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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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January 23, 2015 4:51 AM
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Inspired by the raw, mechanical feel of 1960s cars, this new custom from Deus Ex Machina is fast, good-looking and almost entirely hand-built.
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January 22, 2015 4:35 PM
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The unstable weather conditions undoubtedly affected progress at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
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January 22, 2015 10:12 AM
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Andrea Iannone reckons he’d have been ‘stupid’ to quit Ducati just when the Bologna factory is embarking on a radical re-design of its struggling Desmosedici machine.
The Italian has been promoted to Ducati’s official factory squad for this season after Cal Crutchlow’s shock U-turn to quit and join LCR Honda, just days after committing his future to a Desmosedici last summer.
Had Crutchlow stayed with Ducati, Iannone would have been left in the satellite Pramac squad for a third successive season, though he would have had full factory support having penned a new two-year deal.
Iannone spoke to Suzuki and LCR Honda about a 2015 deal, but he said his dream was always to remain with Ducati.
The 25-year-old impressed in his second season on finicky Desmosedici and scored six top six top finishes, with a best of fifth in Germany, Brno and Misano after an injury ravaged rookie season in 2013.
Iannone, who also claimed five front row starts last season, told MCN: “I thought I was...
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January 22, 2015 2:58 AM
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Ducati's new Scrambler is a surprisingly funky and affordable motorcycle that aims to court a new audience. Will it succeed? We ride it and place our bets.
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January 21, 2015 12:51 PM
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If you’re looking for Niskayuna High School teacher Rich DeSimony on a Friday afternoon, you’ll find him tinkering with a custom Ducati in Nisky Garage.
Well, not his garage, exactly. And not by himself, with a beverage and a radio. Instead, he does his work in the Niskayuna High School technology wing, guiding six or seven high school kids. They’re about the same age he was when he puzzled together his first motorcycle.
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Motorcycle manufacturers: Want a solution to your aging customer bases? Fund stuff like this.
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January 21, 2015 12:11 PM
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It’s a case of new rider and crew chief for Pramac Ducati in MotoGP 2015, with Danilo Petrucci arriving from Ioda and Daniele Romagnoli joining from the Factory Ducati team..
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January 17, 2015 3:14 AM
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If you’re after an expensive, exotic, naked Italian superbike it has to look good – whether you’re parading up and down the Kings Road or, in our case, the streets of Bologna. Which is where MV Agusta’s new Brutale 800 RR comes in – an Italian super-naked which raises exotica levels to a new high. But does it? And, if so, is it worth over £11,500 for what is still ‘only’ an 800? To find out we decided to pit the new MV against the definitive example of the Italian naked genre, Ducati’s Monster 1200S, a bike which has much of what the MV offers, for a similar price and yet is a full 1200. The similarities don’t end there. Both are from desirable brands, each with a long history of racing success, and both have that wow factor. Both also have single-sided swingarms, lightweight race wheels, and racing Brembo brakes which are ABS assisted. They also have similarly-styled trellis frames, although the MV’s is the more traditional, as the Ducati uses the engine as a stressed...
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January 16, 2015 12:08 PM
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Confidence! Ducati owners have it... (Or else he's just getting ready for the new @nakedspeed tv season)
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January 16, 2015 4:37 AM
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In 2014 Ducati Motor Holding spa achieved a new sales record by delivering 45,100 bikes to customers, 2% more than in 2013, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth.
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Congrats to DucatiUSA, UK and Thailand
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January 15, 2015 4:46 PM
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Series Premieres Jan. 28 on Velocity - Ducati bike build episode from Moto Corse Performance: Airs 2/11 @ 10:00pm
When money and ego come together you wind up with a
Ducati that weighs less than a dirt bike and in a challenge that, realistically, you have no chance of winning. Moto
Corse’s Chris Boy is a whiz at building Italian sport bikes and his challenge is to turn a used $3000 Ducati into a
six-figure track bike worthy of helping him beat Ben Bostrom on a track.
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January 15, 2015 1:36 PM
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MotoGP News. 2015 will be Yonny Hernandez’s second full MotoGP season with the Pramac Ducati team..
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Happy to see this guy get some official love...
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January 14, 2015 6:29 PM
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Friday, January 16th **4PM to 8PM**
Come and see the all new 2015 models while posing with the Ducati Hotties and stay for a beer and some food!! Take home a picture of YOU posing on your favorite NEW 2015 Ducati Multistrada, Scrambler and 1299!! PLUS!! View Valentino Rossi and Nicki Hayden's 2012 MOTGP bikes and other bike surprises.
The Ducati Hottie Girls - Get your picture taken on the 2015 Multistrada, Scrambler or 1299 with a Ducati Hottie!
Spin the Wheel to win all sorts of great prizes!
Beer and Burger love for all! (Must be 21!)
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January 14, 2015 12:25 PM
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www.ducati.com - Le moto più affascinanti del mondo sono il frutto dell’impegno nelle competizioni e sono l’espressione più pura di tecnica raffinata, design...
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January 13, 2015 5:48 AM
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Super-popular naked Italian goes from good to better
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January 12, 2015 5:44 PM
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January 12, 2015 4:10 AM
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Imagine if you will that the first Ducati, the Ducati Cucciolo, and the most modern Ducati, the Ducati Desmosedici, had a child -- what would it look like? That far-fetched question nagged Mexican ...
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January 9, 2015 5:47 PM
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Mugello, Italy - He knew it was going to be good - after all, he'd been involved in the Superquadro project from its inception - but even Ducati test rider Alessandro Valia wasn't ready for just how good the new-for-2015 1299 Panigale S was, the first time he got it out on his favourite circuit.
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January 9, 2015 2:41 PM
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Andrea Iannone says he is relishing the challenge of trying to seize the number one spot at Ducati from fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2015.
Iannone will join his compatriot in Ducati’s official factory squad next season after Cal Crutchlow switched to LCR Honda.
Briton Crutchlow initially pledged to honour the second year of his Desmosedici deal before landing a golden chance to replacing Stefan Bradl on a factory RC213V.
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January 7, 2015 12:27 PM
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Ducati expects to fight for MotoGP wins in 2015 even though its new bike will hit the track several months after rivals' machines
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January 7, 2015 4:48 AM
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Italian bike maker Ducati is known for its powerful, high-tech and pricey motorcycles. That is why its latest entry, the Scrambler, is causing a stir among brand loyalists. Starting at $10,000, the bike weighs around 400 lbs and has only 75HP. But it is not just the specs that set this bike apart, it's the style. Bloomberg's Hannah Elliott test drives the bike in Palm Springs, California. By Alyssa Zahler, Amy Marino.
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January 7, 2015 4:47 AM
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A Winter Reading List
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Stoner recounting the WTF email he received from Ducati's Claudio Domenicali when Stoner became too ill to race.
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January 6, 2015 10:32 AM
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I am the classic mid-life-crisis biker. I ride slowly, I care far more about how something looks, sounds and feels than how it might scrape itself around a bend. Because I cannot scrape around a bend on a motorcycle ...
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January 4, 2015 5:10 PM
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If Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna has one regret about last year, it was the failure of Cal Crutchlow to pose a stronger threat on a factory-backed Desmosedici machine.
Dall’Igna believes Isle of Man-based Crutchlow would not have toiled so much at Ducati had the Italian technical guru been able to dedicate more time to helping the ex-Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider adapt to the Desmosedici.
But so much of Dall’Igna’s focus was dedicated to improving the GP14 and the design and development of the the radical new GP15 that will be rolled out next season that he could not commit as much time as he’d have liked to helping Crutchlow progress.
The British rider did at least bowing out of Ducati with a bang more than a whimper after he followed up a first Desmosedici podium in Motorland Aragon with a first front row start stunning podium challenge in Phillip Island.
Prior to his end of season resurgence Crutchlow had scored just five top 10 finishes all season and Dall’Igna told MCN: “It is...
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December 31, 2014 12:18 PM
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It's the final week of 2014, so we got some of our MCN Award winning bikes of 2014 together for one last blast. Here's our favourite middleweight sportsbikes, the Ducati 899 Panigale.
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December 30, 2014 2:06 PM
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Cal Crutchlow feels his crash at Austin early in 2014 was the main reason he failed to thrive in the Ducati MotoGP team, rather than any lack of affinity with the Desmosedici
