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Ducati Motorcycle News Archive
Ducati News Archive: Note: Most recent news listed first
2008 Ducati News:
Ducati will
celebrate 50th anniversary of Mike Hailwood's TT win at the 2008 Isle of
Man TT |
Ducati Sweeps
Motociclismo Magazine 2008 Bike of the Year Awards |
2008
Ducati Monster Tour information, cities and dates |
Ducati Monster 696+
announced |
Ducati wins 2008
Motorcycle of the Year Award in Europe in two categories |
New Monster 696 colors announced
|
2008 Ducati Riding
Experience announced |
Ducati 1098 R
Photos and Specs |
2008 Ducati Desmo Challenge |
2008 Motogiro America announced! |
2008 Motogiro d'Italia |
Ducati 848 info and photos
|
Ducati
Monster 696!
|
Ducati and Foremost Insurance now have a
Ducati
motorcycle insurance program |
Photos
of the 2008 Ducati Hypermotard in Black! and
2008 Monster S4RS Tricolore photos! |
Ducati
Desmosedici RR release! |
Ducati
Women's Racing Team information, photos and video
| Rumors say that Ducati has started building the
848, based on the new 1098 chassis and bodywork |
Graves Motorsports announces
Ducati 1098 exhaust
2007 Ducati News:
2007 Motogiro D'Italia results |
Unique items to be auctioned by
Ducati for charity |
Patti Smith
chosen to perform
at World Ducati Week 2007 |
Ducati commits to the European Road Safety Charter |
Final Hypermotard photos,
specifications and accessories released! Also includes a
Hypermotard Video with Ruben Xaus! |
Bleeding the brakes on a GT1000 with the Actron vacuum pump
|
Hypermotard in production; to
arrive in U.S. in July |
Ducati announces
availability of Spiffy Spokes |
Ducati GT1000 fuel
line recall fix illustrated! | 2007 Motogiro d'Italia |
Rusting and pitting on new
Ducati GT1000 chrome |
Ducati 1098 wins Motorcycle Design
Association Best Design of 2006 award |
Ducati and Puma
announce...sneakers? |
Final testing of Hypermotard
completed |
Recall
notice for SportClassic fuel line disconnect problem |
Ducati announces the
Ducati Riding Experience for 2007! |
Bimota
announces availability of the Tesi 3D in the U.S.A. |
Hypermotard
1100 and 1100S technical specifications now available! |
Fredrico Minoli, CEO of Ducati confirmed a leaked strategic plan
discussing a new entry level inexpensive bike
to replace Monster 695 in 2008; details unclear at this point |
Ducati
1098 is here! | New
Ducati 848cc replacement for the 749 is on the way; will
be based on the 1098 | Ducati announces
three new SportClassics - the
Sport 1000 Biposto, the
Sport 1000 S and
the
GT1000 Two-Tone
| Ducati announces the
Ducati 3D Extreme video
game for mobile phones! |
Ducati announces Ducati Bianchi
line of bicycles |
Information on the
Sportclassics fuel line problem |
Ducati announces the
Multistrada 1100 and 1100S |
Ducati announces the
Monster S4R Testastretta | Ducati North America and Ducati Corse announced
that they will no longer participate in the AMA Superbike Championship
with a factory team; support to cease at the end of the 2006 season
|
Ducati
announces very limited edition Paul Smart print
2006 Ducati News: Capirossi's race-winning Ducati GP5
auctioned at the
2006
Monterey Classic Bike Auction |
Ducati announces the RR!
|
Updated
photos of the production version Bimota Delirio! |
New Ducati electric
Monster for children |
Two
Ducatis win "World's Most Beautiful Motorcycle" award | New 800cc Desmosedici MotoGP bike said to redline
at 18,200 RPM and make 227 BHP, compared to 16,550 and 256 for this
year's 990cc version |
2006
Monster Info |
Ducati 999R Xerox |
ST3 ABS
Info |
Ducati releases Sport
Classics specifications |
Ducati
announces the Monster Challenge for 2005-2006 |
The Monster S2R with 1000cc DS
engine and 95 bhp |
Centopassi itinerary has been
released |
Ducati announces worldwide
Desmo Owners Club website |
Sport
Classic production begins soon! |
Ducati Multistrada Demo Days |
Semi-automatic push button gearbox, active suspension and traction
control are just a few of the technologies rumored to appear on the next
generation of V4 Ducati superbikes |
Multistrada
620 detailed specifications and information |
Ducati to make 1100cc V-twin? Rumors say new
capacity would up horsepower to 150+ or 160+ in the R
version | V4 will then be used in WSB
racing, but 150 bikes would have to be sold for
homologation | The
Ducati Sport
Classics will finally be here this fall, starting with the
Paul Smart
replica, then the
Sport 1000, then the
GT1000 in 2006 |
Ducati
starts sales effort in China | Fast throttle cam for Ducatis
reduces hand grip and opens at 75% of the stock cam
| Recent reports claim that Ducati's street
version of the four-banger Desmosedici will not be
de-tuned as much as thought; that there will be a 1200cc
Monster with a 107x66 mm bore/stroke; a non-90 degree
twin and a 600cc Desmo single! |
Ducati announces Desmo Challenge races
2005 Ducati News:
Ducati announces 2005 Centopassi
Challenge |
Acme Rocket Bike
makes custom streetfighters using Ducati engines; also custom designed
exhaust pipes for Ducatis
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Ducati announces the
Riding Experience for 2005 |
Ducati officially
launches 2005 World Superbike team |
Motogiro
d'Italia 2005 information
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AMA's 2005 Vintage Motorcycle Days to honor Ducati
2004 Ducati News:
Cucciolo puppies!
Ducati's stuffed toy for the holidays
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Ducati
announces progress with the Desmosedici engine development project
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Info and photos on the 2005
Ducatis |
Piaggio
buys Aprilia and Moto Guzzi
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Revised 2005 Ducati 999 -
specifications and information
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