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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.…
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Gorgeous Ducati roadbike V4 CGI Mac-up appears in Japan
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A while ago we were the first to bring you the news that Ducati’s boss, Claudio Domenicali had confirmed that the Italian factory is going to make a road-going version of its V4 MotoGP machine available to the public – and now our Japanese journalist friends have put together this piece of computer-generated gorgeousness on…
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Meet the Ducati Panigale R Cafe Racer – ‘The Blue Shark’
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You all know the 2016 Ducati Panigale R pretty well. Out last year, and costing just shy of £30,000 – the Panigale R is pretty much state of the art as far as buyable Ducatis go… Now, imagine cutting one up and making this…’The Blue Shark’. In 2016, this bike rolled straight off the Ducati…
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Ducati gets into the art game with range of prints that you can buy
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If you just can’t get enough Ducati in your life, there’s now a range of art based around the Bologna bikes that’d probably be just about perfect for you… Ducati has teamed up with art outfit BeArty to produce a range of motorcycle-related fine art prints. BeArty, the online art marketplace based in London has…
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Revealed: Kawasaki’s plans for a more aggressive muscle cruiser – is this the Japanese Diavel?
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Revealed: Kawasaki’s plans for a more aggressive muscle cruiser – is this the Japanese Diavel? Kawasaki has filed a new set of patents for a future model that bears a striking resemblance to the Ducati Diavel. Well, it does in a Kawasaki kind of way. The image above is directly from the patent office where…
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Launch ride: Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled
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Words: Alastair Fagan Photography: Milagro Just days after Ducati announced another record-breaking year for the Bologna factory in 2016, we were riding a new version of its pivotal sales success in Almeria, Spain. The Scrambler family has sold 32,000 units during the first two years of existence (roughly 16,000 each year) and ensured Ducati featured…
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Stoner’s pretty happy with his Sepang outing then…
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Stoner’s pretty happy with his Sepang outing then… How can you tell that Casey Stoner is happy with what he achieved at the winter tests in Sepang? Because he posted this picture online. Yeah. This picture wins the picture MotoGP competition, too…
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year. Ducati’s Scrambler and other new models has helped the Italian firm log to its seventh year or continued growth – it sold more than 55,000 bikes throughout 2016. That is 1.2% up on the previous 12 month period. 2015 saw Ducati shift 54,809 bikes compared to…
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Ducati CEO CONFIRMS that next superbike is going to be a V4! Not a V-twin. And you’ll be able to buy it.
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So amid all the guff and bluster of the past few days something has happened that will get every single sportbike fan on the planet bubbling away – the boss of Ducati confirming that the company’s next superbike is going to be a V4… The quotes have been reported by the excellent MotoGP journalist David…
