Althea Racing Team Ducati teammates Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano paced the first round of qualifying for the Superbike World Championship at the Nürburgring Friday.
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Ductalk: What's Up In The World Of Ducati
Ducati News Roundup Curated by Vicki Smith for Ducati.net |
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September 7, 2012 1:27 PM
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Althea Racing Team Ducati teammates Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano paced the first round of qualifying for the Superbike World Championship at the Nürburgring Friday.
For the rest of the story and qualifying lineup, click HERE
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September 7, 2012 1:05 PM
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1.8 Miles!!! Less than two miles on this bike!!!
271 of 1058 total Europe, and U.S.
1 or 100 imported to United States.
This extremely rare track bike still comes with an original MSO.
This bike is untitled.
You will be the FIRST OWNER
Owned since 1998 by private collector
climate controlled storage
1998 Ducati 916 SPS with the 996 CC Motor
The Ducati 916 SPS was an Evolution of the legendary Ducati 916 and had an even punchier engine and a refined chassis. There were major updates to the Sport Production series for 1997 and the 916 SPS, still carrying the "916" title, featured a 996cc engine with new crankcases for World Superbike homologation. However there was more to the SPS than merely new crankcases and larger pistons, as 36mm inlet valves were used , together with new inlet and exhaust camshafts.The 916SPS for 1998 received not only the new graphics, but the lighter frame of the Corsa (thinner tubing and no longer constructed in AL450) and also new Showa forks to accept the revised front brake calipers.
Design of the Ducati 916 was a balance between function and form:
The single-sided swingarm was beautiful, but designed to make wheel changes faster during races
The underseat exhausts improve aerodynamic performance, and resultantly gave very clean lines.
Production Date:October of 1997
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September 7, 2012 10:19 AM
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WSBK News. Jakub Smrz is replaced last minute by Lorenzo Lanzi for the 12th round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring.The 12th round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship in Germany is underway with a surprise name appearing on the timing screens after Lorenzo Lanzi was entered for Effenbert Liberty Ducati in place of Jakub Smrz.
A short statement from the Czech outfit revealed that Lanzi would ride in place of Smrz at the Nurburgring as a result of a re-organisation within the team.
"The Effenbert Liberty Racing Team goes on in its reorganisation of its human, technical and logistical resources for the next racing season. For this reason the Team would like to inform that for this Germany GP the Italian rider Lorenzo Lanzi replaces Kuba Smrž."
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September 6, 2012 10:39 PM
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Hand is getting better but far from 1 Hundy...
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September 6, 2012 5:49 PM
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The Ducati test is over at Mugello, with better weather today than yesterday, Andrea Iannone turned 51 laps and Michele Pirro 65. Worth noting was Iannone's best time of 1.48:3, better than the recent qualifying time of Valentino Rossi, a 1.48.502, which placed Rossi 10th on the grid. Per GPOne.com, Iannone feels that while not official, his place on the team for 2013 is secure.
For more, click HERE for the story on GPOne.com
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September 6, 2012 3:36 PM
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BSB News. Alex Polita swells the Ducati Panigale ranks with a return aboard the JHP Racing 1199 at Donington Park.
Alex Polita will be back on the MCE British Superbike Championship grid for the final four rounds of the 2012 season after securing a return with JHP Racing.
The former FIM Superstock 1000 champion began the season with the Jentin Doodson team aboard the brand-new Ducati 1199 Panigale, but was left without a ride when Jentin and Doodson split and the latter outfit returned to Honda machinery.
Almost three months later, Polita will once again be riding a Panigale 1199, but this time under the banner of JHP Racing, which was also involved with Jentin Doodson by providing technical support.
Polita first sampled the bike during a BSB test at Donington Park last month and will be back at the circuit for his first outing aboard the Italian machine, though he says the event will be treated as a 'test' ahead of a full 2013 campaign.
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September 6, 2012 10:07 AM
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SUPERBIKE legend Carl Fogarty will tell stories from his career when he rounds off his third UK chat show tour at the Thwaites Empire Theatre in Blackburn on January 17.
Fogarty, from Blackburn, is revered after winning the World Superbike Championship on four occasions and is embarking on another tour alongside good friend and former British champion James Whitham.
The ‘Foggy and Whit: Givin’ It Gas’ tour was a sell-out in both 2010 and 2011 and they will now do six new dates around England.
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September 6, 2012 9:56 AM
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A closer look at the custom Ducati S4RS salt racer by Super Rat from Bellingham, WA. The bike ran in the 1000cc A-AG class. (AG is the modified gasoline class. In the rulebooks: "Unlimited design. You cannot use Superchargers and Turbochargers. Construction shall include a majority of motorcycle engine parts. However, you can use fuel injection. GASOLINE ONLY.) The major classes are M (Modified), P (Production), MPS (Modified Partial Streamlining), or A (Special Construction) class.
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September 6, 2012 9:20 AM
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Peter Egan examines the rise of the adventure bike and why we love them so much.
A few years back, when SUVs suddenly seemed to be taking over the world, a friend of mine said, “Why are people buying those big, tall things instead of a normal car?”
I thought about it a minute and said, “Maybe they want to carry a canoe on the roof. Or carry five people in comfort, haul a beer cooler and tow a boat. All the things their big, old, standard rear-drive Chevy or Ford sedans used to do but with the added attraction of going through the snow.”
I suppose you could make a similar case for the rise of the adventure-touring motorcycle. These tall, industrial-looking devices do all the things that a standard, unadorned bike like my old Kawasaki KZ1000 used to do but with the added attraction of being able to blast down a dirt road without crashing in a cloud of dust. In an age of specialization, they’re something of a throwback to the basic virtues....
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September 5, 2012 7:19 PM
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Many of you know of Guy Webster, because he has an excellent motorcycle collection in Ojai CA and has been really generous with his bikes over the years - lending them to shows and exhibits like the Art of the Motorcycle. But what he is REALLY famous for is his photography and tomorrow there is a rare opportunity to hear him speak on the topic.
"One of the early innovators of rock and roll photography, Guy Webster has spanned the worlds of music, film and politics in his 50-year career. His hundreds of album covers have included the Rolling Stones, the Mamas and the Papas, the Beach Boys, the Doors and Simon & Garfunkel.
Photographer for the infamous Monterey Pop Concert his images were used for the festival booklet and include concert photos of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and many others. He has photographed film legends such as Rita Hayworth, Dean Martin and Bob Hope as well as countless luminaries and celebrities including Igor Stravinsky, Allen Ginsburg and Truman Capote for hundreds of worldwide magazines."
Tomorrow at 9:29am Pacific Time 150 tickets will be given away to his Sept 13th Los Angeles lecture. They will go fast (like a rock star concert because Guy really IS like that).
We thought we would share this with the Ducati Community because while so many of us know Guy in the Motorcycle world, he rarely speaks of the photos and when he does the stories are, well, just incredible I can assure you......
To get tickets go to this link: http://iris0913.eventbrite.com/
If you will be in LA on Sept 13th, the show is at:
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September 5, 2012 5:59 PM
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Asked what type of rider Ducati was getting for 2013, Dovizioso replied: "One of the strongest in the world. One who is very determined to further improve and work hard to develop the bike.
Andrea Dovizioso has decried what he believes is a general lack of recognition for his abilities within the MotoGP community.
The Italian has suffered a string of disappointments in the past two seasons, including losing his works Honda ride at the end of 2011 and losing out to compatriot Valentino Rossi in the fight for a 2013 works Yamaha seat.
Dovizioso said his own conviction that he is "among the strongest" riders has not been shaken, which only added to his frustration at a lack of recognition from others.
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September 5, 2012 5:26 PM
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Oh yes! Channeling my inner @NickyHayden69 today and picking up my new beauty. Thanks @IndyDucati
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September 5, 2012 1:10 PM
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NEW HD ACTION CAMERA FROM CONTOUR from Kevin Hipp on September 5, 2012 at Motorcyclist Magazine Up To Speed.
NEW CONTOUR+2 CAMERA OFFERS A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN ACTION VIDEO
Contour stopped by to give us a quick demo on their new Contour+2 camera that is soon to release.
Read more: http://blogs.motorcyclistonline.com/new-hd-action-camera-from-contour-25089.html#ixzz25cGWI7aO
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September 5, 2012 1:01 PM
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WSBK News. Just 150 points remain on the table for the World Superbike Championship contenders and Carlos Checa needs each one to keep him in the title fight...
Carlos Checa's reign as World Superbike Champion could be brought to an end with two rounds of the 2012 season remaining if his flagging title campaign takes another significant blow at the Nurburgring.
The reigning champion was a race winner for Althea Ducati around the German circuit last season, but stands to lose his crown as early as round 12 of 14 if he doesn't stay within 100 points of current front runner Marco Melandri by the end of the weekend.
As it stands, Checa is currently fourth overall and 75 points behind Melandri, so the Italian needs to score 25 points more than his rival over the two races to ensure neither he nor Ducati can secure back-to-back titles.
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September 5, 2012 12:46 PM
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Effenbert Liberty Ducati, absent from the last World Superbike round in Russia, will return to the fold at the Nurburgring this weekend.
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September 4, 2012 10:25 PM
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Every now and then, it’s good to go back to square one. To revisit the baseline, if you like. And for me, that’s an immaculate classic motorcycle captured by a skilled photographer. Like this matching-numbers 1973 Ducati 750 Sport.
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September 4, 2012 11:44 AM
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(translated from French via Google)
After being thanked for Yamaha to make room for Valentino Rossi, Ben Spies prepares to perform the reverse path of Dottore as it may affix his signature to a contract binding him to Pramac Ducati.
This is indeed what we reported Remy Tissier, the presenter of MotoGP on Eurosport.
" Ben Spies will ride in MotoGp next year, he will drive a third Pramac in Ducati colors and after the filter Bologna, it will probably be a motorcycle factory that will drive 100% American. We understand why Spies has not honored its pre-contract with BMW Italia WSBK.
Ben Spies could be a very good signing for the Italian factory as capable of results. The official announcement is expected to take place between 11 and 15 September "
With Iannone (today at Mugello read here) which has a pre-contract with Borgo Panigale, it seems that the stools of four GP13 are now occupied.
Stay tuned!
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September 4, 2012 10:11 AM
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Yamaha Racing boss Lin Jarvis has said that negotiations to bring Valentino Rossi back into his team alongside Jorge Lorenzo started in July and were instigated by the Italian, not the factory.
The Doctor made his approach after becoming disillusioned with Ducati's lack of progress with the GP12 and the fact he had no assurances he would be on a competitive bike come the start of next season. The Yamaha deal means he will get the same machinery as Jorge Lorenzo, starting at the Valencia test.
"The reason to have Valentino back is the seven years of excellent history we had together. We had Valentino with us for seven years, we won four world titles together and we made a great history in the sport and also a lot of positive publicity for Yamaha together," said Jarvis.
"So finally, the reason for having Valentino back is to come back to the good times. The divorce, I'd like to say, was not in my opinion a bad divorce. Of course, any separation has its issues, but we have remained on good terms as Yamaha with Valentino since."
"I would say there had been some discussions in the background for some time and the real negotiation probably began in July.
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September 3, 2012 11:49 AM
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Singer Katie Melua has tied the knot with former World Superbike champion James Toseland.
The pair, who announced their engagement at the beginning of the year, got married in the Nash Conservatory at Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, yesterday (Saturday)
Among the 200 guests was Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of the Netherlands, music producer William Orbit and composer Mike Batt along with many of Toseland's friends from the world of motorsport.
Read more (and more photos!): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2197157/Katie-Melua-ties-knot-World-Superbike-champion-James-Toseland.html#ixzz25QDxU17j
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September 4, 2012 9:29 AM
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At $12,995, the Ducati Streetfighter 848 undercuts the Fiat 500 Abarth by $9005. Read on to learn more about The Tempest and the Teapot in this news article brought to you by the automotive experts at Automobile Magazine.
Elon Musk merely dreamed of building rockets and electric cars, the front-passenger air bag wasn't yet mandatory, and the euro currency didn't exist when Americans last had Italian speed on the cheap. Long past its Graduate-fueled prime, the Alfa Romeo Spider bowed out in 1994, and that was it for reasonably accessible Italian driving pleasure. Fiat had made an ambivalent effort to vend its wares before abandoning these shores a decade earlier, and the truth was that its cars hardly kept up with the Alfas even when modified by exhaust systems and other speed parts from the Abarth performance division.
So from the land of extra-virgin olive oil and some of the most outrageous racing boats, airplanes, and automobiles ever conceived, only Ducati and Moto Guzzi, small manufacturers of motorcycles, consistently kept the spark going. Although Ducati sometimes flickered along the way, it ultimately produced a series of ever-more-sensational bikes that cost roughly the same as routine service on exotic Italian cars.
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September 4, 2012 9:18 AM
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Legendary motorcycle rider and three-times World Superbike Champion, Troy Bayliss will make a special appearance at the opening of the new Ducati Abu Dhabi showroom and service centre this Saturday.
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September 3, 2012 3:33 PM
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The day I picked up the 848 EVO from Motorcycles of Charlotte it was not a bright, sunny start to the long-term relationship we were about to embark on.
The day I picked up the 848 EVO from Motorcycles of Charlotte it was not a bright, sunny start to the long-term relationship we were about to embark on. Sure, from ten paces the Dark Stealth bodywork looked wicked, and the huge inverted fork with the massive Brembo mono-block radial calipers had my mouth watering. But once up close, the bike looked pretty badly neglected. The wheels, swing arm, and forks were encrusted in road grime, and the chain was dry, rusty, and filthy. The Pirelli tires had certainly seen better days, and the rubber on the badly tarnished exhaust pipes said either burnouts or hard track miles. A deeply gouged engine cover that someone had hand-painted the scratches black made it clear it had been dropped at speed, and a few other areas from the bar ends to peg tips confirmed this. In contrast, the tank and bodywork were all brand new, which meant it had been crashed badly enough for them to need replacement.
As I flipped on the ignition, pressed the starter button, and fired the engine to life, the healthy roar of the 140-horsepower, 848cc Testastretta V-twin told me all was well with the heart and soul of the beast, though, and got me eager to jump in the saddle. The oil level was fine and everything appeared to be straight and tight. As delivered, the Ducati had no license plate or paperwork, so with a road test out of the question, I loaded up and headed for home to prepare the 848 for its first track outing.
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September 2, 2012 9:23 PM
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An abused pit bull rescued from California now lives in Portland, and has a specially designed wheelchair to help him get around."London” is named for the Olympic Games. He was abused and left with two fractured front legs.
Treatment was delayed too long, so his legs had to be removed about a month ago.
Mechanics from a Northwest company called MotoCorsa made him a Ducati-inspired custom dog wheelchair for free.
Amanda Giese is London's new mom. She says people from all over the world have been following his story online.
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