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First 200bhp adventure bike on the way? When the facts change, we change our minds round here at Fast Bikes Towers. So when ‘adventure bikes’ had like 55bhp at the piston-top, while weighing more than a small Volvo, we poo-pooed them with extreme prejudice. Big traillies (as they were known)
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Italian firm set to run naked V4 Panigale-based prototype at Colorado hillclimb It’s not been a very well-kept secret – and now some more info has leaked out about Ducati’s plans for the Pikes Peak event this year. A few months ago, we learned that there’s been a ‘prototype’ entry
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Bologna helping fight bike theft with free security trackers and insurance discounts FAIR PLAY to Ducati UK. The firm’s helping take on the bike thieves, by giving a free BikeTrac tracker, with a year’s subscription, to every customer who buys a Panigale V4, V4S or V4 Corse. Owners will also
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A test of time, wallet size and of exotica, we pitched Ducati’s GP-inspired Desmo RR against the firm’s decade fresher Panigale V4 Speciale.
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IT SOUNDS like a mad bar-room discussion. But this one comes right from the top. KTM boss Stefan Pierer has given an interview to German website Speedweek, where he reckons the Austrian outfit could well be interested in buying Ducati from its parent company, Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG). “Ducati is
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Just like Christmas and lap dances, all good things have to come to an end, and that includes Ducati’s iconic reign of v-twin superbikes.
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WE PROPERLY love the new Ducati Panigale V4 here at FB Towers. It’s got more power than Donald Trump on a turbo Hayabusa, handles like a dream, and is laden with all the tech you could ever need. There are two downsides though. Firstly, it’s not on the cheap side,
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OKAY, we’ve seen a few things over the years. But this is something else. We’ve just downloaded the specs and pics of the new 2019 Panigale V4R, and we’ve had to go and have a little lie down for ten minutes. Because the spec of this thing is just shocking.
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A test of time, wallet size and exotica, we pitched Ducati’s GP-inspired Desmo RR against the firm’s decade fresher Panigale V4 Speciale for this month’s cover feature, and it was bloody awesome… Silk sheets, the finest of wines and not even Ron Burgundy’s jazz flute performance can hold a candle
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With over 55,000 units flying out of Bologna and into the hands of riders around the World, Ducati really have nailed the whole Scrambler thing. So, with a new Icon for 2019, we just had to go and have a play… WHAT’S NEW? Well for starters, aesthetically there are some
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Yes indeed, if sir or madam happens to own a 1299 Panigale of any vintage, Ducati are making the DTC EVO traction-control package, which made its debut on last year’s stunning 1299 Panigale S Anniversario, available to all as an accessory. We’re trying to get hold of Ducati to find
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Some cracking snaps once again, this time covering last weekend’s Laguna Seca WSB round, by the man that is Kel… We weren’t sure what to expect from Laguna Seca, given Chaz Davies’ back-breaking crash at Misano when he was accidentally run over by Jonny Rea. Yet his performance in the
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If we ever needed more proof there was a brand new Ducati Superbike on the way, then having the words ‘Final Edition’ pegged on to a special release of the current model, should be the last bit of evidence you need! Yep, we’re expecting a new V4 engined machine to
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Ducati’s Supersport S has very few direct rivals, bar perhaps Honda’s ageing VFR800, seeing as this class of motorcycle is now all but defunct. Ducati believed that missing gap needed filling though, so came up with the perfectly formed Supersport and Supersport S… And, we’d say they are bang on
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Ducati Motor Holding enjoyed yet another great year sales-wise in 2016, which saw 55,451 motorcycles delivered to their customers. This meant a 1.2% increase over their 2015 output, which means they’re still going in the right direction we guess! Obviously, this made Ducati CEO (and big cheese) Claudio Domenicali rather
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