Ducati
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BikeSafe takes delivery of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200s
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RAF Brize Norton was the location for the official handover of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200 motorcycles to BikeSafe, a police led initiative to reduce the number of motorcyclists involved in accidents on the road by improving skills, knowledge and hazard awareness. The location was also chosen to highlight BikeSafe’s partnership with the RAF that will…
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Royal Enfield set to buy Ducati?
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Royal Enfield has (reportedly) been approached by The Volkswagen Group regarding the possible acquisition of iconic Italian motorcycle brand, Ducati. Volkswagen is looking to offload as it considers options to fund a multi-billion pound shift to electric vehicles following the recent emissions scandal – and one way to release a bit of capital is to…
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Reports: Volkswagen (again) looking to sell Ducati
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It’s a story that we’ve heard before (the end of last year, for example) and – it’s worth stressing this – recent news is nothing more at the moment than mere talk in the financial press world, but the money papers have reported that Volkswagen is looking at selling Ducati. The news comes as Volkswagen starts…
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Free Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience coming to the UK!
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The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience is heading to South Wales from the 5th – 7th May as part of the Touratech Travel event in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea. It will be the first time that course has taken place outside of Italy, and UK riders will get the chance to try it for free! The Multistrada 1200 Enduro…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso on Ducati’s 2017 campaign ‘We have to rethink everything 360 degrees!’
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Ducati MotoGP man Andrea Dovizioso sounds like he’s already given up on this season with some pretty downbeat comments about the Italian team’s set-up and results following his sixth place finish in Texas at the weekend. After finishing 14 seconds behind winner Marc Marquez, Dovi let loose with his thoughts of the 2017 Desmosedici bike…
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Get £3,789 worth of accessories for £1,500 when you buy a new Ducati 959 Panigale
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Ducati UK is celebrating the 8th successive year of the Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup with a new offer of accessories when buying a new 959 Panigale. The Ducati Cup has become the longest running one make series supporting the British Superbike championship – and arguably the most successful with over 50 riders registered for this year’s…
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Video: See how Ducati’s Superleggera engine is put together
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https://youtu.be/uXFjfOZHq-c Check out this video from Ducati of its 1299 Superleggera engine. The film is just a minute and a half of animation showing the engine being put together. It’s a fine way to spend a bit of time this morning. We’ve watched this a dozen times already.
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Oooh, yes… this is the Ducati 851 Superleggera
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It’s only a computer-generated image, so don’t get too excited, but we love this and figured that you’d probably love it, too. This picture is from the guys at WorldSBK.com and is their take on what a factory-fresh Ducati Superleggera would look like with the sublimely beautiful bodywork bodywork of Raymond Roche’s 1990 World…
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Lorenzo launches attack on Rossi and Yamaha
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Jorge Lorenzo has opened up about his time at Yamaha in a wide-swinging interview where the Majorcan claims that he wasn’t treated as well as teammate Valentino Rossi. In the quite astonishing interview for the website Marca the Ducati rider spoke about his former relationship with Rossi when the pair were racing for the Japanese factory: “Yamaha…
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Ducati turnover and sales continue to grow
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The year’s financial data presented at the AUDI AG annual press conference 55,451 motorcycles sold and €731 million turnover for Ducati in 2016 Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding: “Solid growth once again demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy” 2016 was another positive year for Ducati according to figures released by the Italian motorcycle giant.…