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Twist The Throttle - your Reaction, some Commentary, and a Contest

It has been an overwhelming and rather astonishing week to say the least… Since soft launching on the Discovery Turbo website just 9 days ago, the response to “Twist The Throttle” has been amazing to witness. Word of the project has already begun to spread like a wildfire across the Internet, popping up not only […]

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Cornering Speed : The Past Year of My Life

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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Chapters of Life: LA to Carmel

Dark highly defined clouds descend from above as I work my way towards a disassociation from the everyday. The curves come and go, one by one, as I find myself feeling fairly certain that every so often it’s a good idea to grab the handlebars, twist the throttle, and whip around a few majestic landscapes […]

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Finding a Piece of Heaven

The canyon is empty as the sun starts to rise over a ridge and an eerie peace scuttles across the horizon. It’s a tranquility that won’t last long. In the distance low lying bushes of brush wave back and forth in a soothingly slow warm later summer wind as the heat starts to build. First […]

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Speed On Two Wheels News

Just a short bit about Speed On Two Wheels. If you haven’t caught the original TV version then you’re in luck. The Discovery Science Channel is going to be re-running the television version of the documentary on January 14th & 15th. The TV version has 45 minutes of content as opposed to the Extended Version […]

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Counting Down The Days

It has been a wildly up and down day thus far. I walked in the door a few hours ago with a particularly foul mood hanging over my head, no doubt spurred on by the full blown sinus infection that I’ve been battling for four weeks — Which without a doubt is the bane of […]

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Superbike Planet’s Full 1098 Review

The boys over at Superbike Planet have posted a very in-depth review of the 1098 that covers a lot of bases yet to be discussed in other publications, including ‘S’ vs. base model differences… Enjoyable reading to say the least…
Each press attendee was only permitted to experience the kitted “S” model for one session and, […]

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A Monster Build Blog

At some point every rider probably fantasizes about retooling their own bike as they see fit and as the weather turns colder and colder in most parts of the country it seems like a logical time to find some inspiring tales to kick start the creative juices. Enter the 1999 Ducati Monster M900 Build Blog, […]

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Chris Kelley’s Online Ducati Maintenance Videos

Chris Kelly from California CycleWorks in San Diego and DucatiTech.com fame has posted some Online How-To Maintenance Videos for the DIY Ducati owner who’s interested in learning how to take care of their bike themselves. The videos are helpful, remarkably fast to load and to the point…. Good stuff

If you want to […]

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The Motley Fool reviews Ducati

The Motley Fool, an American self-help investment website has posted a review of Ducati’s financials called “Ducati Revs”…
Long story short, Ducati has a long road ahead of it before it can catch up to profitable rivals such as Japan’s Honda (NYSE: HMC), or America’s Polaris (NYSE: PII) and Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG). But at least it’s […]

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