A Taste of The Democedici
Seems the Ducati Club of The Netherlands has posted an update to their Ducati Multimedia page which features a pretty awesome collection of Ducati related sound files. The most remarkable if not completely blood pumping is the Desmocedici wav file. Sounds like it’s part fighter jet and part Michael Schumacher trackday adventure…Can anyone say awesome ring tone?
Desmosedici RR Spy Photos
While I was out of town at Willow Springs, Lowell over at Ducati Los Angeles posted some really cool spy photos of what is believed to be the street version of the new Ducati Desmosedici RR. As with all things Ducati, there is obviously some serious debate going on in the forums regarding whether or not this is in fact the new street variant of the MotoGP bike or whether it’s just a testing mule for the GP team. In either case it’s a pretty slick looking testing mule… I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d be happy to take it around for a short spin… For more picts & a bit more on the scoop check out Lowell’s website.
The Ducati MotoGP GP5 Introduction
You have to hand it to those stylish Italians, they sure know how to unveil a new race bike for the upcoming MotoGP season. Today they introduced the new Desmosedici GP5 on top of the Grosté glacier in the Dolomite mountain range in Northern Italy. Hopefully this year they’ll have a killer racing season to go along with the rather amazing looking Photo Op picts. Between this event, the renewed emphisis on the Il Motogiro d’Italia and the 999 vs Lockhead F104 stunt, somebody in the Ducati PR department in Bolognia sure seems to have figured out how to maximize the brands exposure in their more recent Ducati.com Press Releases. Of course getting these gorgeous picts into the mainstream press still seems to elude the Bolognia Boys. What a shame. These are the kind of photos that sell sexy appeal and should be in all the moto mags. Not all those 1-page spreads of sexy Italians pushing their bikes through the streets and looking like they’ve just run out of petrol.
