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Five minutes with… Livio Lodi, Ducati’s Museum Director
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Taking over from Marco Montemaggi as the Curator of the Ducati Museum in December 2001, Olivio Lodi considers himself more of an archaeologist than a Director… “A museum director can be someone who just takes care of a structure, an archaeologist is more interesting. We didn’t have an archive prior to the creation of the…
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I head to the home of Ducati…
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My mum absolutely loves Ducatis – her first bike was a Monster 600 and she’s now got the 750s. When she found out that a recent work trip was to the Ducati factory and museum in Bologna, needless to say, if I wasn’t her daughter I think she would hate me. I was heading…
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Dainese & Ducati D|air airbag system tested
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Italian power brands, Ducati and Dainese, have partnered up and announced the first D|air airbag to be fully integrated with a motorcycle on the new 2014 Multistrada. For an extra £655 – that’s around £10 extra a month on PCP deals – not only will the Ducati Tourer feature heated handgrips, Ducati Traction Control…
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Test ride the latest Ducatis
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Ducati dealers around the UK and Ireland will be opening their doors on April 12 for a demonstrator day that will give customers the chance to view and try out the latest 2014 Ducati model range. Visitors will be among the first in the country to see the newly arrived Ducati Diavel. The new…
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2014 Ducati Diavel review
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£16,995 | 1198cc, liquid-cooled, dohc 8-valve 90-degree desmo V-twin | 160bhp @ 9250rpm | 96.2lb-ft @ 8000rpm Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel here. Very few bikes are so different or outstanding that they have no close rivals,…
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2015 Ducati Diavel first details
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We’ll have the full review of the new Diavel after the press launch next week, but Ducati have just sent us details of the new bike, which should be available in April. Here’s what they had to say… The new Ducati Diavel – Make a bold statement Ducati’s latest Diavel introduces many new features to the…
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2014 Ducati 899 Panigale review
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£12,496 | 898cc liquid-cooled V-twin | 148bhp | 73lb-ft The 899 Panigale looks almost identical to the 1199 that began the Panigale family two years ago, but it’s distinctly different — and not just in its engine capacity. Basically the 899 has been created to be a bit more of a practical streetbike than the…
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The Essential Buyer’s Guide: Ducati Desmoquattro Twins review
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Tested by: John Milbank, Editor MCM RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-845844-30-1 Having owned two Ducatis, I thought I knew all I needed when I started looking to buy another Monster. Veloce Publishing’s book by Ian Falloon proved me wrong. A mine of useful information, there’s far more than the usual things to check on any motorcycle (though this…
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2011 Ducati 848 Evo Review
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More power, better brakes, superb handling: the new 848 EVO is a proper middleweight superbike
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2011 Ducati Diavel review
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Ducati’s new Diavel is a sports bike in muscle cruiser clothing It’s a sunny saturday afternoon in southern spain, and the famously twisty A-397 from Ronda to the coast is teeming with sports bikes. This is motorcyclists’ heaven but it’s not the place where a giant V-twin muscle bike with kicked-out forks, a laidback riding…
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