Dylan’s Ducati Motorcycle Blog : Chronicling The Canyon Life of Southern California & Ducati Sportbike News
The 1098S idly rumbles beneath me while a cool wind slides through the air. Together the bike and I sit and wait. The motionless tires straddling the edges of two never quite ending rain puddles. All around us the winter leaves swirl. Finally the garage door begins to slowly open. Its old burnt orange […]
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The asphalt is bending into a calculating darkness as the cool wind snaps back and forth across the lanes. Each gust rushes down the face of the timeworn mountain with a ferocious fever that harpoons its victim with precision. Exposed parts of skin shuttering in its wake as the shadows grow blacker. The road becoming […]
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In need of the perfect last minute holiday stocking stuffer for your tots? Look no further then DucCutters.com, which has created a massive coloring book for kids that’s full of all sorts of historic Ducati images! (Thanks to Mark Savory of MotoCreation fame for the tip).
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The deep medium-brown liquid is gently flowing out of one container and into its next while I revel in the glory of yet another kind of magic. While I watch the rich twelve year old elixir swirls over itself, I find it hard to differentiate the past from the present. With a slight tip of […]
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The ground is still wet from last night’s rainfall when the bike comes out of the garage. Mud and muck cover the asphalt. When the bike turns over for the first time in months, you patiently tell yourself that today is not a day to press it. Today is not a day to push it. […]
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The sun was just starting to break as a white waffle of steam rose through the small slit in the top of the plastic coffee cup which was sitting on the table. Even though there was little to no breeze at the moment, I found myself fixated on the steam as it snaked its way […]
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Crash.net has posted an article about Moto GP World Champion Casey Stoner’s salary for the ‘07 season. Apparently the 22 year old champion made just over $4.2 million. Doesn’t that seems like an awfully low amount when compared to other sports relative to the inherent danger involved? I mean an average middle infielder in major […]
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Apparently Alan Jenkins, the renowned Aerodynamicist (is that actually a word???) and the man behind the both cosmetically pleasing and quite successful track weapon called the Desmosedici GP7, picked up a shiny new Sir Jackie Stewart Award at the BRDC awards ceremony in London earlier this month.
Read more here. via MCN.
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A website called Robotpig.net, a self described portal for engineering and technology, has posted a lengthy technical breakdown of the differences between the 990cc Desmosedici GP6 race bike and the now sold out Desmosedici 16RR street bike which you can actually take home and park in your garage.
Ducati presented a direct descendant of its MotoGP […]
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Welp, if you were waiting for a Desmosedici to show up at your local Ducati dealer before throwing down the coin to own one, you’re now officially out of luck. According to MCN, they’re all sold out.
Ducati always said the Desmosedici RR would be available in limited numbers, and originally expected to make just a […]
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