Thierry Ung
April 18, 2012 - International Motorcycles S.p.A, a subsidiary of the Investindustrial Group (“Investindustrial”), has today agreed to the sale of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A (“Ducati”) to Audi AG, part of the Volkswagen Group. The acquisition is subject to antitrust clearance. 
A collection of 100 significant Ducati motorcycles were put up for auction over the weekend in Monaco. Most of the bikes came from the Saltarelli collection but Ducati Corse through in a few bikes they had lying around. 
Check out MCN’s Senior Road Tester Adam Child riding the latest 2012 Ducati Panigale 1199 on the Mountain course of Isle of Man. The crazy Ducati bike is trying to fly-him-off the course every time it’s throttle get’s twisted! 
11 and 12 May 2012: a large collection of Ducati, with many racing models, will be sold by the auction company RM Auctions in Monaco. Models of race and sports, from 50 cm3 to Desmosedici, Saltarelli collection represents the history of the Ducati brand. It will be sold with some race bikes direct from the factory. 
While the Ducati Monster S4R is a special machine in its own right, using a water-cooled four-valve superbike-derived motor, this custom by Paolo Tesio caught our eye as something singularly different from the Italian brand’s fine work. First creating a custom subframe, tail section, and fork guards in CAD, Tesio’s finished motorcycle compliments the original design of the Monster S4R quite well, in a balanced “evolution, not revolution” sort of way. 
Miguel Galluzzi is the man who created the Ducati Monster, a bike that started life as a “parts bin special”. It’s now one of the biggest sales hits of the past twenty years. 
The Ducati Monster Diesel Edition motorcycle was made based on the Monster 1100EVO model in celebration of the Italian clothing company Diesel’s sponsorship This video is part of a larger review that can be seen here: http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/ducati/2012-ducati-1199-panigale-review-video-91235.html Via Ducati.net 
Legendary Ducati motorcycle designer Pierre Terblanche reveals his favorite bikes (and his favorite restaurant) in our exclusive interview. 
Pursang is the latest custom out of the Spanish motorcycle garage, Radical Ducati. Already famous for their focus on precision and engineering, Radical Ducati has built some of the more extreme Ducati customs we’ve seen in the past couple of years. We recently featured the Café Veloce and 9½ by Radical Ducati and Pursang follows closely in the footsteps of these two bikes. The frame is a bespoke chrome moly fabricated in-house, the wheels are forged aluminium Marchesini, the forks are track spec Ohlins, the engine is a Multistrada 1100cc with ported heads, it has DP Camshafts, NCR titanium valves and it’s fitted with an EVR Antihooping dry clutch....more Via Ducati.net |
IMG_3499 Gerry Brown 1970 475 Ducati SCR Thundersprint 20120513.
Two Italian brothers unite in a massive collab that sees Diesel release a bike (they have previously made a MTB and car!) and a collection of clothing for the tie-up. We really like this collab, not so much for the expensive, but seriously nice bike, but more for the clothes. Obviously we would like the bike, but feel they could have been a bit more Diesel with it. A colourway and a few etchings don’t seem to be branded enough for us. 
P&H MotorcyclesWith advanced ticket sales skyrocketing towards a new record for World Ducati Week 2012, Ducati have now given a sneak preview of a packed programme of four full days and nights of high-octane...
The fact that factory Ducati Monster look pretty good for a mass production motorcycle doesn’t stop the owners to sometimes go crazy with customizations. We particularly love this one as it’s very subtle with an amazing attention to details. 
I'm sure many Ducati fans will be looking at this motorcycle with a confused look on their face. 
In December 2007 Ducati North America met with the team at Roland Sands Design (RSD) and asked them to produce a one-off Hypermotard, the bike you see..... Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina circuit - February 2012: an exiting lap on board of the new Ducati 1199 Panigale with World SBK champion Troy Bayliss. 
A project developed jointly with Ducati North America upon their request. This bike is a limited edition, to be used on tracks only, and it is a homage to Cook Neilson's 1977 Daytona victory on a Ducati 750SS, known as OLD BLUE, tuned by Phil Schilling. This was the first victory for an Italian brand in the USA, and therefore a huge boost for that market. 
Piaggio revealed a new Aprilia adventure tourer at its dealer meeting dubbed the Caponord 1200, giving the manufacturer a competitor to the GS’s and Tigers and Multistradas of the world. |
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