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Rossi Hints at Future Ducati Move?

BBC Motorsport has posted a heck of a rumor on their website, one that’s sure to get every MotoGP racing fan riled up…
Former MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has warned Yamaha he could move to rivals Ducati in 2009 if they do not make major improvements next season.
The five-times champion has missed out on the […]

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Four Days Till The New Ducati Model Drops…

Four days and counting from the release of what is claimed to be the next great Ducati model - at least if you believe the hyper-hyperbole. One has to hand it to Ducati for creating just as much buzz about this bike as they did last year with the 1098. That’s not an easy thing […]

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The Future For Pramac d’Antin Ducati?

Kropotkin Thinks, a must read MotoGP blog, sizes up next season for the Pramac d’Antin Ducati team (famous for wickedly fast Desmosedici’s and MotoLiam’s home base of operations in MotoGP)…Head over and check it out.

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Ducati would consider Harley merger

Say it ain’t so — Fresh off the Financial Times website:

Ducati Motor Holding, the listed Italian motorcycle manufacturer, would consider a merger with US-based Harley-Davidson “anytime”, said Enrico D’Onofrio, CFO.
A merger with Harley-Davidson would be “totally complementary”, he said, responding to speculation in the market that the two firms had been in talks. And while […]

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End of Year Desmosedici RR Rumors

According to the rumor mill Ducati has recently given dealers an update on the status of the Desmosedici RR. This update claims that 1,000 orders for Desmosedici RR have been taken with production tentatively scheduled to begin in July 2007. 999R owners make up nearly half of the pre-orders and will receive their bikes before […]

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Ducati Back in AMA - To Race FX In ‘07?

SuperbikePlanet.com is reporting that Ducati North America is going to race in the AMA FX series in ‘07. After all of the chatter about Ducati pulling out of the AMA in the Superbike Series, if this rumor is in fact true, it would represent a major turn of events. Soup points out that the FX […]

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Leaked 1098 Picts vs. New Spy Shots

By now every ‘net worthy Ducatista has surely seen the supposedly ‘leaked’ Ducati 1098 photos (For more picts & info check out Torsten’s Desmodromik.de blog). With a mere seven days before the bike’s Milan Motorcycle Show unveiling, the authenticity of these picts has become a subject of much conjecture. Some seem to feel that these […]

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Marvelous Marketing – The Ducati 1098

As the Ducatista nation around the world counts down the days to November 15th and Ducati’s less then secret unveiling of the 999’s successor, it seems an apt time to talk about marketing. In particular the absurdly stunning piece of new world cloak and dagger advertising that Ducati has managed to pull off with the […]

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Finally a Real Pict of the 1098

Desmodromik.de seems to have broken the story of the year - at least if you’re a Ducatista - A real honest to god picture of the 1098.
This is by far the best spy photo yet… Though I have to admit the headlights remind me of an R1… For more info check out the Desmodromik.de” […]

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Superbike Planet Tidbit

The crazy model introduction season is almost on us… From today’s Superbike Planet Rumored New Model Mania Set To Affect Racing in ‘07…

Ducati is rumored to have a new Superbike coming down the pipeline to hit showrooms sometime in 2007, with an engine displacement over 1000 cubes. Although Ducati is strongly rumored to be pulling […]

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