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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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August 14, 2012 9:28 AM
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Smaller corporations can react quicker than larger ones and niche Italian brand Ducati is in the rider's seat to take advantage of the new Learner-Approved Motorcycle Scheme (Lams) which kicks off on October 1.
Under the Lams regime, learner motorcyclists will be able to ride bikes larger than the present limit of 250cc as long as they are less than 660cc and have a power-to-weight ratio of less than 150kW per tonne.
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August 14, 2012 9:03 AM
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An announcement on who will replace Valentino Rossi at Ducati appears imminent. As we mentioned last week, Andrea Dovizioso agreed to take the factory Ducati seat vacated by Rossi's departure for Yamaha. His signature, it appears, was subject to certain conditions, though. According to reports in the Italian media, Dovizioso demanded guarantees of support and development from Audi before putting pen to paper.
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August 14, 2012 8:05 AM
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Héctor Barberá is set to attempt to ride at Indianapolis this coming weekend despite the Pramac Racing Team announcing last week that Toni Elías was to substitute for the injured rider.
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August 13, 2012 9:27 PM
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There’s a quote that goes ”I like living on the edge. It’s less crowded and the view is better” Nowhere is that more fitting than the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. While riding up to the summit I decide that the difference between this event and the Isle of Man TT is that this race requires a level of commitment that the IOM does not. There is no run off, no room for error and even if you give yourself a wide margin , the mountain might take even that, by adding rain or snow or oil from a blown motor. If it goes wrong, and it did seven times on Sunday, the view changes dramatically. But get it right, you become King (or Queen) of the Mountain and you are literally, on top of the world...
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August 13, 2012 5:12 PM
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There's no question that losing Valentino Rossi after two fruitless seasons can be seen as nothing but a PR failure for Ducati. It won't help the team economically, either, as Rossi far and away remains the biggest commercial lure in worldwide motorcycle racing.
But losing Rossi could end up being a positive in the development of the GP13 for the 2013 MotoGP season.
Rossi arrived at Ducati in 2011 as the clear No. 1 despite having two years' less seniority at Borgo Panigale than teammate Nicky Hayden. Ducati technical bosses initially hung on Rossi's every word as he tried to adjust to the polar differences between the traditional frames he rode for the first 11 seasons of his premier-class career at Honda and Yamaha and the carbon-fiber frame used by Ducati since the GP9 was unveiled in 2009.
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August 13, 2012 4:38 PM
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“They said there could be another [Ducati MotoGP] test although I don't get involved too much in the contracts side of things” – Scott Redding.
Scott Redding insists he won't become distracted by MotoGP speculation and is maintaining his focus on the second half of this year's Moto2 World Championship.
During the summer break, Redding completed a successful two day MotoGP debut with Ducati in Italy and he is hoping for a deal with his Marc VDS team to ride a Desmosedici in MotoGP next year.
“When I'm away racing I just want to focus on this year and so I don't worry about what might happen next year. I'm aware of the gossip that goes on but don't pay much attention to it until something actually happen,” said Redding, who is fifth in the Moto2 standings with three podiums this year heading into this weekend's Indianapolis round.
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August 13, 2012 9:18 AM
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Here is a photo (taken outdoors) of the new limited edition VR46/58 that is limited to only 25 prints. A number have sold already. to order click here http://wee.im/nDIn2y
Note: One special size version of this will be auctioned at the RfH auction at Indy next week..
it's a one off version of the tribute helmet that VR46 wore shot at Valencia last November, even though he has a helmet with 58 on it currently, the helmet he wore last year at Valencia I'm pretty sure he never wore again....the giclee I am donating to the RfH auction is a 30x20,
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August 13, 2012 9:06 AM
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Ducati Diavel Recall Ducati has recalled 27 Diavel motorcycles due to side-stand issues; the affected motorcycles were manufactured from May 25, 2012, through June 28, 2012.
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August 13, 2012 3:22 AM
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Carlin Dunne Earns Back-to-Back Victories and Course Records on a Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak, CO (August 12, 2012)
Carlin Dunne dominated the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, setting the new course record for motorcycles today from pole position for the second year in a row on a Ducati Multistrada 1200 S. This win marks Ducati’s third-straight victory at the historic race to the clouds.
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August 12, 2012 11:10 AM
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100k charity bike ride (race) today for a good cause and good training. #specialized
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August 12, 2012 7:13 AM
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It’s the number one question everybody asks when you get here, “Have you been on the mountain yet?” Today the answer was yes…
The day started with a group ride from the hotel, a police escorted scoot across town that would have been the highlight of most peoples day if we weren’t headed to Pikes Peak. We gathered up at the gate and headed for a stop by the reservoir. Oddly, it’s from there, not the summit that you get the first grasp of how large this mountain is. The team is here and they show me where the finish is, pointing at a flat spot on the mountain crest far, far away and high overhead. It doesn’t even look like the same mountain, rather another one nearby. Greg Tracy and Carlin Dunne are planning to lead us to the summit and there’s a bar-b-que lunch after.
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August 12, 2012 7:05 AM
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(Translated from Italian)
Two years. And 'the duration of the contract that will bind Andrea Dovizioso Ducati. A decision in some ways obvious which could mean a decided change of trend-imposed by Audi - on the part of the team. Dovizioso had received an offer to the upside (with the remodeling of engagement guaranteed money from the sponsor's Monster) by the Tech 3 team and the confidence to have a Yamaha and the latest semi-official treatment.
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August 12, 2012 6:57 AM
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Valentino Rossi did not have time to wait for Ducati's MotoGP programme to become competitive, but has made his bravest move yet by returning to Yamaha to take on Jorge Lorenzo
That is the view of Rossi's advisor and former Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio, who is confident Rossi would have been able to achieve success at Ducati eventually.
It was confirmed on Friday that Rossi was calling a halt on his unsuccessful two-year stint with Ducati to return to Yamaha, where he rode from 2003 to '10, winning five world championships and 46 races along the way.
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August 12, 2012 6:53 AM
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What's it like to live with Ducati's latest road rocket, the Panigale, for a week's ordinary use?
We British are a funny lot when it comes to buying motorcycles. We'll love a new sports bike for lapping a foreign racetrack faster than its rivals, in the hands of someone we've never met, then buy it in order to whizz about as best we can on British roads.
There's nothing wrong with that if it gives us pleasure, and bikes do just that through their image, looks, sound and brand values as well as the how they feel and perform (while the ace in the pack is that even the most ordinary motorcycle is still a motorcycle and, by default, enjoyable).
However, with Ducati's Panigale superbike performing as well in showrooms as it has done in track tests, there's plenty of interest in how it copes with a trip to the supermarket, heavy traffic, a weekend away or carrying a passenger. So I borrowed one to subject it to a week of intense ordinariness.
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August 11, 2012 6:46 PM
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Throughout their storied histories, Audi and Ducati forged legends racing up Pikes Peak. With the 90th annual running of the treacherous Pikes Peak Internati...
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August 11, 2012 9:15 AM
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I’m a keen observer of the obvious, so let me start by saying, WOW, it’s beautiful here. This, and I haven’t even been on “the mountain” yet. Friday’s weather is clear, sunny and some scattered showers up in the mountains and our plan is to group ride to lunch and end the day at FanFest, which is in downtown Colorado Springs. The ride group is small, about 20 and consists of mainly Multistrada’s, many of which have come to Pikes from far, far away. Conversations often go something like this – “We may stop by North Carolina on our way home from Pikes” “Really? Where do you live?” “Texas”.
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August 11, 2012 8:40 AM
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Nicky Hayden field question in advance of his home race, the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix.
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August 10, 2012 10:55 AM
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Visit www.ducatipikespeaklive.com to see, real-time, what the Ducati Spider Grips Team and fans are up to. If you're heading to Pikes Peak, be sure to log your journey by sharing your photos and tagging them: #ducatipikespeak.
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August 10, 2012 10:25 AM
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Toni Elias will continue to ride the Pramac Ducati bike at the Indianapolis Grand Prix while Hector Barbera recovers from his injury, the team said on Friday.
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August 10, 2012 9:22 AM
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Ducati is in Colorado this weekend, taking part in the 90th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The second oldest motorsport race in the United States (the first being the Indy 500), 2012 is the first year that the Race to the Clouds will take place on a fully-paved road course, which is sure to bring a new chapter in this historic race.
Asphalt & Rubber made the great trek out to Colorado (braving the far-too-early mornings), and we are here mostly to heckle our boy Carlin Dunne, who won the race last year in his rookie debut (setting a course record no less). Riding with the Ducati Spider Grips Team, Dunne will be joining Greg Tracy on the Ducati North America backed team, as the pair will again ride the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S up to the 14,000+ foot finish line.
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August 10, 2012 9:06 AM
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Held at a famous local private estate called the Penrose Mansion because of it’s history with the Pikes Peak Hillclimb event (the event was founded by the homes owner) we enter though an elaborate series of immaculate gardens. It’s true old fashioned glamour.
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August 10, 2012 8:37 AM
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Valentino Rossi's imminent return to Yamaha - to be announced on Friday morning, Yamaha and Ducati having been forced to move the schedule forward once news of the switch leaked - will accelerate the final movements in MotoGP's silly season, with the still open grid slots on prototype machines likely to be filled in very short order once the Rossi announcement has been made. Rossi's return to Yamaha will be heralded much as his departure from the factory for fresh pastures at Ducati was, only this time the roles will be reversed. First, Ducati will issue a release thanking Valentino Rossi for his time with the factory, and shortly after - minutes, rather than hours, - Yamaha will issue a press release welcoming Rossi back to the fold. The difference, perhaps, is that this time a love letter such as the one Rossi wrote to Yamaha after he left in the middle of 2010 is unlikely to be forthcoming.
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August 10, 2012 3:50 AM
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“As the MotoGP series awaits its return to action for the August 19 Indianapolis Grand Prix, Ducati announces that its working relationship with Valentino Rossi will conclude at the end of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship”
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Yamaha Press release is after Ducati release
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August 9, 2012 5:45 PM
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Audi and Ducati are teaming up at Pikes Peak to celebrate their common heritage at this iconic mountain. In the spirit of coming together, we have something ...
