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December 31, 2011 12:22 PM
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The targets laid down for the 1199 Panigale were so strict, so binding and so difficult to achieve that nothing less than a complete rethink...
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December 31, 2011 12:16 PM
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Motorcycle USA selects its favorite Cruiser in our Best of 2011 Awards - the Ducati Diavel.
In the age of teaser videos, “spy” photos and orchestrated leaks, it’s difficult for a motorcycle to live up to its hype. Not so with the Ducati Diavel. The long-rumored Italian “power cruiser” is a genre-bending bike to be sure. While it dons a cruiser-ish stance, fat rear tire and low-slung looks, there’s the insane sportbike engine power, top-class brakes and advanced electronics.
The Ducati Diavel was one of the strangest rides to debut in 2011. It's also one of the most fun to ride!
Motorcycle USA couldn’t get enough of the Diavel in 2011, testing it multiple times to figure out just what the hell the Italian devil really was. In our Performance Cruiser Shootout it completely decimated its supposed competition. Adding it to our Streetfighter Comparison it finally met its match against nimbler rivals. Even so, the Diavel proved its premium performance – smoking the likes of the Speed Triple and Z1000 in 0–60 and quarter-mile tests. We also had a ball thrashing the new Duc at a trackday too. Try that on a typical cruiser! More...
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December 31, 2011 11:11 AM
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A tribute to Cook Neilson and Phil Schilling, inspired by the greatest bike writers of them all. Price includes UK/EU postage. As ever, Cook puts it best: "When my dear friend and Old Blue co-conspirator Phil Schilling designed tee shirts for our 1976 racing season, the diesel engine was prominently featured. First time I saw one in the cotton, I asked Phil why. His response: "That's the only part of Ducati that's making any money." "Unfortunately, the originals are in vanishingly short supply. My personal one was sold in a charity auction a couple of years ago for $1100." Natuarally we've shipped a bunch to Cook and hopefully he can make good use of them. You can get your's here: we've even got a few XXL too - if you want one order any size but add "XXL please!" in the Paypal message box
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December 31, 2011 9:08 AM
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We think this is the perfect Happy New Year photo for a Ducati lover we have ever seen.... (Thanks Andrea/Ducachef)
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December 31, 2011 8:53 AM
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When Carlos Checa joined Althea Ducati for the 2010 World Superbike Championship, the key sponsor on his 1098 Desmo was Unibat, an Italian manufacturer of ...more.
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December 31, 2011 8:29 AM
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(Translated from Italian)
With 2011 almost in the can, begins the countdown to the start of the 2012 season, which will be inaugurated by the test in Malaysia on January 31. On that date, the eyes will once again all about Rossi, as it happened a year ago. But if ten months ago had the curiosity to see the Doctor in red dress for the first time in just over 30 days will be to know if Valentino will be able to get out of the quicksand in which they are trapped throughout the sampled .
At Borgo Panigale engineers have not gone on vacation and that we will see in Sepang will be the "true" GP12, different from the first prototype took to the track in Valencia after the last race of the season . If it is true that you do not win the championship in the winter, it is undeniable that the values embodied in the tests reflect those of the disastrous season and another year would be a nightmare that nobody wants to be faced.
Waiting to find the new creature by Filippo Preziosi, were the same colleagues Rossi to overreach on the competitiveness of the champion in 2012. Among his most avid supporters turned out, surprisingly, Jorge Lorenzo , which puts it unquestionably among the pretenders to the title . " Valentino can get back to winning at any time, has the talent and speed to do it "did not hesitate to affirm. On the other side of the fence however is Andrea Dovizioso, skeptical of a sudden miracle , " will improve the Ducati, but I do not think the point to play for the World . "
Stoner and Pedrosa have also said their feelings about the season of the Doctor, the only driver to be able to attract all the attention on himself, whether win or lose. Casey Stoner has not given up, in an interview with MCN to launch a little dig at his rival and chief mechanic Jeremy Burgess: " The reason this has not been a good season has a lot to do with Valentine and Jeremy and the criticisms that we had turned on the fact that we were not able to develop motion and that we would not know what to do. Certainly they are ten times more confused than we were on our way to go . In this season, although they had everything they wanted, did not improve anything. At the end we knew what path to follow, but we did not have the resources to do it, but now they have there but the are still going in the right direction . "
The Australian does not seem so amongst those who expect a fine start Rossi on top, while Dani Pedrosa , on pages Sport.es , proved to be much more diplomatic: " many have expressed their opinion on this topic and no one better than Rossi knows what happened, because it has adapted to the Ducati Stoner has been able to do. The first thing that comes to mind, without having tested the Ducati, is that after many years of riding Japanese bikes head Rossi was not ready for a change of this magnitude, so radical . "
The Spaniard seems to have hit a very important point, so that the next prototype Ducati will be the most "Japanese" of all the Desmosedici ever designed . The aluminum perimeter frame is the most obvious of revolutions made, but it is said that the hull does not conceal some other big news, motor in the first place. What is certain is that once again, the king and queen, from the media point of view, they will be the Championship, Red and Red, waiting to know if there will be two rulers with or without a crown .
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December 31, 2011 5:51 AM
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Motorcycle Racing Photos - A look back at some of the best from 2011...
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December 30, 2011 4:41 PM
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Lady Gaga is known for being very good at keeping her love life a best kept secret - until now....
And all we will remember is the guy must be cool, look at that shirt!!!
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December 30, 2011 4:20 PM
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Book Description
Publication Date: November 15, 2011 (4th Edition)
This is the new fourth edition of a fabulous visual study compiled by one of the best bike racing journalists in the business. Compelling photographs and sharp narrative capture the larger-than-life character of Valentino Rossi both on and off the track. Rossi’s life is charted from his earliest days through to his domination of MotoGP, first with Honda, then with Yamaha, and now, for 2011, with Ducati to form a captivating all-Italian title challenge. This is a visual treat for all who appreciate Rossi’s talent and take on life in this age of conformist motorsport.
Amazon.com - $26.48
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December 30, 2011 4:04 PM
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Thats right, the once unheralded Carlos Checa edged out Casey Stoner and Ryan Villopoto for SPEED.com Motorcycle Racer of the Year honors.
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December 30, 2011 11:30 AM
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Outstanding display of rare vintage Ducati's and Ducati manufactured items organized for the Retro Moto Wieze Expo earlier in 2011
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December 30, 2011 8:14 AM
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Lots of photos on this link of an amazing private collection that it was possible to visit in Italy for many years. It was quite a feat of Carlo Salterelli, collecting over the years almost one of every model and making them available on display, first in a beautiful museum and later in a warehouse. Sadly, the collection will now be scattered far and wide, it's scheduled to go to auction in Monaco in 2012. For some great photos of the original museum, click the link above.....
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December 30, 2011 7:45 AM
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More images from the lens of Scott Jones, this time Silverstone GP.....
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December 30, 2011 6:42 AM
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Former World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss gave F1 star Mark Webber a pillion ride around Queensland Raceways in Australia on Thursday.
“Some things need doing. Thanks to @TroyBaylisstic. Great day mate,” Webber wrote on his Twitter page @AussieGrit.
Bayliss commented: “@AussieGrit as expected, you were a top pillion and ripped it up solo as well”....more
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December 29, 2011 6:04 PM
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Valentino Rossi is coming off the most difficult season of his career in terms of results, but it doesn't seem to have have had much effect on his off-track appeal.
For reasons that aren't entirely clear, the "Doctor" had shunned the social networking site Twitter, leaving rival Jorge Lorenzo to be the undisputed king of the new media world. But all of that changed three months ago, when the Ducati rider finally decided to begin his own page.
Lorenzo's account was created in May of 2009, and since then the Spaniard has managed to reach an impressive 300,000 "followers," easily outpacing the competition. In just three months, however, Rossi has already attracted an amazing 368,000 followers, adding an average of nearly 4,500 new contacts each day. This of course makes him the most followed motorcycle racer in the world, and knocks Lorenzo back to second place. So while Valentino waits to unwrap his new GP12 at the Sepang test, he can at least hang his hat on this small victory away from the track.
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December 29, 2011 5:53 PM
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2011. Ducati's Rossi and Hayden - Best pics from 2011
(1).jpg 2011 MotoGP Photos The 2011 MotoGP Championship was clearly a struggle for the Ducati Team of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden.
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December 29, 2011 5:34 PM
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Nicky Hayden’s winter vacation was marred on Tuesday, December 27, when he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky....more
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December 29, 2011 7:16 AM
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The TT1 was never planned.
But Lou Saif persisted and eventually put one of Jimmy Adamo's big-tube DM frames and some bodywork in my hands and then Palmer sold me a bunch of his F1 stuff, and then I found a nice cache of TT1 stuff...
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December 29, 2011 7:42 AM
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The date for your diary is February 18 - that's when we'll be running our review of the most hotly anticipated motorcycle of 2012.
Not since Ducati's 1098 replaced the unloved 999 have we looked forward to a new motorcycle quite this much. This time it's another Ducati and the reason we're all drooling is the new 1199 Panigale features the most radical and advanced motorcycle engine ever put into production. From its massively oversquare pair of cylinders (bore and stroke are 112 x 60.8mm) to its dazzling electronics and huge 192bhp power output, the Panigale takes your breath away just reading about it. All we want to know now is: what's it like to ride?.......
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December 29, 2011 7:27 AM
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After literally years of being asked when would the US have it's own Motogiro d'Italia they finally built it and I, like just about everybody else I knew, was signed up and ready to ride. Conducted under the umbrella of The MEET at Monterey which included a bike show, an auction, the Motogiro America and the RedBull MotoGP at Laguna Seca, there was lots to do and see. The route included the start on Cannery Row, a lap of Laguna Seca, then down thru Big Sur to Paso Robles and back to Monterey. The whole thing kicked off with a bike show in the Monterey Custom House Plaza, and while the headliners were pristine restorations from noted collectors, many of the entries would be heading out the following day for the 5 day ride. Join me for Motogiro America - Vicki's View... (clink link for photos)
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December 29, 2011 6:58 AM
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For people who want portable LED lighting that mounts just about anywhere, there are already devices such as the Joby Gorillatorch, most of which are variations on the tried-and-trusted flashlight form factor. Striker's new FLEXiT Light takes a bit of a different approach, however. Instead of incorporating three or so LEDs within one lens, it utilizes a bendable array of 16 high-output bulbs.
The FLEXiT's washable silicone body can be wrapped around objects such as pipes, or bent by hand to focus or spread its light as needed. Its rubberized ABS battery compartment/control unit doubles as a pedestal-type base, allowing it to stand up cobra-like on flat surfaces....more
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December 28, 2011 4:10 PM
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2011 was a good year to some riders, teams, and manufacturers -- and not so much for others. Who were 2011s winners and losers?
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December 28, 2011 4:04 PM
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Since 2012 is a "WDW Year" we've decided to share some of our favorite WDW shots taken over the years (Ducati.net has attended every WDW back to the first one) to highlight what a really wonderful time the "party on the red planet" always is.....
About this shot | WDW is a much different party at night then in the daytime, and this shot, taken at about 8pm was appealing to me because of the colorful backdrop of the typical Italian sandwich stand that dot the landscape all over Italy and especially in the seaside towns...
Photographer: Vicki Smith
Date: June, 2010
Location :Misano Adriatico Italy at Misano World Circuit
Camera: Nikon D90
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December 28, 2011 2:07 PM
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As 2011 draws to a close, the Post's photo department takes a look back at the year in photos. Below, the best sports photos from the past year.
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December 28, 2011 7:44 AM
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We like this old school styled Ducati Monster DucaChef (thanks again DucaChef!) Lots of nice photos on the link above....
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