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Archive for August, 2007

The Oregonian Talks With M. Lock

The Oregonian, a paper not really known for making moto news, has posted an interesting interview with Michael Lock (goofy but free registration required), in which the Ducati North American CEO lays down the law on recent sales numbers.
“We have doubled in sales,” Lock said. “We’ll sell 10,000 bikes in the U.S. this year. It […]

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Six Days Until MCN Rides the Desmosedici

The next great Ducati generated website traffic rush is finally upon us. In six days the boys from Bologna will finally begin handing the keys to the Desmosedici demo fleet over to moto-journalists. MCN has the exclusive scoop.
This is it, the big one. In just six day’s time at Misano, MCN will be exclusively riding […]

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Dragging Strada Bits on The Track

Well folks, Alex from Italy, the hellbent kneedragging Multistrada Ducatista, is back with avengeance and ready to share even more picts of his scorching Strada ride from this years Speedweek in Hungary. As some of you might recall about a year ago Alex and his buddies conclusively proved that dragging Strada bits was humanly possible.
Alex […]

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Bound to Happen: Desmosedici on eBay

Well, it was bound to happen now wasn’t it? A Ducati Desmosedici 16RR has finally appeared on eBay, listed for a meager $80,000 USD or fifteen thousand over the original MSRP. One can only imagine how many RR’s will be listed a year from now (and how few miles they’ll have on them)… via The […]

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Morning Bliss

Waking up this morning I found myself feeling convinced that after yesterday’s summer shower debacle it would only be prudent to assuage the higher powers of riding and get back on the bike once again. That’s a wordy way of saying that I felt somewhat cheated by yesterday’s ride - while it was fantastic […]

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A Rainy Ride

I was forced to shift into a semi-conscious daze somewhere around 8:20 this morning when the dog started barking for who knows what reason… Actually to be honest that’s a blatant lie - I knew exactly why he was making such a ruckus yet I tried to ignore it anyway and rollover. But T was […]

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Vintage & Rare Ducati Engine Photos

Phil Aynsley has posted a collection of rare Ducati Engine Photos on his website, http://www.philaphoto.com. I could be mistaken, but these engiens bare a striking resemblance to the units that are on display inside of the Ducati Corse wing of the Ducati Factory that’s normally off-limits to the public. Check it out!
Thanks to Mark Savory […]

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Gotta Make You Smile

From RRW, “Our Man Enzo Predicts Ducati’s Future Model Lineup, Based On History And A 1098 Gas Tank“.

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DeviceNineSix Custom Engraved Clutch Covers

We live in an era of incredible personalization and custom modding. Everywhere you look folks are taking making mass market products - hell, even niche market products - and tweaking them until they are their own unique one of a kind personal objects. So awhile back when two of my old school buddies started a […]

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MCN Vid Inside Ducati Corse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdhbBA1q1c

It’s not the greatest, most earth-shattering vid ever made, but MCN somehow finagled the Ducati squad into granting them not only access but the right to bring a camera inside Ducati Corse — which trust me, isn’t the easiest place in the world to shoot inside of

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