Category Archives: Rumors

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Kinda like Kanan… but Better

Every so often you think to yourself there’s a moment here. A moment you can really believe in. A corner to grind. A curve to conquer. A straight away to blast down at top speed. It’s a thought that seems so true that it shoots … Read More

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 … Read More

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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 … Read More

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.

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

Unintentionally Leaked Artist Sketch?

The ‘ol rumor mill is definitely gonna be churning today… A fellow over on the Ducati Monster board with an astute eye noticed something interesting in the background of a Pierre Terblanche interview during a recent Discovery HD program called “Eye of Beholder” and pulled … Read More

Telegraph Interview with Claudio Domenicali

The Telegraph.co.uk has published a rather telling article titled, “Rebuilding the brand” penned by long time moto-scribe Kevin Ash ( He of Ducati People fame ) , that features a lengthy and insightful interview with Claudio Domenicali who is Ducati’s current product director ( read: … Read More

’07 Multistrada Concept Art

Appears that Raptors & Rockets is at it again. The UK based website has published concept art of the rumored 2007 1200cc Multistrada. The photo sketch doesn’t stray to far from the original Strada design cues, but as with all rumors & concept art it’s … Read More

1098 Prototype?

Well, the ‘net is aflutter tonight… Earlier today these spy photos of the new 1098 Superbike, which apparently is the 999 replacement, spread across message boards around the world. They are said to be taken from an unnamed Italian Motorcycle Mag and supposedly show the … Read More

Memorial Rejuvenation

The sword, the sea and reincarnation are three fairly basic components of Celtic Mythology that Arthurian legend later weaved together into the notion of rebirth or rejuvenation. Anyone who’s ever seen a modern day retelling of King Arthur or The Knights of the Round Table … Read More

Rumor: ’07 Ducati 1200R

Raptors and rockets is reporting that a 999 replacement is already in the testing stages and will definately move to 1199cc’s.

Euro Gossip

MotorcycleUSA.com has published a Euro Gossip article with some nifty Ducati Rumors, specifically claiming that traction-control systems developed for the GP bikes will find their way into the production line by ’07. The highlights are quoted below; Ducati are currently working on a traction-control system … Read More

World Ducati Week ’06… No more…

This can’t bode well for the Ducatista Nation… Apparently World Ducati Week has been cancelled for 2006… Dear Presidents It’s very sad but the World Ducati Week 2006 is now cancelled There are many reason :WDW and Motogp WSB AMA dates are in conflict ; … Read More

Polaris Interested in Ducati?

Apparently The Financial Times of London is running a story today about Ducati possibly being at least partially acquired by the American idustrial company Polaris (maker of powerboats, ATVs and Victory Motorcycles)… From: The Financial Times Limited. The American Texas Pacific Group fund has been … Read More