Ducati Streetfighter Sketches
It starts with an idea and then a few sketches and then it becomes the Ducati Streetfighter.Ducati Streetfighter Sketches
WDW 2012: Ducati President announces record sales figures
During a press conference held at the World Ducati Week 2012, Ducati Motor Holding’s president, Mr.Gabriele Del Torchio, has highlighted Ducati’s constant growth and record-breaking sales (+12%) and revenues (+20% YTD) achieved by Ducati in May 2012. Ducati’s massive gathering…
Joan Lascorz and Albert Llovera at the Guttmann Institute
Almost three months after that horrific accident during the post race tests at Imola, we can see the first image of Joan Lascorz at the Guttmann Institute together with rally car driver Albert Llovera who suffered a skiing accident while…
Paolo Berlusconi Offers to Buy Moto Morini
Paolo Berlusconi who already owns Garelli and is the brother of Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi, has veered his rumored interest from MV Agusta to Moto Morini, another iconic Italian motorcyle company.With a bid of 2.9 million euros, the Italian manager…
Triumph Bonneville Heuer
Two brands, Triumph and TAG Heuer have teamed up to create this special Bonneville Heuer motorcyle.It’s distinctive blue and orange livery on the Bonneville was inspired by the Gulf Porsche 917 driven by the one and only, King of Cool,…
Triumph Daytona 675 and 675R m.y. 2013 live @ 2012 EICMA in Milan
Triumph introduced at the 2012 EICMA Exhibition in Milan the new Triumph Daytona 675 and 675R model year 2013. The three-cylinder engine of the British Supersport machine is now more powerful than the previous version, credited with an 128 hp…
WSBK Magny Cours paddock beauties
Will Tom Sykes be crowned the 2013 World Superbike champion? We'll find out on October 20th when the final round of the season will be played out at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit for the first time.The World Superbike…
Special bikes: RAD 02 Imola, "La fuerza de la pasion!"
Today we are about to introduce a very special bike built by renowned Spanish specialist Radical Ducati, a Madrid-based customizer that has gained itself worldwide fame for its work on various Ducati models such as the Streetfighter, the 1198, the…
Special bikes: the Natural by "The Tarantulas"
There is something pretty fascinating about raw metal, it provides a feeling of primordial strenght and harshness that always strikes the onlookers, and this is something that is particularly evident with today’s special bike. This outstanding machine comes from the…
MotoGP, Catalunya: the paddock girls
As usual, to close the chapter of a big race, we publish a photo gallery starring some of the nice ladies attending the latest MotoGP round in Barcelona. The show on the Montmelò track was indeed quite entertaining, but as…
Italian Ministry of Transportation runs out of funds
You might know that Italians are being taxed left and right to save the country from default and the government is cutting back on budget spending (but very little from their own paychecks) and this has led to certain ministries…
Aluminium Polini kit for Vespa PX200
The world of scooters, and especially the iconic Vespa brand, has plenty of scope for accessories and aftermarket parts - whether purely for style or to create technical upgrades. Polini accessories have always focused on Vespa as their brand of…
Valentino Rossi, 20th highest paid athlete in the world
Valentino Rossi is the highest paid motorcycle racer in MotoGP (and the rest of the modern day racers can thank him when salary checks began going up back in the good old days, before the economic climate turned sour and…
Triumph Scrambler Amazonia by Ton-Up Garage
Today’s special bike comes from Portugal, where Pedro Oliveira and Daniel Cabral of Ton-Up Garage have taken a 2012 Triumph Scrambler and turned it into this fascinating special bikes that was specifically requested by an off-road loving customer. The standard…
Ducati confirms Valentino Rossi
Rossi in Rossso. Ducati (their website was beseiged) has finally confirmed that Valentino Rossi will join its line-up next season. The nine times world champion has signed a two-year deal with the Italian team, however there is no mention if…
Melandri Speedcar Series Debut – Almost Wins
Wild card MotoGP star Marco Melandri after finishing 5th in the first practice session and 4th in qualifying despite three tail spins and another spin in Race 1 that dropped the MotoGP star to the end of the field, almost…
MotoGP Mugello – Dani Pedrosa takes the Pole
It was a strange qualifying session today at the Mugello for most viewers, not seeing Valentino Rossi on a track for the first time since 1996, the reigning World Champion was already undergoing surgery on his fractured tibia after this…
Bradley Smith vs Jenson Button for Good Causes
125cc rider Bradley Smith who is currently third in the championship and Formula One championship leader Jenson Button aren’t going to take each other on two wheels or four, but they’re going to to compete in the Mazda London Triathlon…
Video: Motorcycle racer feigns fainting after crash
If you’ve ever seen a soccer match, you’ve see even million dollar players dive to the turf and begin holding their leg or foot and scream bloody hell or grimace in pain only to bounce back a couple minutes later…
ECRP Energica: the first all-electric Italian Sportsbike
At the 2011 EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italian aftermarket company and racing team CRP Racing had introduced the prototype of a punchy, pioneering sportsbike that was going to become the first all-electric Italian sportsbike ever, making the most out of…
Superbikes 2012 Honda CBR1000RR
If you were expecting a revolution from Honda, you might have to think again. The highly anticipated new Honda V4 for the 2012 Superbike rumours seem unfounded when looking at these pics of the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR restyling. Asphalt&Rubber say…
2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 cc: info, images and videos
With a flashy presntation which took place yesterday in Times Square, New York, Kawasaki launched in style its brand new Ninja ZX-6R, the new generation of the successful Supersport model which will see the return to the 636 cc displacement…
WDW 2012: the coolest Ducati sportbikes in the paddock
The 2012 edition of the World Ducati Week has just closed its doors and the success in terms of numbers and attendants definitely lived up to the expectations. Over 65,000 passionate ‘Ducatisti’ showed up at the event gathering from every…
Tom Sykes wins race 2 and Max Biaggi takes 2012 championship title at Magny Cours
Max Biaggi has won the 2012 World Superbike title by taking fifth in race 2 and by the smallest margin in the history of series, just a 0.5 points margin over an impressive Tom Sykes who took a dominate victory…
Ducati Hypermotard Appears in Diabolik Comic
You know when a bike has become a true success when it starts appearing in mainstream movies or in this case, one of Italy’s oldest and most iconic comics books, Diabolik.Diabolik is an anti-hero and a ruthless, master thief, who…
