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Jorge Lorenzo admits being "too slow" in parts of the Qatar Grand Prix shows he is still not prepared to challenge at the top end of MotoGP with Ducati
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The qualities that make the Multi a good bike for going far afield also make it a good one for the ride to work. Here are a few mods to protect rider and bike on the way.
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The Scrambler has been a huge sales hit for Ducati, accounting for about a quarter of all Ducatis registered worldwide. It’s also attracted the attention of the world’s top customizers, with tantalizing builds from Krugger, Holographic Hammer, Untitled and Marcus Walz.
Now it’s the turn of Rough Crafts’ Winston Yeh, and this might just be our favorite Scrambler custom yet. With a sprinkling of performance upgrades and lightweight parts, ‘Jab Launcher’ is proof of the old racer’s adage: ‘add lightness.’
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World Superbike: Aruba.it Racing Ducati Re-Signs Marco Melandri For 2018 Season
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Andrea Dovizioso powered to a spectacular and truly memorable win in the Austrian GP, held today at the Red Bull Ring circuit near Spielberg. The Ducati Team’s Italian rider, who started from the front row of the grid after going second quickest in qualifying, rode a masterful race to always stay in the leading group, and he took over at the front on lap 18. Andrea was then passed by Marquez but was back in the lead again on lap 22 and he held on to that position until the chequered flag, despite a last-ditch attempt by the Spanish rider in the final corner.
Thanks to the 25 points’ haul for today’s win, his third of the season, Dovizioso has moved into second place in the overall championship standings, reducing the gap from leader Marquez to 16 points.
Jorge Lorenzo had a good race to finish fourth at the line. The Spanish rider got a great start from the front row and took the lead on the opening lap, followed by Marquez and Dovizioso. Jorge stayed in the lead of the race for eleven laps, but was then passed by Dovizioso and the two factory Honda riders, but he defended his fourth place right until the chequered flag. Thanks to today’s result, Lorenzo now lies seventh in the championship with 79 points
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1st
“It was a crazy race, but to be honest the whole weekend was incredible, and in particular the final curve of the last lap, but I managed to remain clear headed and was aware that Marquez was going to try and pass me. It was a very difficult situation because if Marc had closed the door coming out of the corner, he would have forced me out and passed me. Instead I was able to resist his attack and I went on to win! I’m very satisfied with the way we managed the entire weekend with my team: understanding the right choice of tyres was really difficult but we did it. We had a great race, we’re making up points in the championship, and we’ve got all the right cards to fight for the title.”
Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team #99) – 4th
“I think that this was my best race of the year: I started from the front row, I led the race for 11 laps, and I finished the GP just over six seconds down on the winner. This time we were a bit lacking in power, because from the third lap onwards I had to change the mapping to keep the fuel consumption under control, and above all I was losing a lot on the straights to my rivals. The rear tyre also deteriorated on the right side and I was unable to keep touch with the leading group. Things are going better at every race, I’m riding more convincingly and I’m able to get more out of my bike. We’re missing very little, just a couple of tenths, to be able to fight for the win and so we must be satisfied. Congratulations to Andrea, because he deserved to win what was a very difficult race.”
Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse General Manager)
“Andrea did a really fantastic race, both from a tactical and sporting point of view, and his win came in an incredible manner, especially in the last two corners. I’m still full of adrenalin! Well done to Dovi, who did a perfect race, and it was a good job also by Jorge, who led for the first eleven laps and finished the GP with a good fourth place.”Austrian
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MotoGP: A two-year agreement with MegaRide providing predictive real-time simulations in terms of tyre grip and wear
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Following three years aboard Honda RC213V machinery in the MotoGP class, Jack Miller will join the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati for 2018 MotoGP.
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Anyone who knows about cage fighting will tell you that the match itself is the easy part. Believe it or not, the pre-match process of ‘making weight’ - or losing mass to make your fighting weight by intense dehydration is the risky part. Go too hard and you could be facing hospital time or much, much worse. But for Canada's Motovida, the consequences of dramatic weight loss had a decidedly more pleasant outcome - more go. And here's their title-winning champ, a 1098 Ducati they call the ‘Cage Fighter’.
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PHOTOS Matthew Jones WORDS Gregory George Moore The Ducati Paso is one of the more odd machines to have rolled out of the Bologna manufacturer’s factories.
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Munich’s Diamond Atelier have produced some incredible, high-end motorcycles over the last few years. But lately they’ve decided to take a new approach, making a run of customized motorcycles all based around the same platform. This allows them to nut out the quirks and challenges of each build and offer up a motorcycle that’s cost effective but equally bloody gorgeous. The first to receive this treatment is this gorgeous Ducati Scrambler Sixty2.
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Jorge Lorenzo plans to work on set-up for the new Ducati fairing after a promising debut during Friday practice at the Czech Republic MotoGP.While not quite as radical as the previous 'hammerhead', dropped after winter testing due to top speed and cornering issues, the latest design is still the most extreme of the new generation of downforce fairings.
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Italian quickest as action opens in Brno, Ducati debut radical new fairing
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Mix together Chaz Davies, the 1299 Panigale R Final Edition and the Mugello Racetrack and you’ll have a breathtaking on board video, commented live by th
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The lighter, less powerful of the Multistrada family proves perfect for carving up the mountain passes of its Italian homeland
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The last twin-cylinder cycle of its kind from Ducati, the 1299 Panigale R Final Edition is a 209 hp performer.
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Ducati passion has no borders. The World Presidents Meeting brought together 54 Desmo Owners Club (DOC) presidents from 27 countries around the world
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Ten bucks says you can’t explain what a “scrambler café racer” is. I certainly couldn’t.
If you ask Ducati, the new Scrambler Café Racer is an extension of the Ducati Scrambler Classic, not to be confused with the Ducati Scrambler Icon or the Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle. Those models appeared on the market two years ago.
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Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi "Gigi" Dall'Igna addresses the Michelin rumor, more aerodynamic tricks up Ducati's sleeve, and Casey Stoner
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With speculation rife that everyone from Harley-Davidson to Triumph to various Indian two wheeled giants, are lining up to buy Ducati from the beleaguered post-Dieselgate Volkswagen Group – we shouldn’t forget that the really important news is the imminent arrival of their new V4 superbike.
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SBK: The Italian is close to renewing his contract with team Aruba and explains: "the Panigale's window of use is very narrow"
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Developed by Diesel’s Andrea Rosso and Ducati, the 162 hp Ducati Diavel Diesel motorcycle will be limited to 666 examples.
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Benjie’s Cafe Racers have been selling tanks, seats and sundries for over ten years now. Most of their parts are styled after the more classic, traditional cafe bikes that we all oogle over: all hunkered down, gloss-sheened and highly polished. But this time the team have tackled a plastic-riddled 2014 Ducati Scrambler and trimmed it into this bit of motorcycling perfection.
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The twin-cylinder engine is Ducati's signature powerplant, but there are inherent disadvantages that limit maximum power, so the proud Bolognese bike maker is
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Ducati's racing manager Luigi Dall'Igna gives his frank views on the first half of the 2017 MotoGP season, and his assessment of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo
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World Superbike bosses are considering scrapping the controversial reverse grid system introduced for the 2017 season after it hasn’t worked out as they expected.
The convoluted system sees the top three riders from Saturday’s opening race start race two from the third row of the grid in reverse order, with those finishing fourth, fifth and sixth elevated to the front row and those in seventh, eighth and ninth moving fourth, fifth and sixth.
The hope was that it would make race two closer and give the teams and riders often unable to compete with the might of the factory Kawasaki and Ducati squads a chance to be competitive.
However, the system has proved ineffective, with no race two podium so far this season having featured riders from any team other than the factory Kawasaki and Ducati outfits.
Not only that, but the system also hasn’t provided closer racing in the early stages with the top riders taking no time at all to make it to the front in the early laps.
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Ducati unveils the new 1299 Panigale R Final Edition during Laguna Seca WorldSBK weekend in a fitting tribute to the legendary twin-cylinder engine, the most victorious in SBK World Championship history:
• 209 hp* Superquadro 1299 engine with components derived from Ducati Corse in a Panigale R chassis, this bike is destined for cult status
• Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali and the riders of Aruba.it Racing–Ducati team to present the new special Ducati at Laguna Seca Saturday on Ducati Island
• Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri to race with a “Final Edition” livery
The new 1299 Panigale R Final Edition is more than just a bike with a dedicated color scheme or a limited edition.With a tricolor livery, as eye-catching as it is evocative, it offers a fitting tribute to Ducati's iconic twin-cylinder power unit, which reaches its peak on this latest bike.
For its world preview, Ducati has chosen round eight of the World Superbike Championship, taking place this weekend at Laguna Seca (California-US), where Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding, unveiled the new 1299 Panigale R Final Edition together with Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri (the two official Aruba.it Racing–Ducati riders and stars of the excellent presentation video).
This latest built-in-Bologna gem offers unparalleled technology, performance, and design. A Euro 4 compliant road bike, each 1299 Panigale R Final Edition is individually numbered. An offshoot of the 1299 Superleggera engine, the Final Edition Superquadro packs a 209 hp* punch at 11,000 rpm and a torque of 14.5 kg at 9,000 rpm. It features a lighter crankshaft with a larger crank pin and tungsten balancing pads, while the con-rods, like the intake-exhaust valves, are made of titanium. As on Superbike engines, the two 116 mm diameter, pistons have just two segments and slide on steel cylinder liners.
Developed by Ducati Corse, the ultra-compact monocoque structure incorporates the airbox and plays a pivotal role in containing the dry weight of the 1299 Panigale R Final Edition to just 179 kg**.
The chassis set-up on this latest Ducati Supersport is the same as that on the Panigale R, characterized by Öhlins mechanical suspension and a 24° rake.
Equally sophisticated and light is the complete all-titanium Akrapovič exhaust with high dual silencer (Euro 4 compliant), just like the one on the Panigale R that competes in the World Superbike championship.
The electronics package features the Bosch Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and is equipped with ABS Cornering, Ducati Wheelie Control EVO (DWC EVO), Ducati Traction Control EVO (DTC EVO) and Engine Brake Control (EBC). These systems have default settings linked to the selected Riding Mode (Race, Sport, and Wet) but can be personalized as desired.
Top-drawer tech content and the all-new tricolor livery ensure the 1299 Panigale R Final Edition is set to gain cult status among the vast community of Ducati twin-cylinder aficionados.
"I'm incredibly proud to present this latest version of our Panigale" stated Claudio Domenicali during the presentation. "Maybe no other motorcycle manufacturer has bound its name so tightly to an engine as Ducati has to its sports twin-cylinder. Today, we're here to celebrate its history, just as we stand on the cusp of a new era in which our desmodromic system will be used on a new generation of V4 engines derived from extensive experience in MotoGP, a championship in which our engine has demonstrated outstanding performance. But that's the future. Today, we want to pay homage to a twin-cylinder engine that - thanks to incredible torque and compactness - has seen Ducati win races in every SBK championship it has ever participated in. In short, it's the engine that has written World Superbike history. From Marco Lucchinelli's first victory on 3rd April 1988 with the 851 at Donington Park (in the first-ever world championship for modified production models) to the stunning 2017 wins by Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri on the Panigale R, Ducati has won no less than 333 races and taken 17 Constructors' titles and 14 Rider's titles”.
The 1299 Panigale R Final Edition will play a pivotal role throughout the weekend at Laguna Seca. On Saturday morning, immediately after the Superpole, the bike will go on display both at Ducati Island (the space Ducati traditionally sets aside for its fans during American events) and inside the Paddock Show.
And, to complete this historic moment, the Aruba.it Racing–Ducati team has decided to celebrate the arrival of the new 1299 Panigale R Final Edition by decking out its two official race bikes in the same special livery, to be used by Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri on Saturday in Race 1 and on Sunday in Race 2.
