Ducati

When you hear the name Ducati, what’s the first thing you think of? Exotic, expensive superbikes? Racing Bikes? Me too. How about a big cruiser? It just doesn’t seem to …

The Bimota Motorcycle Company got its name by using the first 2 letters of each of the three founders’ names – Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini.  The three men were actually …

The Bimota DB8 was released in 2010 and was the replacement for the excellent DB7 which had enjoyed a 3 year production. Let’s take a look at the Bimota DB8, …

Here’s a compilation of liter bikes, past and present, who’s presence would grace any bikers shed. Before we look at them though, what constitutes as a liter bike? What is …

As it turns out I am a fan of both DB7’s, the Aston Martin DB7 that James Bond never got to drive, which is simply unforgivable, but also the Bimota …

The Ducati 998 is the last in the 916 series of motorcycles that have won over the hearts of motorcycle fans around the world.  Even to this day the 916, …

I don’t know about you, but when Ducati first introduced the Panigale 1199 in 2012, I immediately started crunching numbers to figure out how I could afford one.  I was …

The Ducati 1299 Panigale was introduced in 2014 at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan.  Production began in 2015 and it was built to replace the Ducati 1199.  The 1299 …

The Ducati 1098 is perhaps the bike the world was waiting for after the iconic 916, a Ducati sportsbike in its purest form and at its absolute peak. It followed …

When the world thought nothing could possibly be better than the 1098 from 2007, out of Bologna came the 2009 Ducati 1198 which would end the era of a long …

The glory years for classic Ducati fans was between 1994 and 2004. The Ducati 996 followed on from the glorious 916 before being replaced by the much loved 998. In …

By the end of 2013 Ducati introduced the Panigale 899, a middle-weight version of the bigger 1199 which was the first in the Panigale line. The new model replaced the …

Introduced late 2006 ready for the 2007 model year, the Ducati 848 replaced the 749.  The 848 had to carry the torch as Ducati’s middleweight as the smaller sibling to …

The Ducati 959 Panigale was introduced in 2016 as a result of needing to meet Euro 4 emission standards and the preceding Panigale 899 just wasn’t going to cut it.  …

The Ducati XDiavel (and its predecessor the Diavel) was a bit of a social pariah in the world, much like the Triumph Rocket 3 or the earlier Yamaha V-Max 1200.  …

The Ducati 749 is a race bike with no two-ways about it. Sure, you will see them being ridden on the streets but everything about the 749 screams competitive sports …

The Ducati Scrambler Sixty2 was released in 2016 and it’s name harks back to 1962 when Ducati first started producing the Scrambler.  The 1962 original Ducati Scrambler would go on …

The iconic motorcycles that were built on the back of the Ducati 750 GT design each took the motorcycling world by storm. Ducati legends such as the 750 Sport, 750SS …

When the Ducati 999 was released in 2003 the world wasn’t ready for the huge design change from the superbike’s predecessors.  However, now the 999 is being viewed as the …

The Ducati Paso was the first Ducati designed by Massimo Tamburini and the first bike produced under the new Cagiva ownership. The Paso is often overlooked but if you check …

The Ducati 748 is an interesting motorcycle because it can be argued that the Desmodromic system which went on to dominate Ducati’s race story all started with a prototype 750 …