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DUCATI DESMOSEDICI RR WINS COVETED “BEST OF THE BEST” AWARD
Cupertino, Ca (21 May 2008) - Ducati North America is honored to announce that it has won the prestigious Robb Report “Best of the Best- Sport Bike” award for the second year in a row.

DUCATI NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES 2008 DAYTONA BIKE WEEK FESTIVITIES

Cupertino, CA (February 28th, 2008) - Ducati North America announces the arrival of the inaugural Ducati Island to Daytona Bike Week.
From Wednesday, March 5 through Saturday, March 8, Ducati will transform the area beneath Daytona International Speedway's Nextel Tower Grandstand into " Ducati Island " - featuring Ducati-only parking, hospitality, live TV feeds and the full range of 2008 Ducati models. Ducati Island will be the epicenter of Ducati for Daytona-bound Ducatisti.

A recent article by Fred Rau in Friction Zone magazine explores the correlation between riding motorcycles and flying aircraft. Fred says a pilot is 12 times more likely to be a motorcycle rider than an average person, and that a U.S. Marine pilot's number one cause of injuries was due to motorcycle accidents.

In the back of my mind I've always suspected that many pilots were also riders.

The Cycle World International Motorcycle Show at the Long Beach Convention Center seemed bigger and better than in recent years. Several attendees made this observation. I, for one, could not be happier.

DUCATI PRESENTS 2008 RANGE OF BIKES IN MILAN

WORLD PREVIEW OF NEW MONSTER 696 - SUPERBIKE RANGE COMPLETED WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW 848 AND FLAGSHIP 1098 R MODEL
Milan, Italy (November 5th, 2007) – The entire 2008 Ducati range will be on display at the 65th edition of the EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition, in Milan from November 6-11. New bikes, new accessories and a new line of apparel all form part of the innovative 2008 line-up for the Bologna manufacturer.

Honda unveiled its EV06 concept bike at the Tokyo Auto Show.

This new breed of bike features a horizontally opposed six-cylinder (Gold Wing?) motor, single sided swingarm, upside down forks, streetfighter styling, and the sexiest set of exhaust pipes since the CB400F.

WE WANT ONE!

Details are not yet clear, but here are some things we expect for the 2008 Honda CBR1000RR.

Its an all new bike, with mass centralization taken to an extreme even further than the 08 CBR600RR. Just look at the stubby nose and tail section. Tho the bike looks short, the wheelbase is about 3 mm longer than last year's model.

Buell 1125R- First Ride .................... By Tom Monroe

Rosamond, California , October 16th 2007–

As I followed the Buell riding “coach” around the technical Streets of Willow Springs race course, I thought to myself “hey, this guy’s pretty fast, but we’re on the same bike so I should be able to keep up, right?” Right. As it turns out, this new 1125R is pretty easy to ride fast, even though I had just been handed the bike five minutes earlier.

Cupertino, CA (October 2, 2007) – Ducati North America announces two additional color selections for the 2008 model range, which were unveiled this past weekend at the Paris Motor Show: the Hypermotard S in Black, and the Monster S4RS Tricolore.

The bosses at Dorna, owners of the MotoGP race series, have proposed the introduction of a single tire rule for all MotoGP bikes in 2008. CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said "We have made a proposal in the Grand Prix Commission meeting today to reach an agreement between all the different tire manufacturers for the use of tires in 2008, owing to the situation in which some factories believe that they can't have tires which they think are competitive. We thought that the best possibility is to go to a one tire rule".