc four-stroke single made. Three years later they made their first entire motorcycle. These photos are [...]
Earlier this year, Chris Harris from Drive produced a video pitting a Porsche 911 GT2 RS against a Ducati 1199 Panigale in a drag race. The Porsche was slaughtered and had no chance. This time, Chris and motorcyclist Ben Cope from Visordown.com went to a 2 mile runway to see what happens when you let a [...]
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