Ducati’s all-new 1199 Panigale superbike has been spotted carrying out final testing on the roads of Italy as the bike enters the final months before an official launch in November. The 1199 Panigale is the 1200cc V-twin superbike replacement for the 1198 range and marks a huge departure for the Italian firm. It has the first completely new V-twin for ...
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- 26 September 2011
The rule-changing Ducati Diavel has scooped Machine of the Year in the prestigious 2011 MCN Awards. The awards were presented earlier this evening at a glittering dinner where the cream of the motorcycle industry met with senior members of the MCN team. The 162bhp Diavel redefined the cruiser class in 2011 with unprecedented performance and handling. MCN Editor and head ...
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- 20 September 2011
Ducati is pitching its new Streetfighter 848 into a less expensive and more fiercely fought sector of the naked bike market with a new model that will cost less than £10,000 in the UK. The current Streetfighter is only available in ultra-expensive 1099cc V-twin form with the cheapest model starting at £12,095 and rising to a whopping £14,695 for the ...
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- 12 September 2011
There are advantages to being a factory MotoGP rider – like getting early looks at new models. Ducati star Nicky Hayden proved just this when he spotted the 2012 848 Streetfighter on a visit to the Ducati factory this week. The new junior supernaked is due to be officially unveiled at the Milan Show in November and, despite this peek ...
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- 08 September 2011
Ducati has officially confirmed to MCN internet rumours about a forthcoming Streetfigher Evo SP with the 1198cc, 170bhp engine from the 1198 superbike as nothing more than a fake. A screen grab of what was supposed to be 'accidental leak' of information from the Ducati website appeared on various websites yesterday but it has now become clear someone has faked ...
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- 05 September 2011
The first Ducati motorcycle to be born from the link-up between the Italian bike firm and performance car manufacturer AMG is this Diavel to be launched at the Frankfurt car show this week. The two companies linked up last year with sponsorship of the MotoGP team of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden being the first part of the deal with ...
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- 05 September 2011
This is the first picture of Ducati's eagerly-awaited new junior super naked - the 848 Streetfighter. Due to be publicly unveiled at the world-leading Milan Show in November, the new bike - spied here exiting the Bologna firm's factory gates last week - is clearly in production-ready trim and borrows heavily from the bigger 1098 Streefighter with styling cues taken ...
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- 19 August 2011
It's got the power to out-drag a Ducati 1198 and it can out-brake one too. So why is nobody racing the highly-acclaimed new Ducati Diavel? Well, several reasons actually, but thinking it through would have taken all the fun out of finding out. You can find out more about exactly how this experiment ended up in next week's MCN.
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- 27 May 2011
It’s November 2011. MotoGP’s just finished with [insert Stoner/Lorenzo/Pedrosa/Spies here] and Rossi, um, fifth. Press releases are hurriedly despatched – ‘It was his shoulder!’; ‘It was mainly his shoulder but also the engine still needed a tweak!’; ‘You should see our 1000!’. But the whole world knows ‘the truth’. It’s The Chassis. The frameless/stressed airbox/monocoque/call-it-what-you-will chassis, which comprises a stiff ...
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- 04 May 2011
Ducati sales are up 68 percent in North America in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same time last year, they announced Monday. However, Ducati did not release their sales figures. Find Ducati motorcycles for sale “We have had an outstanding start to the year,” said Cristiano Silei, CEO of Ducati North America. According to John Canton, Public ...
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- 06 April 2011
