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DUCATI: Multistrada V2

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd February 2025

Insight from Alan Dowds… We raised an eyebrow when Ducati released the details of its next-generation V-twin motor a couple of months back. Okay, the purist in us appreciated the light weight, and a reset of the mad power escalator for what is, after all, a middleweight powerplant. But dropping the desmodromic valves, like shelving…
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DUCATI: Panigale V4 S Tricolore

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Mark Lancaster

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30th January 2025

Alan Dowds tells us what we need to know… It’s a fine line between genius and insanity. And in this economy, a £48,000 special edition superbike will seem like madness to many out there. But this trick variant of the world-conquering Panigale V4 is a really intriguing piece of design, with some unique chassis kit,…
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RIDDEN: Ducati Panigale V4S

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Mark Lancaster

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22nd January 2025

In a bid to ensure it stays firmly at the top of the sportsbike pecking order, Ducati’s gone all out to create nothing short of a modern masterpiece. Editor Bruce Wilson tells us what we need to know… There are some new bikes that come along and grab your attention for less time than it takes…
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TORQUING POINT: Single-Sided Rear Swingarms

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Mark Lancaster

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11th January 2025

An unravelling from Alan Dowds… Ever seen a red squirrel? Unless you live in the right part of Scotland, it’s unlikely; the ginger rodents have been outcompeted by their dull sciuridaen relatives from North America, the eastern grey squirrel. And we all prefer the tufty-eared red variant over the grey, don’t we? Why is that?…
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DUCATI: Panigale and SF V2

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd January 2025

Last issue we got our first sight of the new Ducati V2 engine – an 890cc DOHC non-desmo 90° V-twin, making 115 or 120bhp, but with a new lighter construction, tipping the proverbial scales at 54.5kg. We pondered whether such a unit would be phat enough (he means powerful enough – plain English Ed) for…
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LAST ORDERS for the Superquadro engine…

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Mark Lancaster

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27th September 2024

To celebrate before its Superquadro engine is phased out, Ducati’s released a fully loaded, limited-edition version of its Panigale V2. The supersport sector used to be so simple. Four Japanese 599cc inline-four sportsbikes duking it out, plus the Ducati 748 throwing out the occasional conrod at the back while looking utterly gorgeous. Then we got…
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Perfecting the Panigale: 2025 model launch and review

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Alex Bestwick

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16th September 2024

We head to the outskirts of Rome to spin laps on Ducati’s new 216hp Panigale V4S. Here’s why we think it’s one of the fastest and easiest-to-ride big sportsbikes on the market right now…
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DUCATI: NEW Panigale V4S

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Mark Lancaster

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26th August 2024

Ducati’s just whipped the covers off its new range of Panigale V4s… The Panigale’s been a big success for the Bologna-based firm over the past decade or so, winning over speed-loving lads and lasses who appreciate its race-winning heritage, sharp Italian styling, seriously sophisticated electronics, and top-level performance. First released in 2011, Ducati’s Panigale has…
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TESTED: Ducati DesertX Rally

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Mark Lancaster

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16th August 2024

Bruce Wilson hits the deep, sandy stuff to see whether Ducati’s latest adventure bike should be on your wish list. It’s not every day I wipe blood from my lips, dirt from my eyes, and arch my back in agony. Then again, it’s not every day I return from hitting the desert on a 211…
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The best Evoluzione: Ducati 1098 and 1198

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Jon Urry

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6th August 2024

Old-school looks with modern performance, the Ducati 1098 and 1198 models offer the best of both worlds.
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DUCATI: DesertX Discovery

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Mark Lancaster

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28th June 2024

The DesertX Discovery was created to be unstoppable on any terrain. For this reason, it is equipped as standard with reinforced hand guards, an engine guard protecting the water pump, a radiator grill, and a reinforced sump guard to protect the bike on the most difficult sections. The heated grips and the larger windshield increase…
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DUCATI: Diavel for Bentley unveiled in the UK

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Mark Lancaster

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25th June 2024

Deliveries of Ducati’s exclusive Diavel for Bentley have started with the unveiling of the limited-edition model at Bentley headquarters. The Diavel for Bentley is inspired by the elegant and sophisticated lines of the Bentley Batur – a limited-series model handcrafted by Bentley – and developed around the technical base of the alluring Ducati Diavel V4.…
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Reservations open for DRE Adventure 2024

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd April 2024

DRE Adventure has announced the opening of reservations for an exciting 2024 calendar.
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Watch Tony Cairoli on the first ever Ducati Motocross bike

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Alex Bestwick

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12th March 2024

Ducati Corse and Antonio Cairoli teamed up with Monster Energy to reveal the the Ducati Desmo450 MX.
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(Hugely) Tested: 2024 Ducati DesertX Rally

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Mark Lancaster

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30th January 2024

If you like your adventure motorcycles, check out what we made of Ducati’s new DesertX Rally, having put it through its paces in some of the most challenging off-road terrain Morrocco has to offer. When we say ‘we’, we mean our very own Bruce Wilson! Bruce really gave the DesertX Rally a tough time and…
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