Desmopro News

Recently Ducati.net posted a design study drawn by Steven Galpin, a young UK design school graduate. He approached us with his final year project which he had spent some time working on. He envisioned it as the Ultimate Ducati streetbike, and a tribute to Valentino Rossi to celebrate the end of his career.  His hope was that we might help him get his name out because he is seeking a job. To say it was a popular post would be an understatement. In just a few days the post has had almost 400,000 views and more than 3500 “shares”. In the process there were a lot of great questions posted seeking more information on the design, which once again, is a student drawing, not something penned by the manufacturer.  And while there might be some pretty great leaps of whimsy, it’s hard not to like the way he’s thinking…

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Davide Giugliano and the Ducati Superbike team made a very promising start to the 2014 Superbike World Championship today at Phillip Island, closing both races inside the top five, a very encouraging result coming at the end of a positive weekend. Chaz Davies closed the races in seventh and eighth position. 

Even fancied a visit in Bologna, Italy at the Ducati Museum, but you're simply too far away and the trip would be too expensive? Well, you can still take a virtual tour of the museum, as long as you're connected to the Internet and can access Google Maps.

The 1970’s Ducati Super Sport defined a new era and a new line of thinking for Ducati. A philosophy that would lead to the creation of the modern Superbike. Only around 430 to 450 have been produced and custom builder Bryan Fuller is one of many who, a few years back, fell in love with the 1974 green frame after admiring one at The Barber Motorsports Museum. He told me: “The torque and rumble is similar to a Harley but with smoothness and the ability to spin up the RRR’s! They are comfortable enough to ride all day, yet sporting enough to handle the hills or track. Hell, I even used mine to run errands! The 1971- 1974 Ducatis are for me some of the finest motorcycles ever made. They have it all: style, grace and power…” - See more at:

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I have been riding motorcycles for nearly three decades and during that time I have owned several Ducatis that were fast, fun, and very nice/zippy looking.

Every so often in my travels the moon and stars align and the event I am attending lines up with something else I love to do.  At IndyGP it’s the flat track races. In Italy, #1 happy score is a motorcycle swap meet.  If you like motorcycles (and not just old ones) time spent wandering one of these is a feast of dreams.  Everywhere you turn there’s a two wheeled machine that you can just see in your garage. Sure I’m 5000 miles from home and a whole bunch of those miles are wet but it happens every time I see a Moto Guzzi Galetto or a Piaggio Ape (if it’s a Callessino whoa nelly, bar the door). For me the best ones are the old established affairs like Imola, or Novegro, but all year long there is one somewhere almost every weekend.  The content varies, antiques always manage to make an appearance and for sure somebody will be selling leather goods or jewelry or watches or tools and over the years more and more Eastern block items are turning up but the one thing you can count on is motorcycles, scooters and little Italian cars and just about all of it could be yours with a little negotiation....

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Ducati Corse announced today it has re-affiliated with Feel Racing, an experienced team that has achieved many victories in the past for Ducati.  There is also a significant big difference here from last year,  this team is once again “official”, an important status in SBK that comes with perks not offered non-official teams.  In addition, they will once again be based inside the racing department in Borgo Panigale.

Much of what is new here is actually “old again” with the team structure reuniting many of Ducati’s best from the past...

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Why We Ride is a story about who we are. Individuals with a desire to dream, discover and explore. Seeking a life outside our daily confinements and sharing those moments together. It’s a story about the journey, not the destination. Motorcycles represent the milestones of our lives. From a kid’s dream come true, to a retiree’s return to freedom. From a family riding together on the sand dunes, to hundreds of choppers carving through the canyons – the bond is the same. It’s about the passion of the riders and the soul of their machines. Your senses will heighten as the world rushes in, your heart will beat to the pulse of the engine, your mind will race and set you free. Once you let a motorcycle into your life, it will change you forever.

This weekend is Nicky Hayden’s last race for Ducati Corse before he renews his relationship with Honda.  As sad as it makes me to see him go I think a lot of Ducati fans feel the same as I do – he gave his all to our brand, he never said a cross word and I think there might be some sort of record there because he held his tongue while all his team mates (including the currently contracted one) let Ducati have it.  I chose this picture because on this day we were treated to a side of Nicky Hayden that wasn’t on display very often –  Troy Bayliss won the drag race but Nicky Hayden  put on a show that was really something to see, he OWNED the racetrack and the crowd was chanting his name and even Rossi knew to stand aside....

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An interview with Ola Lennström from Ohlins, the dominant suspension brand in both MotoGP and WSBK competition....  

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Above is a photo of Yonny Hernandez's Pramac Ducati MotoGP bike. This photo was taken last week at the Sepang MotoGP test.

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We haven’t seen something from the boys at Radical Ducati in a while, so their timing withRadical Ducati Matador and the holidays seems like an early moto-related present.For the un-initiated, Radical Ducati is a small shop in Madrid, Spain that specializes in Frankensteining together custom motorcycles from the Ducati parts bin.

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The Duke of Cambridge is given a bike for Prince George while he tries out some bigger models for himself

Australia as we all know is a long way from anywhere else, and has been a hot bed of interest in Italian motorcycles even before Troy and Casey came on the scene. Once the flush of youthful racing has past, many of  those enthusiasts of older Italian machinery would want to do something fun with their bikes. One option is to pack them up and send them on the long journey to their homeland to compete in events there. A simpler option would be to have an event in Australia, alas without all the fine Italian food and wine!!

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New Ducati Corse general manager describes his first week on the job.  

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