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July 27, 2012 7:58 PM
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At the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, the home race for two-time Laguna Seca MotoGP™ winner Nicky Hayden, Ducati has announced a contract extension with the American that will see him continuing to race for the Italian team next year.
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July 27, 2012 8:27 AM
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You're seeing the choreography of Desmodromiclub of Rome.
The Ducati grandstand makes a spectacular choreography, showing pictures of the two riders, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden alternate image of a heart of everything for Ducati fans! :-)
Want to try the emotion of winning a brand new Ducati? Thanks to Tim, Just Ask! Join the new contest for Ducati TIM!
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July 27, 2012 8:21 AM
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Comparing the first nine races from Rossi's two years on the Ducati Desmosedici...
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July 27, 2012 2:03 AM
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MotoGP News. “Sincerely from my point of view, money is not very important” – Valentino Rossi.
Valentino Rossi will make a decision on whether to stay with Ducati or move back to Yamaha during the summer break that follows this weekend's US MotoGP round at Laguna Seca.
Although Rossi didn't mention Yamaha by name, the struggling seven time MotoGP champion confessed to having 'some other options' that he needs to consider.
While any chance of a Repsol Honda return is over, following the signing of Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, Ben Spies' surprise announcement of a Yamaha exit officially opens the door to a possible Factory M1 return alongside Jorge Lorenzo.
“The situation is quite clear. I still haven't decided, as it is a bit too early,” said Rossi, winless since leaving Yamaha at the end of 2010.
“I have spoken a lot with Ducati about next year, but still waiting about some important ties and some important things on the contract. And I also have some other options for next year.
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July 26, 2012 10:15 PM
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Thanks @robertomarchion for the sick Helmet for home GP. #easyrider #easyhaydenYa Dig? # twitter.com/NickyHayden69/…
— Nicky Hayden (@NickyHayden69) July 27, 2012
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July 26, 2012 9:09 PM
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Nicky Hayden has confirmed he is close to agreeing a contract extension with Ducati’s factory MotoGP squad for 2013.
An official announcement is likely to be made during his home race in Laguna Seca after the American’s new deal was first revealed by MCN on Twitter earlier today.
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July 26, 2012 10:40 AM
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Former MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden might be the last and best American motorbike hero.
Nicky Hayden tucks into a 350-pound Honda RC211V motorcycle so tightly it’s hard to tell where the machine stops and the man begins. With the finger dexterity of a orchestral violinist‚ he squeezes his brakes at just the precise amount and dives into the 10-story, left-right chicane drop at the turn 8 Corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
His specialized rubber tires make contact with the track with just the width of a credit card as he speeds down the hill at almost 100 miles per hour. He flies out of the Corkscrew, banks long and left along the Rainey turn, navigates a short right at 10, brakes hard into the final turn, cranks back on the throttle and blurs across the finish line with no one in front of him – as was the case the entire race.
But that was 2005. Hayden, now 30, says that first of two consecutive wins on his home country circuit was poetry.
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July 26, 2012 9:42 AM
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A Manhattan grand jury has indicted 33 defendants in a massive, city-wide ring that trafficked in illegal guns and scores of stolen motorcycles.
The ring included "procurers" who lifted flashy bikes right off the street -- often loading them into vans that were themselves stolen just for that purpose, officials said as half of the alleged members were arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court today.
A 17-month investigation by NYPD auto-theft cops and Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance's Rackets Bureau caught the cycle-snatchers in the act of reselling more than 50 bikes, including a Ducati Monster and a Kawasaki Ninja.
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July 26, 2012 9:21 AM
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2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S first ride..
Barrelling down the straight at Cadwell Park, this race track is way too narrow for the missile of a motorcycle I'm riding. It oozes power from every nut and bolt, with a snarl so fierce from the exhaust - it's racebike loud - it won't pass any of the noise limits from the other UK tracks. Ducati's Panigale is insane! Ducati is renowned for launching state of the art motorcycles. Its 916 is still hailed as one of the most iconic and groundbreakingsuperbikes of all time. Well for 2012 it's done it again with its stunning 1199 Panigale packed with technology .
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July 26, 2012 4:28 AM
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(auto translation from Italian)
Jeremy Burgess is leaning on a crate outside of the pits at Laguna Seca , looks at his boys to open the boxes and the "house" of GP12 for the weekend is slowly taking shape, with red panels that hide the gray concrete walls. " I love coming to this track - he says, enjoying the sun warming his skin - it's more than twenty years since the first time we came here and never drop a drop of rain . " To make the perfect weekend would also serve a great performance from Valentino. " I was thinking earlier this week that will fight for the top two positions - reveals a surprise - I could not do otherwise. Then maybe after the first free practice session I change my mind , "he concludes, laughing.
The Doctor's crew chief looks ahead, no revelations about the future of its pilot, but he knows what use to make a step forward in performance. " This year we started with a completely new bike - he explains - the problem is that from the first race has not changed enough . Perhaps you would have thought about the steps of developing close during the season. For example, a new frame at Le Mans, then at Mugello and so on. Important news that Valentino could try and do their own signs. Instead the frame, which was made very quickly, has changed little, on weekends we rarely try to unpublished components. Rossi to serve as new, different frames for example, but also other less important details, so that when the pilot enters the box and asks: what's new? I can tell you: one plate of the fork, four new screws ... would serve to keep him motivated . "
Read more: http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/201207257701/Burgess-Rossi-vuole-piu-sviluppo.html#ixzz21iNvyS8Z
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July 26, 2012 4:17 AM
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Nicky Hayden at the San Francisco D-Store today
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July 26, 2012 3:37 AM
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Monster bike versus monstrous car. The bike has 192hp, the car 620. The venue was Santa Pod drag strip.
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July 25, 2012 11:35 AM
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MotoGP racer Stefan Bradl rides his actual LCR RC213V Honda MotoGP bike down Lombard Street in San Francisco in advance of the 2012 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Check out the POV!!
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July 25, 2012 10:04 AM
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In 2011 Ducati.net hosted a dinner on Cannery Row. A great time was had by all and part of the deal was the Cannery Row holy grail, our own parking lot.
This year we are doing it again but we’ve given some thought to that parking lot and what better use for a parking right on Cannery Row for a couple of hundred Ducati’s on the big MotoGP weekend Friday night than to play some Ducati music for all to hear? Here’s the details:
Ducati.net is throwing a party for all our Desmo Owner Club friends! Join us at El Torito, in Monterey, CA on Friday, July 27th for a fun evening with fellow DOC members from around the world. PARKING LOT IS OPEN TO ALL DUCATI’S, ALL EVENING. SOUND CONTEST ENTRY IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL DUCATI’S
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July 25, 2012 9:58 AM
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This year Ducati was the featured marque and the theme was F1's and the derivitives from the F1 - Montjuich, Laguna Seca, Santamonica and the TT2 and TT1. The text is in Dutch but the photos speak for the depth and quality of the event and the Ducati display.
The Ducati museum in Bologna was also present with a large tent where a dozen bikes in the race history of the brand were exhibited. All V-twins, starting with a replica of the 750 racer (#16) which Paul Smart in 1972 the 200 miles from Imola won. Next up was the winner of the 24 Hours of Montjuich of 1975 (# 9) with its narrowed lower crankcase for extra ground clearance, and equipped with lights for night stages. The list of racers was closed by a team of 750SS Spaggiari and an NCR endurance racer. On the other side of the tent stood the TT1 and TT2 F1 which Marco Lucchinelli won the Battle Of The Twins race at Daytona in 1986. The four models were represented by 888, 916 and 999
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July 25, 2012 9:38 AM
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Lorenzo: "I hear some rumours. And some rumours say that Valentino is going to come back."
JORGE Lorenzo would welcome Valentino Rossi back at Yamaha, believing that it could be good for the factory team.
Following the surprise announcement that Ben Spies would leave the factory Yamaha team at the end of the season, internet speculation was overrun with discussions of whether Rossi could take his seat.
On Spies' decision, the Spaniard said: "It’s sad news to hear that Ben is not continuing. For Yamaha it’s really sad, because he has been a Yamaha rider for a long time. I think he has great potential, and I wish him good luck in the future. Now we have to see what is going to happen with the second rider in Yamaha."
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July 25, 2012 9:21 AM
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DUCATI'S new Panigale has been falling victim to the decibel meter at many UK trackdays.
The Panigale has been mainly failing static noise tests and not drive-by tests, however, owners can't get out on track to prove the bike will pass a drive-by if they've failed a static test.
Ducati UK has stepped in and taken the Panigale and Panigale S to circuit operators including MSV, Silverstone and Donington where they carried out static and drive-by tests. Although noise testing varies from circuit to circuit, Ducati have proved that even if the Panigale does fail the static test, it won't always fail the drive-by. Usually if a motorcycle fails the static test it will fail the drive-by too, but the Panigale's engine and not the exhaust appears to be the factor in failing the static test.
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July 24, 2012 4:03 PM
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It was less than a week ago that Sylvain Guintoli was unceremoniously dumped by Team Effenbert Liberty Ducati and accused of ‘poor results’ despite being the top rider for them and securing their first ever win at Assen this year.
Well the Frenchman hasn’t sat around moping and has instead been busy getting himself another ride and Italian based PATA Racing team were only too happy to step in. It’s unknown at this stage whether Guintoli will race on the Ducati alongside current PATA rider Lorenzo Zanetti or if it’s a replacement..
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July 24, 2012 10:39 AM
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MDF Travel Shops, the retail company of Meridian Duty Free, has been awarded a five-year contract to run a Ducati store in Venice Marco Polo Airport.
This will be the third Ducati airport store opened by MDF Travel Shops, following an agreement with Ducati Motor Holding to manage the latter’s flagship stores (apparel and merchandising) in the travel retail market in Italy and abroad. The other two stores are located in Rome Leonardo da Vinci Airport and in Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport.
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July 24, 2012 10:24 AM
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Contributed by Adam Morin
This marks the thirteenth consecutive year that Tissot has served as official timekeeper of MotoGP. In honor of this partnership, Tissot has released a series of limited edition chronographs (as it has in the past). While the two quartz variants are limited to 8,888 pieces, this automatic version is even more limited at 2,012 pieces. The T-Race MotoGP 1012 Automatic Chronograph contains the C01.211 movement, made exclusively for Tissot by ETA. It combines race-inspired good looks with solid build quality at a reasonable price. We first reviewed a watch with movement inside of a Swatch Automatic Chronograph here back in 2009.
For those unfamiliar, MotoGP is the top level circuit of motorcycle racing. Unlike many other racing series, these bikes are engineered specifically for racing and do not have street-legal production variations. This year's MotoGP World Championship will be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on July 27-29, 2012. If interested, I highly recommend the 2003 documentary Faster. Just be sure it's not the Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton action flick of the same name. I haven't seen that one but you are not likely to see the same motorcycle racing.
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July 24, 2012 10:14 AM
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WRPhoto goes Biking
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July 23, 2012 11:38 PM
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Nicky Hayden will be making a stop at the Ducati Store in San Francisco on his way to Laguna Seca. The Kentucky Kid will take part in a short interview followed by Q A and an autograph session.
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July 23, 2012 8:50 PM
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Wind Tunnel: Dave Despain chats with Nicky Hayden about the Italian GP and expectations for the Grand Prix from Laguna Seca.
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